MEDIATION SERVICE

Coach Lotus is co-creating Femme Fire Mediation Service with her long-time friend and colleague, Attorney David J. Pullman of San Rafael, California. Our vision and mission is to build peace, community, and foster compassionate culture toward a Life-Sustaining Age.

We are offering to the San Francisco Bay Area community our combined many years of mediation background and experience, along with our legal expertise. This is a high-quality service based in Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication theory and practice. It is grounded in the many years of spiritual practice, which both Coach Lotus and David Pullman bring to this endeavor.

You are provided our impartial, clear presence, composed of a powerful blend of Yin/Yang Heart energies. Together, we witness, provide safe space to share your feelings and thoughts, translate communication when necessary, and offer guidance to find YOUR best resolution.

Your peace is important to us. We bring a shared intention to impartially resolve civil and interpersonal conflicts to the best of our knowledge, skill and abilities.

Femme Fire Mediation Service is a small, green, heart-based mediation practice founded upon principles of restrorative justice. It is an alternative, queer-friendly, eco-friendly option to what you might find currently available to help you resolve your conflicts. In the process, you will also learn valuable peacekeeping skills for furthering your personal growth.

Coach Lotus has been a certified and practicing mediator since 2000. She was employed as a mediator for Mid-South Mediation Service and mediated court-referred civil cases during the years 2000-04. She also provided a free mediation service to the intentional community The Farm nearby in Summertown, TN from 2000 to 2006. During the years 2000-06, she designed and coordinated a mediation program and service called the "Compassion Cadre" for a nonprofit group in Oregon (Network for a New Culture) during its annual two-week summer camp. She is currently working on additional mediation training and certifications in California.

David J. Pullman's bio will be up soon!

How:

A typical mediation lasts from one to two hours. We set clear guidelines at the beginning, ask you to set an intention for what you hope to achieve during the mediation, and then write up your resolution agreement for you at the end. If you don't reach resolution during your first session, we schedule additional sessions, as needed.

If your conflict is of a very serious nature and requires legal counsel with legal documentation to move forward, we are also able to provide that service.

Fees:

We strive to make our services accessible and affordable. To that end, we offer a sliding scale as well as barter arrangements. That said, we both highly value our time and energy and bring skillfulness and mastery to this endeavor. Our requested contribution is $200 per hour, plus any travel expenses that may be incurred.

Where:

For your convenience, we can provide locations in East Bay and North Bay, and are also available for travel (with any expenses incurred compensated by you).

Hours:

We will endeavor to find a time that fits your schedule.

To Schedule a Mediation:

You can book a mediation appointment with us by sending either Coach Lotus or David Pullman an email.

[This page is currently under construction and will be completed by early 2010 ... check back soon for additional information.]