Puzzle PEACE Mediation

06/21/2021

Midway Mediation can help you bring peace to those in conflict. Financial assistance is available to McHenry County residents who qualify. Call today for details!

06/16/2021

Don’t Take Anything Personally

Don Miguel Ruiz explains that taking things personally is the ultimate expression of selfishness because we assume that everything is about us.

Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one you live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they know what is going on in our world, and we try to impose our world in their world. Even when the situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. What they say, what they do, and the opinions they give are according to the agreements they have in their own minds.

06/08/2021

Excerpt from an article in Psychology Today. *I’m going to practice the 3rd paragraph more often*

To read the full article got to: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/200908/arguing-your-adolescent?amp

06/05/2021

Scheduling a mediation consultation is a great first step towards mending a struggling relationship. Contact Midway Mediation and Counseling today!
www.midwaymac.com

06/02/2021

How do you handle conflict in your life? Depending upon the situation, I am a little bit of all 5.

Take the 5 minute quiz to find out your style!
https://www.usip.org/public-education/students/conflict-styles-assessment

05/14/2021

Mediation is an alternative to therapy that is suitable for people who were not seeking “treatment”* by a mental health professional.

05/14/2021

Are you estranged from someone who is important to you; family; friend; colleague? Mediation might be the solution! Mediation is about relationships and how to preserve them. The mediator is not a judge or an expert on legal advice but an expert at resolving conflict. Contact Midway Mediation and Counseling for more information or to schedule your first appointment towards PEACE. www.midwaymac.com

http://www.neimanmediation.com/how-does-mediation-preserve-relationships/

Mediation is the best alternative when parties have a relationship that they want to preserve. The adversarial process drives a wedge between people and ruins relationships. In the normal course of things, one side accuses the other of causing an injury or harm and asks a judge or arbitrator to hold...

04/30/2021

It is a fine balance between apprearing to be nosy and just wanting to connect with your teen. My favortie is probably telling them stories from my childhood. Take's the pressure off of my son(s) to creat the conversation, while they get to know who I once was. Lightens the mood and hopefully highlights the fact that I was once their age too.

04/29/2021

From the research of Terri Apter, Ph.D, findings show that arguing with your teen doesn't necessarily mean you have a bad relationship. Terri has identified the quality of a parent/teen bond has several measures: There is the comfort of simply being together and the willingness to share a range of daily experiences and to express a range of feelings — happiness as well as unhappiness. Some parents and teens who engage in frequent arguments have, by these measures, a good relationship: What matters is that a quarrel doesn't end with two people simply brooding over their own anger. What a teen is aiming for, after all, is to gain recognition and new respect for the parents he still loves.
Terri Apter, Ph.D., is a writer and psychologist and Fellow Emeritae of Newnham College, Cambridge

Terri Apter, Ph.D., is a writer and psychologist and Fellow Emeritae of Newnham College, Cambridge