The Mediation Times

Patience, preparation – it’s worth the effort! Recipe for truly indulgent hot chocolate

January 2, 2010

The only link with mediation I can think of for this one is “preparation”!
This recipe takes a little time and the right ingredients. For anyone with a cold, the chili and cinnamon will help you feel better!

Measure out a cup of organic milk. Pour into a small sauce pan.

Add a bay leaf, 10 black pepper [...]

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Chuck – the rapping SEO guru

January 2, 2010

Thanks to Paul Holmes (and @tpholmes) for flagging on his site this video as one of his favourites. It was too good for just a link…
Chuck – the rapping SEO guru

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Training and learning – mediation skills

December 29, 2009

I am seeing such a lot of theoretical mediation skills training around. Before you know it, there will be written exams with multiple choice questions added to the dominant use of voluminous PowerPoint presentations.
I thought it might be good to remind people that in mediation skills training the most important outcome is a change in [...]

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Season’s Greetings

December 20, 2009

It is a tradition in my family to light a candle on Christmas morning to bring all those who cannot be with us physically, into our hearts. A couple of years ago, this was our Christmas morning candle which we placed on the hearth (heart in the home). A few hours later, this is what [...]

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Why Rudolf really got promoted

December 17, 2009

How many of us have come across people who have ended up leading the ’sleigh’ because they couldn’t get on within the ‘team’?
Charles, this is brilliant! For more great smiles and chuckles please see is wonderful site at LawComix

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Zen and the mediation client experience – after John Harrington photographer

December 12, 2009

I am a keen photographer and consequently I follow a number of photographers through RSS and Twitter. Today I came across a great blog post Zen and the mediation client experience by John Harrington based in Washington DC and one of the best photojournalists around today. In his post he makes some very lucid points [...]

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Cafe Mediate

December 11, 2009

Cafe Mediate is a new venture masterminded by Tammy Lenski as a virtual meeting place where we can muse over the issues that are important to the development of mediation. As Diane Levin, our co conspirator put it – a place where conversation and not caffeine is the stimulant.
We had our first transatlantic coffee together [...]

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Mediator Breakfast – London – 19 January 2009

December 11, 2009

The popular mediator breakfast club hosted by Michael Cover and David Richbell will meet on Tuesday, 19 January 2009 with guest Nathan Murphy of Alloyfish
Time: 0845
Venue: The Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DE
Cost: £5.00 to include, tea, coffee, juices, pastries and fruit. The full Punch breakfast menu will be available for those who would [...]

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Special Training Event – New York, New York

December 11, 2009

Open Space is a remarkably simple process which like all things simple needs a special capacity to teach. I did the course many years ago and it is still one of my all time favourite experiences enhanced by the generosity and wisdom of three very special people. Karen Davis is equally one of my all [...]

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Building your own ‘newspaper’- rss feeds

December 6, 2009

There are lots of “how to…” tips out there about how to manage information. For those of you who would like a clear and concise introduction on how to use the rss feed facility on blogs so that you don’t miss the really useful information, then I recommend that you check out my friend Tammy [...]

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