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Nicola Lewis
Apr 6, 20221 min read
No fault divorce
Today, we welcome the arrival of 'no fault' divorce. Before, you had to give a reason for the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. Now...
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Nicola Lewis
Mar 18, 20181 min read
How it feels to be a participant in family mediation
Susie explains the family mediation process with great clarity. She says she was able to go forward with her life without looking back...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Mar 16, 20181 min read
All the things that go unsaid...
For some people that Friday feeling is much more than that. It is the end to a horrible week at work where you feel uncertain, unsafe,...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Mar 16, 20182 min read
"I hear a lot of talking but I don't hear a lot of real listening".. the importance of
Successful negotiators listen much more than they talk. In mediation often people come bursting with a need to be heard, to express...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Mar 1, 20182 min read
Family mediation: do we have to sit in the same room?
As family mediators we are aware that, where children are involved there will usually be some form of ongoing relationship where you have...
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Nicola Lewis
Feb 23, 20182 min read
Get really real...
Listening to a talk by Brene Brown, a researcher who has spoken a lot on vulnerability, I heard those words... "Get really real..so...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Feb 22, 20182 min read
The women who have it all..
A friend recently sent me an article published in the US about what the author called "the new midlife crisis' The author Ada Calhoun...
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Nicola Lewis
Feb 13, 20182 min read
Why employers should look to mediation before grievance procedures kick in.
A grievance: 'a feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair.' Employers are required to have a grievance...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Mediating in the face of a disaster
Dr Diego Faleck spoke last Thursday night at Kings College. On 17th July 2007 in Brazil, an aircraft landing in Sao Paulo overran the...
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Nicola Lewis
Feb 7, 20182 min read
Whose mediation is it anyway?
Some poeple come to mediation expecting us to tell them what they should be doing. Either in the way a lawyer would: "What do you advise...
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Nicola Lewis, London Mediation Works
Feb 6, 20182 min read
When the going gets tough...
Interesting to catch the tail end of an interview on the radio today. A woman was being asked about her experience after she had her...
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Nicola Lewis
Jan 31, 20182 min read
When should we think about mediation?
Simple. The sooner the better. In the workplace, procedures rule. Professionals who know their rights will move towards a grievance...
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Nicola Lewis
Jan 30, 20182 min read
Life in the Family Court
In my other role working as a communication specialist in the courts (where I help children and vulnerable adults to communicate their...
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Nicola Lewis
Dec 8, 20171 min read
Children as young as 7 affected by parents divorce are more likely to be out of work by 55
The International Longevity Centre UK published a report this week with findings which come as no surprise to many professionals working...
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Nicola Lewis
Oct 15, 20171 min read
It's not working in the workplace
We were approached recently by a charity which carries out vital work supporting vulnerable people in the community. The employees were...
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