By Christina L. Scott, J.D. One thing that we all learned from 2020 is the power of negative words, comments, and phrases. Whether it was from our political, religious, and local leaders or from the mud-slinging advertising and commentary during the 2020 election campaigns, we are all intimately acquainted with the effect that words have on us. Words in mediation is no different. The “words” can make or break a mediation. In order to avoid the “break” in mediation, we must av