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Step Four

How do you get there?

You are about to plan the next steps for your family. It is an important discussion, and there are ways to prepare for it that make it go more smoothly.

One to oneYour pre-mediation meeting
About an hourUsually by Zoom
ConfidentialWithout your spouse present

The first three steps are about information: what you have, what your options are, and what you want. This one is about the conversation itself.

Most people have never had a discussion quite like the one they are about to have. It is not an argument, and it is not a negotiation in the way people picture one. It is a planning session, and the habits that serve you in an argument work against you in it.

This is what pre-mediation is for

We work through it together, one to one

Your pre-mediation meeting is about an hour, usually by Zoom, and it is confidential. It is where you say what you need to say without your spouse present, where you raise what worries you, and where we shape the sessions around your family.

It is also where we talk about how to raise a hard subject, how to make a proposal, and how to hear one you were not expecting.

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