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Mia is a regular guest contributor to the respected and peer-reviewed Kluwer Mediation Blog. She writes for the UK Journal of Mediation and the Huffington Post, and has been featured in We Are The City, which named her as one of their ‘Inspirational Women’ in 2016. Mia is also invited to contribute to various technical publications from time to time.
The Brexit Stalemate: Could The UK Learn Something From Its Church?
My first blog post for the Huffington Post has just gone live. I’m hoping that the UK can have meaningful conversations over Brexit: It is unusual times when the Church can be seen to be more progressive in certain matters than the State but this may actually be such...
read moreInspiration from Syria to Istanbul (visiting a community centre and school in Istanbul)
Mural outside Yusra Community Centre, Istanbul. A safe space for traumatised Syrian women and children. Inspiration is perhaps not the first word you would associate with Syria and Turkey at the moment - but out of devastation beautiful things sometimes arise. On...
read moreI visited a refugee camp with MPs and then helped them have meaningful conversations
Just over a week ago I had the privilege of visiting a refugee camp outside of Athens. The visit was organised for Members of Parliament from over 15 EU member states as part of the European Mercator Dialogue project. The project is creating better conversations...
read moreConflict Coaching, UK Journal of Mediation
Whether in the boardroom or bedroom, most people do not like conflict: and for good reason. Human beings are social in nature. Our brain circuitry is built to fit in with our group and to set off alarm bells when we deviate from it or may be excluded.
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