Mediation Lessons from a Saharan Oasis in Morocco

By Joel Bertet The sweat trickled down my side and onto my lower back. It was warm and tickled me awake as I rolled over to reach my iPhone to check on the time. I grabbed the iPhone hoping it would provide good news. The screen flashed on 2:36 a.m. Oouf! Too early to...

When Life Hands You Lemons . . . Mediate!

By Gustavo Milare The well-known phrase “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is often cited as a symbol of resilience, optimism, and adaptability. First coined by American writer Elbert Hubbard in 1915, the saying encourages us to turn life’s...

Artificial Intelligence in Mediation

By Professor Sarah Rudolph Cole, IAM Scholar-in-Residence Part 1: Exploring AI’s Current Role in Mediation As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape professional fields, so too is the mediation field beginning to explore how these emerging...

Anxiety, Mental Health, and Mediation

By Rebecca Clark “Anxiety: it’s more common than you think . . .” so said the speaker during a sensitive and informative seminar I recently attended on Mediation and Mental Health. Slightly troubled, I looked at the statistics. In England, 1 in 6...

2025 Conference Recap

By Tim Connard I had the great pleasure of being formally admitted to membership as a distinguished fellow of the Academy at the Gold Coast conference in May, alongside distinguished fellows Nate Alder, Patricia Prince and Christopher Barnes. The conference had a...