Open Space Mediation Blog

Liz Merrill 5 Things to Know Before you Lawyer Up in a High Net Worth Divorce Divorce can bring out the worst of people. It increases fear and anxiety - and that can cause people to make a run for the most aggressive attorney in town. And there's a place for them. But...

Liz Merrill "Financial issues for Men in High Net Worth Divorces: What To Know" Divorce can be a complex and emotionally charged process, especially for those with high net worth. As the assets and financial situation are typically more complicated, it's important for...

Liz Merrill Biggest Mistakes Men Make in a Divorce In the United States, about 40–50% of marriages end in divorce. And 70% of those divorces are initiated by women. There is an overall view that women bear the highest burden of divorce and require more public and...

Liz Merrill "Preparing for Divorce During the Holidays" "Did Why is that? Well, who wants to spoil the holiday season with talk of divorce - especially if they have children? If couples are leaning toward divorce, the tendency is to “gut it out” through the holidays...

Liz Merrill "Don’t Just Do Something…Sit There! The Power of Disengagement" If you’re anything like me, well, you HATE conflict. Ironic, since I’m a conflict specialist, right? Physician, heal thyself, and so forth. There was a day when I would do anything I could to...

Liz Merrill Hey Loretta! Come back – we still need you! And bring RBG with you! This month we mourn the passing of badass country music singer, Loretta Lynn. She died in her sleep at the age of 90. She was born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky in 1932, the second of eight...

Liz Merrill Finding Your Perfect Home: A Primer for Women Written by guest expert, Julia Mitchell at Outspiration.net A growing number of single women are entering the housing market, buying their own properties and reaping the rewards and benefits of homeownership....

Liz Merrill Take Back Your Life By Giving Up These Bad Habits Guest post written by Julia Mitchell of outspiration.net Our lives are made up of a series of actions that we choose to take. If you feel anything less than fulfilled, happy, and whole, it may be time to...

Liz Merrill "5 Reasons Men Need a Divorce Coach" There’s no getting around it: Divorce sucks. Divorce and separation can have a wide range of negative outcomes for everyone involved – men, women, and children alike. If you’ve been in the industry for any length, or if...

Liz Merrill "What is a Divorce Coach?" "Divorce I love being a divorce mediator. I love watching people in conflict learn to work through past business and look toward the future, as co-problem solvers. It’s so important - especially if couples have kids. Regardless...

Liz Merrill Divorcing a High Conflict Person: Documentation I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: divorce sucks. Even if it’s just a run-of-the-mill, no-frills divorce. They suck – they just do. Nobody gets married with the eventual plan to divorce, but here we...

Liz Merrill A Colorado Divorce Mediator Answers 5 Questions About Modification of Parenting Time As a Colorado-based mediator, I get a lot of questions about modifying parenting time, or child custody. When parties divorce, they may get an initial custody order that...

Liz Merrill Self Care 101 for Parents Going Through a Divorce Guest blog written by Leslie Campos at Wellparents Going through a divorce can be emotionally challenging. According to Thrive Global, separation or divorce is one of the most stressful life events a person...

Liz Merrill DIY Divorce and a Walk through Colorado Court Divorce Forms DIY DIVORCE IN 2 EASY STEPS 1 – Fill out all your forms 2 – Hire a mediator BOOM. OK, OK, there’s more to it than that. But as I sat down to write this blogpost, I kept coming back to that....

Liz Merrill The Power of Mediation in Divorce: 5 Benefits to Know As a divorce mediator and divorce coach, I talk to clients every day about the benefits of divorce mediation – because they are interested in divorcing without attorneys, because the court has required...