June 26, 2025 • 26 mins
This episode features Mardi Winder-Adams and Michael Cohen discussing the role of the mediator and mediation in the divorce process. Michael and Mardi are both trained mediators with years of experience in helping individuals settle all aspects of their divorce, including financial issues and coparenting plans. The discussion includes the benefits of mediation, how mediation can help reduce the costs of divorce, and how mediators can help in creating effective ways to communicate, even when it may be difficult. This episode offers insight and practical tips and strategies for anyone going through divorce who is interested in using mediation.
More about Mardi: Mardi Winder-Adams is a certified divorce transition and high-conflict divorce coach, with experience as a domestic violence client advocate and behavioral consultant for schools. She is a credentialed mediator with over 30 years of experience in helping people navigate conflict, manage the challenges of divorce, and focus on creating positive transitions, even at very stressful times in life. Mardi is the best-selling author of From I Do to I’m Done and The Other Side of Divorce. She speaks internationally on conflict resolution, divorce, communication, and developing emotional intelligence and resilience.
Connect with Mardi:
Email: Mardi@poscs.com
Website: https://www.divorcecoach4women.com/
More about Michael: Michael Cohen is a passionate divorce mediator who cares about his clients and their families, and who is driven to help them divorce in the healthiest way possible to preserve their ability to co-parent effectively and minimize the impact of their divorce on their children. Michael guides his clients toward healthy financial decisions, and leads his clients through a collaborative process to help them create the healthiest parenting plan for them and their children. Michael earned his CPA while at the University of Illinois, and his Divorce Mediation Certification at Northwestern University. Michael is divorced and has three children, who are the inspiration for the work that he does for others.
Connect with Michael:
Website:https://michaelsmediation.com
More about Mardi: Mardi Winder-Adams is a certified divorce transition and high-conflict divorce coach, with experience as a domestic violence client advocate and behavioral consultant for schools. She is a credentialed mediator with over 30 years of experience in helping people navigate conflict, manage the challenges of divorce, and focus on creating positive transitions, even at very stressful times in life. Mardi is the best-selling author of From I Do to I’m Done and The Other Side of Divorce. She speaks internationally on conflict resolution, divorce, communication, and developing emotional intelligence and resilience.
Connect with Mardi:
Email: Mardi@poscs.com
Website: https://www.divorcecoach4women.com/
More about Michael: Michael Cohen is a passionate divorce mediator who cares about his clients and their families, and who is driven to help them divorce in the healthiest way possible to preserve their ability to co-parent effectively and minimize the impact of their divorce on their children. Michael guides his clients toward healthy financial decisions, and leads his clients through a collaborative process to help them create the healthiest parenting plan for them and their children. Michael earned his CPA while at the University of Illinois, and his Divorce Mediation Certification at Northwestern University. Michael is divorced and has three children, who are the inspiration for the work that he does for others.
Connect with Michael:
Website:https://michaelsmediation.com
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