Constanta to Danube Delta
We’re now in Sulina, Romania, at the Casa Sibiana, for 2 days as guests of Liana, the main Ovidius University sponsor of our trip/training, and her retinue of friends and colleagues. On Saturday, we drove north from Constanta toward the Danube Delta region over hilly coastal farm region. Then, at Tulcea, a small city on one of the lower Danube channels, we boarded a river tour boat (Russian...
Read MoreRomania Day One
After landing in Bucharest, Shauna and Brian travelled several hours east, over the fertile Danube River Plain, past numerous rural villages, to Constanta, Romania’s “second city.” Constanta, where our training will take place next week, is located on Romania’s Black Sea coast, and most of our students currently attend Ovidius University, named after the famous...
Read MoreCombine Mediation Training and Vacation
Florida is beautiful any time of year and that is why Mediators without Borders is offering trainings this year in Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Delray Beach, and Miami. Since the trainings are a 40 hour Mediation Certification on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday you can spend the week prior or the week after vacationing without all the crowds you might find on the weekends. Call today for special deals...
Read MoreInterview with Susan Harter, Part 8 (Final Part)
Ries: We have been talking about a number of issues that relate to your own scholarly work and its application to the goals and principles underlying the inAccord model of conflict resolution and mediation. This has been extremely interesting. But how have these goals and principles affected your personal life, as you navigate your way through your own life’s challenges? Harter: I’m...
Read MoreInterview with Susan Harter Part 7
Ries: Do you see our new focus on emotions or any other aspects of the inAccord model that interface with current trends in your own field of Psychology? Harter: Most definitely! There is a clear convergence between the inAccord Model’s new focus on identifying both positive and negative emotions and two present trends in the field of Psychology. The first is the acknowledgement that...
Read MoreInterview with Susan Harter Part 6
Ries: What kind of groundwork, what do you see as necessary before the skill training? Harter: That is a critical question. The answer is at the heart of another theme that has dominated my own thinking and research. People must first learn to get in touch with their emotions that are powerful forces in their lives, some of which can be destructive, some of which can be constructive. ...
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