Louise and William's new book, Being Relational, details seven ways of being in relation to others that capture the heart and soul of all that is self-help, grounded in method, and supported by relational conflict theory and brain…

The latest blog entry at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation tells a story of a mediation where the parties called all the shots.  You can read it here.

Our latest blog entry, which you can read here, observes how tempting it can be for a mediator to give advice to certain clients.  But should we?  

It's not easy to let go of telling people what to do.  In this blog post, Angie Gaspar, explains how she's been able to commit to supporting self-determination through the transformative approach.  You can read the blog here.

The perspective on conflict that the transformative model provides can come in handy when dealing with one's own clients. In this blog , Michelle Zaremba talks about using these insights in talking to her 5-year-old son.

NDR, ADR and CONF people:

If you're still into growing in the area of negotiation, you're going to want to read this article by John Lande of the University of Missouri School of Law. It's long, but you'll figure out which parts to read once you start. You'll be glad you read it.

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Mediators have the best of intentions.  We want good things for our clients.  But "how do we get them too . . . ?" is not the right question.  Read the latest blog entry here.

(First published in Conflictconversations.org)

Dr. Athena Staik has imagined what a child might say to warring parents to mitigate the harm done by their conflict. Click …

In my latest blog post, available here, I revisit my previous post, in which I told about a fight I had with a friend. In this post I discuss how the transformative theory of conflict provides helpful insight into what happened. 

In my latest blog post, I describe a conflict I saw arise on near me on a plane.  It demonstrated many of the principles of the transformative theory of conflict.

• The University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is running its 4^thAnnual Summer Institute for Faculty in Peace Studies Program Development from June 10-15, 2012.
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We all have conflict in our lives...some more complex than others. So, what if you "got conflict?" Sometimes, we are so entrenched in our problem that we lose sight and it feels too complicated to figure out or we solve the wrong problem. Stephen Kotev, my guest…