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Kintsugi Bowl
By Shane Dempsey, ARC Mediation Partner Over the last few years, I’ve found myself reflecting on the Japanese aesthetic of wabi?sabi; the appreciation of imperfection, impermanence, and the beauty that emerges from life’s inevitable struggles. It has reshaped how I understand conflict, and support clients in mediation. We often meet […]

Wabi-Sabi, IFS, and the Art of Mediation

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By Shane Dempsey, ARC Partner I was reading an article on Mediate.com which highlighted something we’ve noted for several years. Neurodiversity isn’t an exception in mediation; it’s part of the normal variation of human experience. With an estimated one in seven people being neurodivergent, mediators are called to understand how […]

Neurodiversity in Mediation – Why Inclusive Practice Matters

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ARC Mediation welcomes the launch of the Child Maintenance Guidelines by Minister Jim O’Callaghan today at the Family Justice Development Forum hosted by the Minister in Dublin. The guidelines emerged as a recommendation of the Dept of Social Protection Child Maintenance Group, which ARC founder Dr. Roisin O’Shea served on, […]

ARC welcomes the launch by the Minister of Child Maintenance ...

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The first workplace mediation event took place this week, sponsored by PTSB at their Dublin Head office, and co-ordinated by Sara Mullally of Sustainable HRM Skillnet. There was a full house to hear from experts on Workplace Mediation: early intervention where informal steps do not resolve the dispute; how to […]

Mediating Workplace Disputes: The launch of an information roadshow for ...

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