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Practicing Gratitude in Stressful Times

The current Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a variety of unpleasant emotions in many of us, ranging from anxiety, fear, sadness, depression, hopelessness, despair and anger. Balancing work obligations, raising children, finding time for household duties and other demands of modern living are taking an emotional toll on family members. It is enough to push anyone [...]

Gender-Balanced Conciliation in Family Cases

Lucy Nichols, Family Mediator A gender-balanced mediating team is essential when working to resolve conflicts within families, whether the conflict involves marriage, children, eldercare decisions, estate planning or addressing probate matters within a family. In an effort to achieve this balance in the mediation, we assign one male conciliator and one female conciliator to work [...]

Why is Forgiveness Important?

Let’s Start with what Season we are currently in as Christians. This is Holy Week. It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father [...]