New career path - Mediation

 I'm very proud to announce a new career path that I have chosen... I am now a qualified Family Law Mediator.

I've had a busy few months with part-time studies through Mediation Academy. The course wrapped up with two intensive practical days just before I joined up with the team for Strandloper Project.

Even a year ago, I could not have imagined that this would be my path. The silver lining to three years of encounters with the law directly (Vagabond) and indirectly (two close family members) made it clear that court, where the outcome is out of your control, is not a solution (for most non-criminal disputes) and that there has to be a better, less expensive, quicker and more successful way.

 
There is. Mediation.

The foundation of mediation studies is Family Mediation (divorce, maintenance, child care and contact). The tools and techniques acquired here apply to other types of conflict.

 
With more than 30-years in sports (participating, directing, teams, committees and organisations), this is a keen area of interest for me to mediate disputes in the sports environment (athlete-athlete, coach-athlete, association-athlete, sponsor-athlete etc).

 
Life and experiences have led me to this new second-life career. Now the hard work starts in building a new business. Lisa de Speville Mediation is online - a lot still to be built over time.

Logo elements inspired by my love for navigation.
The bodies of the people are compass arrows.
Three people for Party A, Mediator and Party B.

A friend passed on this quote recently and it holds true:

"And then it happens... One day you wake up and you're in this place. You're in this place where everything feels right. Your heart is calm. Your soul is lit. Your thoughts are positive. Your vision is clear. You're at peace, at peace with where you've been, at peace with what you've been through and at peace with where you're headed."

(popular motivational text with no single confirmed author)