Hey everyone and welcome to our throwback episode. In our throwback episodes, we are reintroducing you to

some of our most popular episodes. This is great for new listeners who want to learn more about the work

we've done in the past, and it's a great refresher if you've been a listener for a long time.

Enjoy. Tim, thanks for joining us today.

Hey, thanks, Kwami. Good to be here. I'm looking forward to this.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this too, because this is going to be a fun one.

Yeah, I think the topic is perfect for parents and teens. I mean, it's happening every day

in every home out there where there are kids and parents. This is what's

happening, especially after I read your definition of negotiation. I thought, absolutely,

this is happening under every roof. All the time. And for those new listeners, the operational

definition we use for negotiation is any conversation where somebody in the conversation

wants something. And when you see that broad definition, you realize that negotiation is everywhere.

And especially if you're a parent, you realize that it's happening all the time.

All the time.

So how about you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do?

So my background educationally is marriage and family therapy.

I've got my PhD in that field, but I've always been a little bit different.

My first, I've been almost more an entrepreneur as I have a therapist.

My first job that I created for myself was actually while I was a PhD

candidate of Virginia Tech. And I took marriage and family therapy and I wanted to see how that

would apply to business organizations. And so my dissertation was applying MFT principles and models

to large organizations and the relationships, because

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