Radio Star?

Last night, I was on a radio program with my colleagues Steve Stein (a social worker) and Cynthia Zagorski (an accountant.  Kudos to Cynthia for getting us this gig!).  We are colleagues in the collaborative practice community, and have all worked together on cases.  We had thought we were on the program to talk about collaborative practice, but it turns out the host wanted us to talk about divorce in general.  That was fine with us, and we managed to mention our collaborative practice group's website when he asked for contact information on the air.  Cool.  What was even better was the way we interacted on the show.  Even the host commented on it.  We all took turns talking, we didn't repeat what anyone else said, and if what someone said needed clarifying, we did it quickly and easily.  In other words, we worked like a collaborative team even though we weren't involved in a case.  How extraordinary is that?  After the show, we had an opportunity to talk to the host and his producer, and we talked about why it was we worked so well together, and told them a bit about collaborative divorce.  Two more people educated.  What was neat about our discussion was that the host was divorced, and as he described his divorce, it became obvious to us that his divorce a number of years ago was collaborative in spirit, if not in process.  He and his former wife put their family's needs ahead of the black letter of the law and did what worked for them - and they still work well together today.  That's what collaborative is all about:  meeting the needs of the family while uncoupling so everyone can move forward respectfully and successfully, and dance at their children's weddings.  Here in the Trenches.