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Doug Moe, Q.C. – How Mediation & Arbitration Can Help Families in Separation & Divorce (#1)

Doug Moe, Q.C. – How Mediation & Arbitration Can Help Families in Separation & Divorce (#1)

Doug Moe, Q.C. is a respected lawyer, arbitrator and mediator in Calgary, Alberta. His firm Moe Hannah LLP was recently noted as the second most recommended law firm by their peers in a Globe and Mail article. His practice is largely mediation and arbitration of family law disputes. In this first podcast, Doug shares his view of how mediation and arbitration can assist people experiencing separation and divorce. He shares his experiences and suggestions to effectively resolve their family law matters.

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The Ebb and Flow of Communication

The Ebb and Flow of Communication

In all relationships there is a push and pull of closeness and distance. Some people need more belonging while others need more autonomy or space. In the Psychological literature these ideas are discussed in terms of attachment. Attachment is the emotional bond built with our caregivers in the earliest days of life and those bonds show themselves throughout various stages of development even lasting into adulthood.

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How Best to Support Our Spouse

How Best to Support Our Spouse

Think about how you like to feel supported by your spouse. For some of us an explicit expression of help is a welcome gesture and brings about a sense of appreciation. For others, an explicit effort to help makes us feel more stressed and even annoyed. Appreciating what tasks our partner’s feel confident with is the key to being appropriately supportive. These are the findings of the authors of a research study in 2017.

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Emotion work – Let’s get you back to work

Emotion work – Let’s get you back to work

With the arrival of COVID-19 and the resulting isolation measures in place, all Canadians have felt some impact on family dynamics. This means that parents have been managing their children more of the time and engaging in what researchers call family work. This family work generally takes on three forms: housework, child rearing and emotion work. While housework and child rearing can be easily observed, emotion work is done covertly and is not easily seen or measured.

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I love you not your friends

I love you not your friends

Many couples struggle to find a good match in couple friends. The wife might really like the female in the relationship, or the husband might really like the male in the couple. Often one might be too loud, drink too much or be a little dull. These incompatibilities can spill over into disagreements between the couple or result in isolation or individual friend groups.

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