Stay up to date on the latest news, posts, and announcements
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XkqBs5HpLSc Sylvia Mayer of https://smayerlaw.com/ joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Olowska-Czajka of https://olowskapierre.com/ to discuss Robert Cialdini’s Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade. Sylvia is an avid reader and shares her takeaways from reading Pre-Suasion and how they apply to mediation and conflict resolution. Here is a link to an […]
Read more
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UKZB0bWBvFQ Sylvia Mayer of https://smayerlaw.com/ joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Olowska-Czajka of https://olowskapierre.com/ to explore the differences and similarities between mediating family divorces (when a couple separate and need to divide up their property and, if children are involved, set a custody schedule) and business divorces (when owners of a small […]
Read more
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FzDQYVc_dtI
Read more
We’re proud to announce the launch of Instant Mediations Scheduling, a pilot project meant to connect online mediators with their online parties quickly by simplifying online mediation scheduling. Online mediators on the IM Map are invited to tryout the IM Scheduling for free during its pilot. Just email your interest […]
Read more
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pHW2J-4YXdk Sylvia Mayer of https://smayerlaw.com/ joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Olowska-Czajka of https://olowskapierre.com/ to look into the crystal ball and predict the direction of bankruptcy mediation in 2022. Mediation is used in bankruptcy cases in a variety of contexts, including disputed claims, challenges to discharge, avoidance actions, […]
Read more
Watch YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/Z4OeoKosask
Read more
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GeGQPiWszac
Read more
Mediator Angela Miller of MediationNikan.com, a conflict resolution expert who handles military family disputes and family conflicts stemming from genetic testing results, shares parts of her story regarding why she mediates unique cases where parties uncover biological truths that shake their world. Watch video of recording here: https://youtu.be/5hwhMV_mehY.
Read more
Marci Jordan, a mediator, conciliator and HR consultant at JordanHRConsultants.com joined with Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com to present the most important issues regarding conflict resolution in employment discrimination cases. Watch the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/X4VX714ihrc
Read more
Kevin Dorsey of the OurFamilyWizard App (OurFamilyWizard.com) joined Natalia and Mac of OlowskaPierre.com in conversation about how technology is sometimes used to cause abuse in family cases. Whether it’s from spying, stalking, or messaging threats, technology can be used to cause harm in domestic cases. Kevin shares tips on how […]
Read more
In part 3 of his 3-part interview series, Dr. Habib Chamoun-Nicolas, renowned scholar and negotiations expert, appeared on Dr. Barbara Manousso’s podcast series alongside Mac and Natalia, to discuss the topics of his book Transcend! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dndCwaPhS98
Read more
Marci Jordan, a mediator, conciliator and HR consultant JordanHRConsultants.com, joined with Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com to present the important issues regarding conflict resolution in housing discrimination cases. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OqE8TdSK65E
Read more
Kevin Dorsey, of OurFamilyWizard.com joined with Natalia Olowska-Czajka and Mac Pierre-Louis to discuss what the app can do for parents, attorneys, judges, mediators, parenting coordinators, or amici. This tool allows co-parents to connect in a way that protects against miscommunication, he-said/she-said, and fights over admissibility of evidence. Watch on YouTube: […]
Read more
In part 2 of his 3-part interview series, Dr. Habib Chamoun-Nicolas, renowned scholar and negotiations expert, appeared on Dr. Barbara Manousso’s podcast series alongside Mac and Natalia, to discuss the topics of his book Negotiate Like a Phoenician. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GGJt24kcWIE.
Read more
Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4u.com meets with Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com in Houston, in person, to do this video on things judges consider in the child possession cases (also named as visitation rights or contacts with children). Based on the cases and issues we encountered in our practice as family […]
Read more
What are some “magic words of mediation?” What words do you use to help parties think differently about their position or reflect on their opponent’s position a different way? Some months ago we did a podcast recording with Mediator Darcy Thompson, who explained how the incendiary word “liar” can make […]
Read more
In part 1 of his 3-part interview series, Dr. Habib Chamoun-Nicolas, renowned scholar and negotiations expert, appeared on Dr. Barbara Manousso’s podcast series alongside Mac and Natalia, to discuss the topics of his book DEAL, Guidelines for a Flawless Negotiation, published in 2004 by publisher Key Negotiations. Watch the videos […]
Read more
Joseph George of GeorgeandGeorgeADR.com, based in Jacksonville, Florida joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Olowska-Czajka, co-founders of InstantMediations.com to discuss video marketing of ADR practices. In this episode we go through Joseph’s discoveries and experiences in this field and discuss 3 of his dispute resolution videos used to market his ADR […]
Read more
Chuck Searcy, Vietnam-based peacemaker and founder of Landmines.org.vn, joined Mediator-trainer author Thomas G. Giglione of Mediation.vn and Mac and Natalia to discuss lessons learned from the Vietnam conflict and how they apply to the current situation in Ukraine 2022. With the eventual end of this conflict will come the work […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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) […]
Read more
Sylvia Mayer of smayerlaw.com joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Ołowska-Czajka of OlowskaPierre.com to talk about a very important bankruptcy issues, which can be mediated, namely the preference actions. Preference actions bring a lot of contentious issues into the bankruptcy proceedings yet mediation can offer a good way out to avoid […]
Read more
On the same evening that US Vice President Kamala Harris gave an address in Warsaw, Poland, addressing ways the United States was ready to help Ukrainian refugees entering Poland, InstantMediation’s co-founder Natalia Olowska-Czajka of OlowskaPierre.com/polska sat down on the podcast to record her recent experiences in the city, and to […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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. […]
Read more
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.
Read more
Join the Lawyers & Mediators International Show and Podcast at #TamConference2022 in the Woodlands Resort the last weekend of February. The first in-person large TAM gathering since the pandemic, this will be an important event as we cover all the talk surrounding ADR and ODR in the new normal. Day […]
Read more
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. […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Mediator Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso of Manousso.us had guest colleague Dr. Gerald Monk (gmonk@sdsu.edu) on the podcast with Natalia and Mac of olowskapierre.com. Dr. Monk, one of the theorists on narrative mediation, is a licensed therapist who works in family and marriage therapy. In this videocast Dr. Monk explains what […]
Read more
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.
Read more
Listen to Tye Bourdony of Cfmediationcenter.com chat with InstantMediations’ Natalia and Mac of OlowskaPierre.com. Watch on YouTube or on Tye’s InstantMediations’ LawyersandMediators.org Channel page.
Read more
Mediator and communications expert Daniel Rainey of Holistic Solutions, Inc. chatted with InstantMediations’ Natalia and Mac of OlowskaPierre.com to discuss dialoging over race issues in America. Listen on the InstantMediations podcast App or on Daniel’s InstantMediations’ LawyersandMediators.org Channel page.
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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.
Read more
Tye Bourdony of Cfmediationcenter.com chatted with InstantMediations’ Natalia and Mac of olowskapierre.com to discuss ways more unexpeted things that happen at mediation. Check out Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/HAryNoifwkY Listen to the podcast or watch on YouTube or on Tye’s InstantMediations’ LawyersandMediators.org Channel page. Weird? Obscure? Creepy? Unexpected the least. Tye […]
Read more
Mediators, join us on Friday, January 28, 2022 when we’ll release the podcast/videocast of our talk with Dr. Lenski.
Read more
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 […]
Read more
Mediating online? Using Zoom as your video connection tool? Well, we are sure you are a pro by now, after the Zoom boom in Spring 2020, video tutorials, and just by your own experience. However, mediating with Zoom, no matter how comfortable you are with it, is not just about […]
Read more