I was inspired to become a mediator after experiencing the power of mediation in my own divorce. I’d been living through a contentious process due to the refusal of my ex-husband’s attorney to even consider mediation. When he eventually replaced that attorney, we were finally able to get into mediation very quickly. I was amazed that we were able to settle more in an afternoon than had been accomplished in almost a year of ugly wrangling. And then I enrolled in mediation training.