Divorce Mediation, Financial Clarity and Protecting Your Future By Mikki McGill, CDFA® | Great River Mediations | Woodbury, Minnesota If you’re considering divorce in Minnesota, you may be wondering where to begin. Do you need to hire an attorney? Will you have to appear in court? What happens to your house, retirement accounts and savings? […]
Divorce Leaves a Wake: The Trauma of Divorce and the Difference Between a Wildfire and a Controlled Burn
By Mikki McGill, Family Mediator, CDFA, CDC, Rule 114 Qualified Neutral — Great River Mediations Years ago, before I became a Minnesota family mediator, I worked for the USDA Forest Service. At one point in my life, I thought I might someday find myself fighting wildfires in Minnesota or somewhere else in the country. I […]
Is Divorce on Your Post-Summer List?
Why Fall Can Be a Good Time to Start Divorce in Minnesota Summer has a way of putting life on hold. There are vacations, cabins, kids, activities, graduation parties, weddings, family gatherings and long weekends that can make the calendar feel both full and temporary. And sometimes there is an unspoken agreement inside a marriage: […]
Conflict Resolution Strategies for Partners
Conflict Is Normal. How You Handle It Matters. Conflict is a natural part of relationships. Every couple will disagree. You are two different people with different histories, personalities, needs, expectations and ways of seeing the world. The goal is not to create a relationship where conflict never happens. The goal is to learn how to […]
When Minnesota Parents Disagree About School: How Mediation Can Help With Education Decisions
Choosing a school can feel like one of those parenting decisions that should be straightforward. Which school is closest? Which one has the strongest academics? Where are the child’s friends going? Which school works best with each parent’s home and work schedule? But when parents are separated, divorced or parenting from two households, school decisions […]
How Minnesota Therapists Can Protect Their Mental Health When Supporting Clients Through Divorce
Supporting clients through divorce can leave an emotional residue—even when you have strong professional boundaries. In this post, I share what that looked like for me, how other people’s trauma can stay with helping professionals and why learning to release what isn’t yours matters. How Minnesota Therapists Can Protect Their Mental Health When Supporting Clients […]
When Machines Become Kinder Than We Are: What AI Is Revealing About How We Show Up at Work and at Home
By Mikki McGill, Certified Transformative Mediator, CDFA, MPA, CDC This week The New York Times ran an article called “The Chatbot is In” by Teddy Rosenbluth. One line in it stopped me cold. The article reports that about 25 percent of people under 30 are turning to AI chatbots for medical insight. Not because appointments […]
A Steady Guiding Hand: Finding Support and Clarity Through Divorce Mediation
Many people assume mediation only works for couples who are still friendly or amicable. That’s a myth. Mediation works for couples who are angry, hurt and deeply divided because it’s designed to contain conflict not eliminate it. The mediator’s job is to guide conversation, keep things on track and ensure both voices are heard without […]
Just Keep on Dancin’: Finding Recovery and Rebuilding Life After Divorce
When I first met Jennifer, it wasn’t in a mediation room or a support circle — it was at a line dance class taught by Miss Tina of Gotta Dance. The room filled with soul music and laughter, a room full of people trying to find rhythm. Everyone was trying to remember the steps and […]
Can Marriage Counseling Really Help Your Relationship?
When I first started my practice, I remember reading a statistic about divorce that I found shocking. And that was that 40-50% of all marriages in the United States ended in divorce. Divorce rates had hit 40 and 50% in the 1980’s. Since then the divorce rate has been declining. While everyone has their theory […]
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