Ah, the holidays. Time for family, food, and … fights? If the tension of the season interfere with your good cheer, arm yourself with these simple phrases from family mediator Laurie Puhn. They’ll help you avoid arguments now- and all year long.

So many big arguments begin with small comments. How many times have you started a conversation on friendly terms, then wound up in some kind of dispute that you didn’t anticipate?

In my work as…

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. –Aristotle

Do you know who your true friends are?  Many of us, by the time we are out of college- and into our professions- have long forgotten who those special people were that…