Mediation
Mediation or meditation?
So the schools in Scotland have closed for the summer – and the rain has poured down ever since. I have to confess that this has suited me very well as it has meant that I am quite happy to be at home and getting on with completing my written assignments to gain accreditation in…
Read MoreAre you communicating clearly enough?
My cousin’s wife was competing in a final tennis match last week, so he and I decided to have a coffee in the local café before going to watch her. I assumed he would pick me up. He assumed that I was meeting him in the café. Result? He sat in the café for 25…
Read MoreChild contact centres are here to help
We’ve just had child contact centre awareness week and another successful drop-in day to promote our centre so I feel compelled to say a few things about it. I have been involved with the child contact centre for all the too-long-to-remember time I’ve been with my service. While doing my counselling diploma I applied for…
Read MorePatsie Nielsen
Having been in teaching for about 100 years, I was beginning to feel that my post as faculty head of a support for learning department in a large secondary school was taking over my life. I started looking around for something else where I could use my skills that would still impact positively on the…
Read MoreYvonne Mackay
My name is Yvonne and I live with my husband in the East Neuk of Fife, which is a lovely place to call home. Mind you, my true home is Glasgow where I was born, brought up and educated. I have two children in their mid-20s, one in Glasgow and the other in Aberdeen. When…
Read MoreWhat am I doing here?
This thought crossed my mind recently during a particularly difficult and frustrating mediation. Observing was a new trainee mediator and in the post-session discussion, that very sentiment was raised by her, leading me to the conclusion that many mediators must ask that question of themselves when the going gets tough. So, who are the mediators…
Read MoreChief Executive – Stuart Valentine
For the past 4 years I have been the Chief Executive of Relationships Scotland, having previously been the Chief Executive of Glasgow City Mission, a charity working with homeless people in Glasgow. I live in Edinburgh with my wife Carolyn and 4 year old son Harry. I will be using this blog to reflect on the…
Read MoreFlown the nest – Pauline Nimmo
I am married with two sons and one budgie. My elder son who is 23 has just recently left home for London. I have been with RS FM SL for 10 years where I started as a volunteer at the child contact centre. My background is in childcare and I trained as a counsellor. I…
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