Christina McGhee is a divorce parenting expert. Over the years she has appeared on TV, radio, and you can find her online too. Although...

Mediators play their part in finding new ways to share resources and resolve issues, including the challenges of climate change. We know...

If you’ve booked an appointment for a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) and you’re not sure what you need to do ahead of the appointment, or what to bring with you then keep reading. If you’re having an appointment online, ahead of your appointment we will send you the Zoom link and some guidance for attending an appointment online, please read this through carefully. If you’re not familiar with Zoom, practice attending a meeting with a family member or frie

No. However, if you are considering applying to court over a family problem, (like how to divide money or property after splitting up or where the children should live,) you will probably need to show the court that you have met with a mediator first and considered mediation in a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM). This is because the government thinks, with good reason, it is better to decide these issues between yourselves if you can, rather than the court

Going through a divorce or separation can be one of the hardest times in a person’s life. A lot of people faced with difficult issues may be tempted to stick their head in the sand. They struggle to cope and one way of dealing, and processing is to pretend it’s not happening, or be in complete denial. There are lots of ways of processing divorce, and denial is one of them. Unfortunately, the practical aspect of getting divorced involves making lots of decisions such as what a

We are big fans of Brene Brown. She is a research professor and author who has spent the past two decades studying courage,...

Coping with your parents’ divorce can be incredibly difficult and emotional at any age. Below are several tips we’d like to share that...

Before every mediation session begins, we meet with clients on their own. This one-to-one time allows clients to talk to the mediator about any worries they may have in advance of the session and how they’re feeling about the mediation session. So often clients tell us they’re nervous because they don’t know what to expect. We wrote a blog ‘What happens in mediation’ which can help set expectations about what will happen. But what about the mediation room? What can you expect