Parable Conflict Solutions

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

I love the rainbow flag and have always loved it because perhaps the most open, supportive, s*x- positive and gender-progressive spaces that I've been in have been in the LGBTQ community.

This is the community that truly practices the old saying ' come as you are'. As a racialized and an immigrant woman, LGBTQ spaces are the safest spaces I have experienced. So to me, this flag is a flag of safety, acceptance, and love for people as are they are.

To all my LGBTQ siblings, thank you for creating such safe spaces of acceptance. May the world return that love that you keep putting out.

Love is love.

Although every mediator has their own style, most mediation process follow a similar path. 🛤

When you know the pathway, you can expect what is coming down the pike and that can help alleviate some of your anxieties.

Here are the step-by-step family mediation process at Parable.

Do you still have some questions? Get in touch!

I recently had the privilege of providing a 3-session workshop for the Alumni group of Gilan College of Management on "Transforming Conflict Through Dialogue".

It was wonderful to engage with a lively and enthusiastic group of folks who believe in peace-building through dialogue and negotiation. Working through different steps of transforming difficult conversations, we talked about family issues and how to resolve and transform them through courageous and kind conversations.

Thank you so much for such a lovely review!🙏💙

In every community there have been mediators, peacemakers, and bridge-builders who have helped transformed many different conflicts in their communities.

The conflicts that mediation can help with range from:
✅Divorce & Separation
✅Elder Care
✅Parenting Plan
✅Financial Disputes
✅Workplace conflict
✅Labour Disputes

And many many more!

If you're stuck in a conflict, don't let it go for too long. Reach out to a neutral professional mediator.

Mediation works!

🌾I first heard this quote from one of my mediation teachers and it really struck a chord with me.

"Never cut what you can untie," is a well-known and thought-provoking maxim, by Joseph Joubert who was a French moralist and essayist in the 18th century. It speaks to the importance of finding non-destructive, thoughtful, and patient solutions to problems and conflicts.

Untie-ing something might at first take a little longer time, but what you are left with is the object intact as opposed to destroyed.

Untie your conflicts. Mediate everything! 🌾

🖋Mediation is highly effective for several reasons

1. Voluntary participation: Since the parties involved in mediation choose to participate voluntarily, they are more likely to be committed to finding a mutually acceptable solution.

2. Confidentiality: Mediation proceedings are typically confidential, which allows the parties to speak openly and honestly without fearing that the information shared may be used against them later.

3. Control over the outcome: Mediation empowers the parties to create their own solutions rather than having a decision imposed on them by a judge or arbitrator. This sense of ownership can lead to more satisfactory and lasting resolutions.

4. Focus on interests and needs: Mediation encourages parties to identify underlying needs and interests rather than just arguing over positions. This approach can result in more creative and mutually beneficial solutions.

5. Preserving relationships: Mediation is less adversarial than litigation or other forms of dispute resolution. This less confrontational approach can help maintain or even improve relationships between the parties.

6. Time and cost-effective: Mediation is generally faster and less expensive than going to court or engaging in other formal dispute resolution processes.

7. Flexibility: Mediation can be tailored to suit the specific needs and circumstances of the dispute, providing a more adaptable and personalized approach to conflict resolution.

8. High success rate: Mediation has a high success rate in resolving disputes, with many cases resulting in mutually agreeable settlements.

Need help resolving your dispute peacefully and with as little time and money? Get in touch with us!

🍃 You might ask how exactly does mediation help resolve disputes?

✅Mediation establishes a safe and a neutral environment to talk and negotiate. In a neutral space there will not be feelings and emotions attached to the events of that space.

✅It opens the channels of communications that have been closed for a while.

✅It identifies what the underlying issues and what are people's interests.

✅It helps you collaborate by exploring different options and generating creative solutions.

✅It fosters comprise and negotiations so the interests of both parties are met.

✅And afterward, an agreement is written and formalized on everything the parties agreed to.

This process helps people reach long-lasting agreements because they were involved in the process of option-generating and there was space for their feelings to be heard and talked of in a constructive manner.

In mediation we help you move forward!

Happy International Women's Day! 🌸

In the honour of this day, we at Parable give gratitude to all the feminists who came before us, fought for our rights and taught us how to continue the fight. We stand on the shoulders of giants who believed a better day would come and worked tirelessly to achieve it.

💚🤍❤️ We honour the women and girls in Iran who are fighting relentlessly for their rights and resist oppressive practices imposed on them with an unwavering hope that a better future will come. 💚🤍❤️

And in the honour of this day and Women History Month, we're sharing some of our favourite feminist quotes.

What is one of your favourite feminist quotes? Share it with us!