It’s important to acknowledge the challenges couples separating in 2022 are facing, and how the lack of choice is impacting decisions. Here in Ontario our housing market has gone through the roo...
Apr
2022
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Jul
2020
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I heard the term Pandemic Pause and I really liked it, it felt appropriate to me. I thought I would write this blog to say Hi and catch you up. We’ve all had choices to make and living through this un...
Mar
2020
04
I was on vacation with my daughter last week and missed posting about a special milestone. The 10-year anniversary of the Grand Opening of Families First Mediation!! I have since started another busi...
Feb
2020
12
The short answer – NO. I hear this all of the time, “we aren’t on the same page so mediation won’t work” or”my lawyer told me I shouldn’t mediate because we are so ...
Jan
2018
24
My name is Melissa Haddad and I am the first person you will speak to when you contact us, whether by phone, email or our contact form. Since you get me first, I’d like to share with you who I am. Ot...
Nov
2017
18
I had a call from a local family law lawyer and was told that she recommended me to her counterpart because she felt that the case needed a mediator with heart. While I was happy that’s how I’m seen, ...
Nov
2017
14
Mediation & your role. There’s lots of information on the mediator’s role however don’t forget you have a huge role to play too! After choosing the right mediator for your situat...
Dec
2016
04
Our Home or Yours – Family Mediation in our home (office) or your home, now available in the Durham Region! Link to Press Release HERE Our Office Families F...
Sep
2015
10
Teaching youth to better manage conflict are not skills that are being taught, unless there has already been a problem. We are reactive. Are these skills that we hope young people gain through life ex...
Jun
2015
15
Think it’s tough to bond in a blended family? You’re right it can be, but there are ways to make it easier. Due to the sheer number of divorced families it stands to reason that many coupl...