Isn’t it fascinating how, as we grow older and wiser, certain ‘truisms’ repeatedly appear in our lives. As I’ve broadened in my professional life from being a lawyer to working as a life coach and mediator, I’ve found this particularly to be the case. I now see clearly how there are certain underlying principles that govern both my professional and personal life. I like to refer to this as Mediator Mind.

There’s no better time than right now to figure out what’s important to you in terms of your work. And when I say ‘work’ I’m using the word in its broadest sense, whether it’s paid or unpaid/volunteer work.
Why do I say this? It’s true that we’re mostly hearing only bad news about the job market and the shrinking economy. However, I also see a positive aspect to all of this negative input.
Now that lack of work and cutbacks have forced many of us to slow down, it gives us an …

The economic crisis has hit everyone—young and old, skilled and unskilled. In fact, the whole economic landscape has changed dramatically in just a matter of months. Most workers in their 20s, 30s and 40s have the advantage of more working years ahead of them—years in which to make-up for this downturn. Unfortunately, for older workers like us, women in our 50s and beyond, our concerns are even more pressing.