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Good or Bad, This Too Shall Pass
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Managing Emotions, change, Conflict as Catalyst, self care, stress, 0Sam’s life was good. Job was challenging but rewarding, family was doing well, and weekends were packed with camping or...
The reaper can be more grim
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Divorce, How to Contemplate Divorce, Process Choices, children, choices, divorce, family, Preserving families, 0Yesterday my uncle was buried. Two of his three children were at the funeral. The third? Apparently my uncle’s...
Time to Unwrap Your Gloria’s Gift
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Estate Planning/Elder Care, attorney, elder law, estate planning, grand rapids, Health Care Power of Attorney, power of attorney, st. joseph, 0Legal documents. Most people sigh “ugh” at the thought of reading one–and paying for it! But every year, we...
Why Do We Get Up in the Morning?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, criminal, divorce, estate planning, family, Preserving families, 0Recently our team took a one day retreat to reflect on our purpose and goals for the upcoming year....
Higher Real Estate Taxes After Inheritance? No Thank You!
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Estate Planning/Elder Care, Cottage Law, estate planning, estate taxes, Ladybird Deed, livespan, taxes, 0The uncapping of real estate taxes is a concern for many people when including the family home or cottage...
You Can Negotiate with Confidence-Part 2
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Argument, Communication, Conflict as Catalyst, Conflit, elder law, family law, mediation, Resolution, settlement, 0Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John F. Kennedy, 20 January...
You Can Negotiate with Confidence—Part 1
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, advice, Argument, choices, collaborative, Communication, divorce, family, family law, grand rapids, mediation, Resolution, settlement, st. joseph, stress, 1Sandra was nervous. A “family meeting” had been called by her older sister who had the lion’s share of...
What is fair? And what does it have to do with the fair?
Deborah Bennett Berecz, , Conflict as Catalyst™ Newsletter, Family Resolutions, children, choices, Communication, divorce, Fair, family law, mediator, Resolution, settlement, stress, 0I couldn’t avoid it. I kept running into clients I’ve worked with over the years at the county fair...
Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot point blank in the face on a school bus by the Taliban, is no...
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