All posts by Instant Mediations

Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4u.com joins Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com in Houston, in person, to do this video on morality clauses and avoiding conflicts when dating after divorce. The morality clauses which can be encountered in some of the MSAs (mediated settlement agreements) concern stipulating the time (usually at night) […]

Dr. Jaqueline Font-Guzman joined with Dr. Bernie Mayer upon invitation from Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso to talk with Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis and Natalia Ołowska-Czajka of OlowskaPierre.com in PART 3 about their book The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change. The conversation goes through the topics of social change, touching […]

Natalie Armstrong-Motin of HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com joined Sylvia Mayer of Smayerlaw.com, and Mac & Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com, to talk mediator marketing strategies that really work and business basics of successful practices. The discussion centered on the foundational pieces mediators need, including the five marketing activities that have proven most effective for successful […]

Dr. Bernie Mayer, professor emeritus of Dispute Resolution of The Werner Institute at Creighton University, spoke with Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso of Manousso.us, together with Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis and Natalia Ołowska-Czajka of Olowskapierre.com, to discuss the themes in his book The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change. Co-written by […]

In this episode Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4u.com joins Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com and for the first time – physically together, in Houston, in person, to do the video! We share the insights on the tracking methods used commonly by one parent against another and what consequences it can bring. […]

Dr. Manousso of Manousso.us, fellow Instant Mediations podcaster on her series “Manousso Musing” got a chance to discuss something close to her heart, that is keeping keeping the heart of mediation and differentiating from other conflict resolution practices like negotiated settlement.

Bill Eddy of HighConflictInstitute.com with Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso (manousso.us) together with Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis and Natalia Ołowska-Czajka of olowskapierre.com speak about high conflict people and what characteristics they have. Bill explains how to recognize high conflict people and how to deal with them when they happen to be around you. […]

Professor Daniel Rainey of holisticsolutions.org in conversation with Mac and Natalia of olowskapierre.com about the trap of what neutrality of a mediator can be. Dan explains what this trap is about and shows what the mediators are to actually be doing to ensure the parties are heard, feel safe and […]

Professor Daniel Rainey of HolisticSolutions.org in a dialogue with Mac and Natalia of olowskapierre.com presenting how communication process is being empowered in mediation, and especially when it happens online. Dan explains the role of the environment and the perceptual filters and how they can cloud the communication if the mediator […]

Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso of manousso.us with her guest Dr. Joseph Folger of TransformativeMediation.org and Mac and Natalia of olowskapierre.com following the publishing of the novel “Memoir of a Misfit Mediator” newly published by Dr. Folger. Joe Folger answers the questions on the core of the book and what led […]

Dr. Tammy Lenski (tammylenski.com), an author, a mediator and an entrepreneur is being interviewed by Mac and Natalia (olowskapierre.com) and Sylvia Mayer (smayerlaw.com). In this video podcast based on the book written by Tammy and titled “Making mediation your day job”, Tammy proves that this book, first published in 2008 […]

A conversation between Tye Bourdony of CFMediationcenter.com and Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com on how to solve the conflicts resulting from different parental views on what can be done to their children in terms of haircuts, braces (not invasive or cosmetic procedure) or repairing scars, tattoo’s and piercing. The three […]

Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4U.com continued the discussion with InstantMediations’ Natalia and Mac of OlowskaPierre.com the truths and myths surrounding so-called 50-50 custody over children and dealing with it at mediation. Listen to the podcast or watch on YouTube or on Fran’s InstantMediations’ LawyersandMediators.org Channel page.

Federico Vasoli of Dmtvglobal.com joined Mac and Natalia of Olowskapierre.com to discuss Vietnam in the year 2022 in the context of avoiding the legal conflict. As Vietnam was somehow the winner of the pandemic in 2020, for it had managed to contain contagions, ICU saturation and deaths and hence life […]

Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4U.com chatted with InstantMediations’ Natalia and Mac of OlowskaPierre.com the truths and myths surrounding so-called 50-50 custody over children and dealing with it at mediation. Listen to the podcast or watch on YouTube or on Fran’s InstantMediations’ LawyersandMediators.org Channel page.

Federico Vasoli of Dmtvglobal.com joined Mac and Natalia of Olowskapierre.com to discuss what could be seen as trends in traveling restrictions and immigration and solutions, which were found to remedy it worldwide. Federico compares the approach to the pandemic between the Western one and Asian one. The Western approach was […]

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This episode (catch on YouTube) features Thomas G. Giglione (Mediation.vn & Vietnamadr.com) and Hoa Thi Kim Nguyen, the Vice Director of the Hanoi-based Microfinance and Community Development Institute (MACDI – macdivn.org) and their discussion with Mac Pierre-Louis (instantmediations.com & oplawyers.org) regarding the work they’re doing in Vietnam involving grassroots mediations. […]

Daniel Rainey of Holistic Solutions, Inc., talks about effective listening for mediators and parties at mediations, including noticing the filters we all have that impact what we hear when someone speaks. Learn on how to listen effectively by listening actively, especially in the online environment.