You may be wondering why this blog is necessary. For the most part, it is not. I need this blog, and others may find a use or a need for it as well, but for all I know, I am the only person that currently needs this blog.
I need this blog to express my thoughts about mediation. There is a lot of information about mediation floating around the Internet, and there are many great professional mediators and mediation trainers unloading their thoughts about mediation online. It's too much for me to follow and process without having my own place to unload my own thoughts. So that's what this blog is; a place for me to sort out my thoughts and opinions about mediation. Hopefully, other mediators, or anyone interested in mediation will find this to be a useful space to sort out their own thoughts.
This space is intended to uphold the tenets of mediation while opening up the field of mediation to be dissected, scrutinized and evaluated. Therefore, while the ugly side of mediation may be completely exposed here, this should be a place where opinions should be expressed freely and comfortably. Users of this blog should be supportive, respectful and honest.
Future topics to be explored -in addition to my random thoughts- include the different methods and styles of mediation, voluntary/community vs. professional mediation, mediation certification, the pros and cons of free mediation, mediation and its relation to the legal system, and supporting mediator learning.
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