Texas Conflict Coach

Negative emotions arise all too frequently in our daily lives, feelings such as anger, irritation, fear, confusion and worry, to name a few. These emotions trigger stress and simultaneously block our ability to feel grounded and centered. They also negatively impact our health. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a powerful, fast, portable and easy to use tool to handle stress and to reduce the hold such negative emotions have on our well-being. Once learned, you will be able to use it whenever the need arises Brady Mikusko is a divorce coach and a certified personal life coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), helping her clients live life with greater competence, ease, joy and well-being. EFT is one tool that she teaches most of her coaching clients because of its practical, easy-to-learn and easy-to-use nature. Brady is no stranger to conflict, having mediated divorces for over 14 years, and has written a user-friendly workbook on mediation: Be Smart: Prepare Yourself for Divorce Mediatio

Listen to our PRE-RECORDED Show on December 11th at 7:00pm CST at Blog Talk Radio. During the month of December, please enjoy these previously recorded shows. We will return live every Tuesday night beginning January 8, 2013. Enjoy the Holidays!   This show highlights the works of Rebecca Shafir, neurotherapist and speech and language pathologist. She is author of the book, “The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction.” We will explore listening myths, the 4 characteristics of being a mindful listener, examine listening stoppers, and tips for listening to difficult people. To learn more about Rebecca Shafir or to sign up for her newsletter The Mindful Communicator’s Minute, click here. www.MindfulCommunication.com

During the month of December, please enjoy these previously recorded shows. We will return live every Tuesday night beginning January 8, 2013. Enjoy the Holidays! Our conversation will focus on what to do to prepare for those family gatherings so that you don't lose your cool. Have you ever felt you have to perform like Martha Stewart and be the perfect hostess? Or, maybe you wanted to start a new tradition but it is met with resistance because “we’ve always done it this way!” Do you get tired of the constant battle of who to visit, so instead you rush around to 3 or 4 family households in a day? Exhausting! We all certainly have those relatives we see during the holidays that make us want to cringe. They’ll never change! Donna Tuites is a licensed professional counselor of mental health (LPCMH) in the State of Delaware. She is also a certified employee assistance professional (CEAP). She has been in private practice with a group of other licensed professionals since 2006. Prior to that she worked

Does your family argue or fight about money or finances during the Holidays? Expectations about what kinds of gifts to buy, how much you can afford to spend on travel or even when siblings or other family members ask for money can cause conflict. Dave and Pattie will talk about some of the causes of Holiday financial conflicts, some strategies to keep from being sucked into the drama and even some tips about how to calm family members down when emotions about money are high. Dave Hilton, the Financial Conflict Coach, is a Conflict Engagement Specialist, Mediator, Dispute Resolution Trainer and Speaker. He is the host of the "Financial Conflict Coach Show" and the "Conflict Specialists Show". Dave is also the founder and Chairman of the Texoma Dispute Resolution Center (a non-profit community mediation center serving parts of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma) and is a volunteer Mediator for the Southern Methodist University Mediation Center in Dallas, TX. For More Information: Dave Hilton      

The holidays bring together families with long-held traditions, customs and celebrations. These holiday traditions are founded in our roots…our cultural identity, religious beliefs, and family values. The customs and traditions are sacred. But what happens when two families merge a multi-cultural or interracial marriage? Each family brings with them their own cultural expectations with different values and priorities. The pressures to conform and to honor those traditions of the other family can cause stress and fracture points not only in the marriage but between the in-laws and extended families. Multi-cultural families have a unique need to bend, flex, compromise and accommodate one another’s contrasting ways. Daniel Huerta works at Focus on the Family and has a private counseling practice. He was born in Mexico City, and is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specializing as a counselor in the treatment of disruptive behavior disorders, anxiety and depression in adolescents, children and their fa

Every holiday season, workplaces around the country ponder whether to have their annual Christmas party and whether to decorate with all of the glitter and bows that accompanies the traditional American celebration. Employers’ stress and anxiety rises as they think of the potential conflict lurking around the Christmas tree...the Grinch. The fall and winter season brings about a number of holiday and globally recognized celebrations…Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, and Bohdi Day. In a global workplace, multiple cultures are represented honoring a number of traditions, religious beliefs, and cultural expectations. In preparation of this season, we will discuss things to consider and strategies to put into place at your workplace for a more peaceful season. Pattie Porter, Founder and President of Conflict Connections, Inc.and host of The Texas Conflict Coach® invites you to call-in with your holiday stories, issues or questions.      

Using mediation and collaborative practice we enable our clients to be part of the solution process, not powerless bystanders. The advantage of using Mediation and Collaborative practice over litigation is the processes ability to respect the emotions of the people in conflict over an animal and recognized that emotions power over the parties. Listen in as Debra explains how using Alternative Dispute Resolution, in the emotionally charged venue of conflicts between people about animals, will enable party driven resolutions in less time, for less money, while retaining relationships between the parties currently at odds. Attorney Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton is an experienced litigator, turned mediator/collaborative professional with years of animal conflict experience. She brings vast and varied experience in the animal world to the table, as a neutral in mediation or as a representative of a party in a collaborative process. She is an Attorney Mediator focusing on helping people in conflict over an animal. She he

Join us as two died-in-the-wool technology enthusiasts explore communication technology and conflict in our everyday lives. We'll think together about some of the core principles that promote constructive conflict resolution across the interwebs and share examples of communication strategies that can either make or break online relationships. Communication tools or apps that may help smooth out the daily rough patches will be shared and discussed/debated. Bill Warters, Ph.D., is a faculty member at Wayne State University's Department of Communication where he teaches courses on social conflict, mediation, and communication technologies and conflict among others. He is webmaster of CREducation.org, a site supporting conflict resolution in educational settings and developer of a new iPad app for conflict resolution educators. Colin Rule is CEO of Modria.com, an online dispute resolution provider based in Silicon Valley. He was eBay and PayPal's first Director of Online Dispute Resolution from 2003 to 2011, and

The breakup of a marriage almost always involves some level of conflict between spouses, but the process of litigation during divorce ratchets that conflict up to a level of devastation for all members of the immediate and even extended family. Instead of getting away from the turmoil by divorcing, the adversarial nature of a legal “fight” can actually create permanent emotional and financial damage. If the goal of divorce is to stop the daily conflict, then the process should reduce that conflict while helping establish better relationships for the children and their parents. We will discuss how parents can create an emotionally supportive divorce that promotes a healthy relationship between themselves and a loving future for their children. Marilyn Miller, a psychotherapist, Steve Schechter, a lawyer and mediator, andMelynda Gulley, a mediator, have more than fifty years of experience between them in helping families. They recognized a critical need to help families survive the trauma of divorce and founded

Each year, community mediators help nearly a million people in conflicts all manner of vexing variation. From schoolyard bullying to co-worker conflicts, nuisance neighbors to deeply personal family fights, community mediation programs bring constructive conflict resolution services to the masses. They mediate, facilitate, coach, train, and much more. These programs and volunteers do all this with industry-leading credentials and dogged dedication, but, often, not much more. Tune in to hear Justin R. Corbett, Executive Director of the National Association for Community Mediation, speak about the State of Community Mediation within the U.S., the potential which motivates its momentum, the pitfalls which keep it from even greater progress, and the future of this influential field. Justin is the Executive Director of NAFCM, the National Association for Community Mediation. There, he advocates for and works to network volunteer mediators and the community programs which lend their expertise to the public for all

Have you ever heard someone threaten “I’ll see you in court!”? If this has happened to you, or if you have ever thought of suing someone, join us on October 2nd as Stephen Kotev interviews attorney and mediator Daniel Preston Dozier to find out how much litigation really costs, and the hidden pitfalls of actually taking someone to court. Daniel P. Dozier, a member of the law firm of Press, Potter & Dozier, LLC, received his J. D. in 1971. He is an internationally-recognized pioneer in conflict management and collaborative decision-making, with nearly 35 years of experience as an attorney, negotiator, and mediator, and 25 years as a mediator and facilitator of complex multi-party environmental and public policy, employment, contract and commercial disputes.    

Have you ever heard someone threaten “I’ll see you in court!”? If this has happened to you, or if you have ever thought of suing someone, join us on October 2nd as Stephen Kotev interviews attorney and mediator Daniel Preston Dozier to find out how much litigation really costs, and the hidden pitfalls of actually taking someone to court. Daniel P. Dozier, a member of the law firm of Press, Potter & Dozier, LLC, received his J. D. in 1971. He is an internationally-recognized pioneer in conflict management and collaborative decision-making, with nearly 35 years of experience as an attorney, negotiator, and mediator, and 25 years as a mediator and facilitator of complex multi-party environmental and public policy, employment, contract and commercial disputes. Mr. Dozier has written numerous articles and monographs, including Stakeholder Collaborative Processes for Consensus Building on Planning Issues with James L. Ariail III, AICP and Allyn Finegold in the on line journal of the American Planning Associatio

We all have at least one person we wish we could make disappear...without getting in trouble! It’s not magic. It’s proven methods to communicate, mediate, and resolve stressful misunderstandings, happily ever after, and so no one gets fired or mired in continuous conflict. This show, based on the recent book release, will dig deeper than personalities, include the impact of stress, and remind you of the power of your habits, and perceptions, while sharing tips to succeed with even the most “challenging breed” of co-workers. Monica Wofford has been a manager since 1989. Her training firm, Contagious Companies, was founded on the premise that leadership isn’t something you’re born with, but is developed. Author of Contagious Leadership, andMake Difficult People Disappear, she’s been called “The best trainer ever seen!” Winner of numerous awards in business and training, Certified Speaking Professional, Monica Wofford engages, entertains and transforms participants in her presentations.          

Stephen Kotev and I help you figure out how to resolve conflicts in the workplace. In this episode we pick up where “A Manager’s Dilemma: How do YOU figure out what’s wrong in the office?” left off. You now understand the problem, what’s next? Listen in and learn effective responses to problems involving difficult relationships, bad data, mismatched values, cross-purpose interests and ineffective systems.

This broadcast will feature a lively discussion of tough issues related to race and conflict. The presenters will posit that much of today's race-based conflicts are rooted in fear. Marvin E. Johnson, J.D. is a nationally recognized mediator, arbitrator and trainer with over 25 years of dispute resolution experience. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution and serves on the JAMS panel of resolution experts. Mr.Johnson handles public and private sector disputes in the areas of employment, labor-management, consumer, business, and community relations. He provides diversity and dispute resolution training and lectures extensively on the subject of conflict management. Two Presidents of the United States, a Secretary of the United States Department of State, a Governor of Maryland, and the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals have recognized Mr. Johnson's dispute resolution expertise by appointing him to various dispute resolution panels and boards. Lou Gi

Most of us go about thinking that life happens to us, that conflict is a negative event, and that our reactions are not under our conscious control. In this conversation with Judy Ringer, author, trainer, conflict coach, and Aikido black belt, we'll discuss how life events, troublesome people, and difficult problems can be gifts that help us strengthen relationships, open communication, and invent life in more purposeful ways. Judy's book, "Unlikely Teachers" offers stories and practices for turning life's challenges into life teachers. Judy Ringer is the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in DailyConflict, and provides conflict, communication, and presentation skills training internationally. Using principles from the martial art Aikido, in which she holds a second-degree black belt, Judy brings to life key concepts such as self-management under pressure and appreciation of other viewpoints. The founder of Power & Presence Training in Portsmouth, NH, she’s also a singer and the author

What fuels bullying? Why do kids bully, and how can we help them stop? On this segment we'll be providing answers to these questions along with effective tools you can use at home and in schools. Find out: - The difference between conflict and bullying - The number one reason kids bully - Other factors that can fuel bullying - How to help kids manage the anger that can lead to bullying - How to determine if a child or young adult is bullying Naomi Drew is recognized around the world for her work in conflict resolution, peacemaking, and anti-bullying. She is the award-winning author of seven widely-used books, including the critically acclaimed, No Kidding About Bullying. Her work has been featured in magazines and newspapers across the United States, including Time, Parents, and The New York Times. She has been a guest on syndicated radio and national TV, and has served as a parenting expert for “Classroom Close-ups,” an Emmy-winning public television show. She consults to school districts, parent group

Many kids don't know "the language of social success" -- how to send and receive nonverbal communication that helps them make friends and manage their social relationships. They are often isolated and targeted for teasing and bullying. We can help you to identify these children and give you resources to teach them how to use nonverbal communication more effectively. Tricia Jones is a Professor of Education at Temple University in Philadelphia and she is the Project Director of the CRETE Project -- Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education. CRETE has been funded since 2004 by the United States Department of Education and the JAMS Foundation. Dr. Jones has worked with thousands of teachers, helping them understand how to teach students constructive conflict management to help create safe and effective schools and communities. She is a member of the Peace Education Working Group of the Global Partnership for the Prevention for Armed Conflict working around the world to support conflict education and pea

  What is an organizational ombudsman? Tune in and listen to Linda Falkson and Adam Kleinberger from the Cornell University Ombudsman Office, as they talk about how their office helps people regarding a problem or conflict, as part of the caring community serving students, faculty and staff. They offer an explanation of the ethical principles that guide their work-- independence, neutrality, confidentiality and informality and how they are helpful to those that visit with them by offering a safe place to discuss their concerns. Linda Falkson received a Juris Doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Before joining the Cornell Ombudsman Office, Linda served as Cornell's Associate Judicial Administrator and then as Deputy Judicial Administrator, where she worked with community partners regarding the living and learning environment for students. Adam Barak Kleinberger first studied conflict resolution at the United World College and Brandeis University. He has a masters degree in Dispute R

Listen to our Pre-Recorded Show on August 7th at 7:00pm CST at Blog Talk Radio. As an educator, is conflict in the classroom interfering with teaching? Is your child missing out on classroom instruction because of conflict? Does your child come home upset, with hurt feelings and or just down-right angry because they are feeling powerless to fix a difficult situation? Then, why not use peer mediation? In our Back to School series, Got School Conflict? Kids Mediate! young people need to understand that conflict is a natural human state better approached with skills than avoidance or violence. They need to know there is a better or different way to deal with their anger about the conflict. Peer mediation gives them the competence, courage and skills which empower them to deal with difficult situations so that they can realize how to better fulfill their needs and interests. In this pre-recorded show, we have a number of very special guests. Anita Sitz-Castillo is a mediator of ten years, and the Peer Mediatio