POW: Peace Over War

Using Mediation and Conflict Resolution to Reconcile International and Local Disputes

Based on her own activism in the Gandhi International Institute of Peace and Mediators Beyond Borders this book applied her Harvard Law School Negotiation Principles of Mediation to 9/11, Kent State University killings, Croatia-Bosnia, Cambodia, Immigration and orphan issues and todays Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Class injustices. PTSD and moral guilt in soldiers is addressed through her own clinical work and review of scientific journals. The use of mindfulness, meditation and spirituality in their own clinical or legal work are used throughout as ways of helping individuals cope with traumatic experiences for others, while keeping their own sense of balance a priority.