Elinor Robin, PhD - Mediator and Mediation Trainer » Love & Marriage

What is Preventative Mediation?

Elinor Robin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:02:28 +0000

Typically, we think of mediation as a process to help people in conflict. In addition, mediation can be used to help parties negotiating a transaction or wanting to prevent a destructive family or business conflict. Preventative Mediation can be used as follows:

1. To create a pre-marital or pre-nuptial agreement, also known as a Marriage Charter. A mediator can guide a couple’s negotiations so that they can evaluate their expectations, consider a wide variety of options, and make choices about how they want their marriage to look.

2. To create an estate plan. Often, in both traditional and blended families, there is a lack of clarity regarding the path a family should take to distribute its resources. A mediator can guide a family’s negotiations so that an estate plan, that takes into account each person’s wants and needs, can be created.

3. To create a business partner’s agreement, also known as a Partnership Accord. A mediator can guide the negotiations of potential business partners so that they can evaluate their expectations, consider a wide variety of options, and make choices about how they will operate their business.

4. To create family agreements, also known as a Family Pact. A mediator can guide the negotiations of family members seeking resolution with a wide variety of family issues such as curfews and budgets.

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Co-Preneurs – Married Business Partners Meeting Unusual Challenges and Reaping Magnificent Rewards

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:40:04 +0000

Co-preneurs are husband-wife teams who jointly own and operate a business. More than 3.6 million businesses in the U.S. are run by co-preneurs and certainly no single model fits all of them. Co-preneurs face some unusual challenges, and reap some magnificent rewards. This article discusses six key concepts for making co-preneurship work.

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Resolutions For a Happy Marriage

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:25:57 +0000

Year’s end is a great time to assess one’s life and consider what is and is not working. If your assessment points to your marriage needing some tweaking you may want to consider making (and keeping) five resolutions for a better marriage. This article discusses the five resolutions.

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Summer As a Single

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:42:47 +0000

Summer may be a difficult time for those that are single. Summer vacations, the beach, and picnics can be fun; but they can also trigger insecurities and feelings of loss, loneliness, and failure. The newly single, or divorced, may find the summer season especially miserable. This article discusses five things singles should do and five things singles should avoid in order to make the summer as enjoyable as possible.

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Why Did Tiger Cheat? The Top 10 Reasons Tiger is in This Mess

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:32:32 +0000

Why did Tiger cheat? This article discusses ten reasons that just about predicted infidelity in Tiger Wood’s marriage.

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Difficult Discussions – Navigating the Muddy Waters

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:39:34 +0000

Conflict can take a toll in our professional and personal lives. Time, money and lives are lost when conflicts are not effectively managed. Frequently, the only two options we see for handling conflict are to respond in a combative manner (fight) or totally avoid the conflict (flight/freeze/submit). Sadly, both of these strategies often do more to escalate conflict than to extinguish it. And, the opportunity to turn a conflict into a positive learning experience is lost. Almost every conflict can produce a positive benefit. However, in order to reap the benefit we typically have to navigate through some muddy waters and hold a difficult discussion. The more you know about addressing conflict the more adept you will be when it’s time to engage in a difficult dialogue which is ripe with potential conflict. This article discusses considerations, concepts and strategies for holding a difficult discussion.

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10 Tips For Getting Along With Your Family This Holiday Season

Elinor Robin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:38:41 +0000

Millions of families won’t be together this holiday season because of fights, feuds and old resentments. However, family estrangements, misunderstandings, and unmet expectations don’t have to destroy the bonds that connect you to the ones you love. This article presents 10 tips for getting along with your relatives over the holidays.

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