By: Dr. Will Bledsoe © 2016, Founder of Restorative Way

Conflict is inevitable in families. It’s an inherent part of being human and belonging to a group with emotional connections.

But when family members share a business or wealth enterprise, the stakes are significantly higher. Conflict doesn’...

Conflict in Family Businesses
By: David Bork, Family Business Matters (2016)

Every family experiences conflict. It’s a fact of family life. Families who take the time to learn about the dynamics of conflict and how to either keep it from becoming destructive when it happens, or develop conflict reso...

© 2021 Will Bledsoe, Ph.D.

I couldn’t wait to teach my first college class. I knew in the depth of my being that I was born to teach. My brother was a teacher. My sister was a teacher. My sister-in-law was a teacher. Both my grandparents were teachers. My uncle and aunt were teachers and so were my...

The Case for Trauma-Informed

By: Will Bledsoe, Ph.D. (2018)

Given the massive shifts and new knowledge generated in the fields of trauma, the brain, and neuroscience, there is an expanding recognition in a variety of contexts that a trauma-informed approach to working with people is an essential p...

By: Will Bledsoe, Ph.D. (2016, 2026)

There is something deeper, existing underneath the impulse to retaliate. There is a deeper instinct of justice that is at once ancient, yet more evolved. I believe that restoration, the restorative instinct, is part of our DNA. Restoration, perhaps, is our speci...

By: Will Bledsoe, Ph.D. (2021, 2026)

I have two clients (“Jack” and “Cheryl”) who are married to each other and have radically different opinions on just about everything: vaccines, COVID-19; immigration; politics; and the future of this country. They’ve been married for over 15 years.

Cheryl expl...