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Why “Contribution” is So Important to a Marriage
Recently, I was asked to present an evening workshop by an association of professional women on “How to Negotiate with your Spouse”. I was pleased and surprised that they invited a divorce lawyer to...
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Did you ever hear the expression “Happy Wife, Happy Life”? This overused adage seems to help some people (generally husbands) focus on their wife’s happiness in order to secure a peaceful, happy...
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Driving Your Spouse Crazy… Literally!
As published in TheHuffington Post, in the Living section on 12/20/10. Almost every married couple I know experiences conflict when driving in the car. One of them is a backseat driver. One of them...
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Eliminating “Hot Speech” in Marriage
As published in The Huffington Post, 9/10/13. by Laurie Israel We live in a very fast world. Information is shared instantly. A public figure might do something at 9 a.m., and by 9:15 a.m. it’s all...
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Is Mediating Prenups a Form of Marital Mediation?
by Laurie Israel, Esq. As published in Huffington Post, August 12, 2014. My mediation practice during the past several years has taken a turn towards mediating prenuptial agreements. Here’s how it...
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Where Does Marital Mediation Fit In?
by Laurie Israel During the past quarter century, academics and others writing about mediation have characterized styles of mediation as belonging to one of three categories: “facilitative”,...
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Mediator as Truthsayer
by Laurie Israel Mediation is not one monolithic technique. Mediators and mediation theorists may categorize different types of mediation techniques into different theoretical boxes, such as...
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