1. Self-Awareness & Mediation

2. Know Thyself "Until we develop emotional self awareness, we will project our own unrecognized emotions onto others.” - Bowling & Hoffmann, “Bridging peace in the room”

3. What is Mediation? • intervention between conflicting parties to promote reconciliation, settlement, or compromise • Usually via a neutral 3rd party

4. You Can Be a Mediator! You can: • Mediate your emotions • Mediate your reactions • Mediate your responses • Mediate your behaviors • Mediate your habits

5. Mediate Your Emotions • If you know how you feel, you can stop feeling that way! • People who can set aside emotions settle disputes without hurt feelings and resentment.

6. Mediate Your Reactions • If you think before you react, you can react better! • People who do not instantly react to a situation often find the situation improves.

7. Mediate Your Responses • If you choose your words wisely, you won’t put your foot in your mouth! • People who say the right things don’t have to worry about something going wrong.

8. Mediate Your Behaviors • If you behave better, people will behave better too! • People who curb bad behaviors elicit good behaviors from others.

9. Mediate Your Habits • If you know you have an unhelpful habit, you can break it! • People who break bad habits learn to practice good habits instead.