Megan Hunter, MBA, is the co-founder and CEO of the High Conflict Institute. She developed the concept of the Institute after 13 years in policy, legislation, and judicial training with the Arizona Supreme Court and five years with the Dawes County Attorney’s Office in Nebraska. She is founder and publisher of Unhooked Books, a U.S.-based media company. She has served as President of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, the Arizona Family Support Council and Nebraska Child Support Enforcement Association. She served five years on the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiner, and currently serves on the board of Stepfamily Magazine.
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Mediating high conflict disputes requires a shift from many standard mediation approaches. When one or more of the parties has a high conflict personality, the
Bill and Megan talk with family law attorney Michal Fein of Tel Aviv, Israel, about a law she wrote to address some problematic issues in Israel’s family law system—the Family Disputes Settlement Law. They talk about what prompted the change, why it was n
Megan and Bill discuss the extremely relevant and important topic of divorcing a high conflict spouse, starting with a question from a listener. They discuss what to do if your partner doesn’t know yet that you want a divorce, how you should prepare, how
Bill and Megan discuss the challenges of understanding how people with high conflict personalities operate in court, and how sometimes that leads to the legal system getting things backward.
Bill and Megan talk about personality disorders, how they’re different from mental illness, how to tell if someone you know has one, if people with personality disorders are high conflict people, if you should tell them they have a disorder, and how to ex
Bill and Megan discuss Confirmation Bias. They talk about what confirmation bias is and how it can fool us, confirmation bias in today’s sociaty, how it’s used in court cases, and how to avoid getting fooled by it.
In this episode, Bill and Megan discuss the types of losses that can trigger high risk: divorce, new relationship partners, job terminations, and more. They also discuss how to be aware and how to protect yourself.
How do you manage your quick reactions to people with high conflict personalities? Is there a way to get emotionally unhooked? Bill and Megan talk about tools to help control over-reacting to HCPs.
In today’s episode, Megan interviews Bill about his latest findings about brainwashing children, which is one of the most challenging and painful life experiences that families go through.
Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Learning and Applied Improvisation at The Second City, joins Bill and Megan in this episode to talk about improvisation, creativity, and whether and how it can be used in conflict communication—especially in high confl