Testing Site
I have had the good fortune to be able to have a duel career as a professional mediator. I work with families to provide family mediation in the specialized area of step/blended families as well as seniors under the operating name of Step By Step Mediation Services and I work with companies as an “in-house” mediator under the [...]
Believe me when I say that in my line of work there can be a lot of negativity and difficult people. After all, when couples decide to divorce they are not having warm and fuzzy conversations! However, besides the stressful situations that can drag us down or bum us out, there are just some people [...]
When stepfamilies come for mediation sessions, one of the exercises I do is have them evaluate how they are different to Nuclear families. Why is this important? It is human nature to take things for granted - not because we don’t appreciate but because it is our “Norm”. Just think for a moment of growing up in your family [...]
Let me start by asking any Stepfathers out there the following questions; 1. When you formed your relationship, did you give it any thought as to what you expected to gain from it? 2. What kind of relationship did you think you would have with your stepchildren? 3. How long did you expect it would [...]
Are you in a recently formed Step Family? Do you feel positive and optimistic that your family will simply gush happiness, fun, togetherness and exude absolute family amazingness?(Is that even a word?) I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you are recently formed and your family demonstrates all these wonderful traits… It probably won’t last. [...]
In 1972 Dr. E. Mavis Hetherington launched a study on divorce that morphed into the most comprehensive longitudinal study entitled the Virgina Longitudinal Study that lasted 30 years. The reason for this…. The original 2 year study was to research the effects of divorce on family members but then something happened – these divorce couples got [...]
