{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast","title":"Staying Neutral in a Divided World w/ Tamara Gauldin :: Ep 277 The Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4474,"description":"In this episode of the Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast, Jim McCarthy sits down with mediator and veteran civil litigator Tamara Gauldin to explore what it really means to stay neutral in a polarized world. They discuss mediation, control, apologies, faith, parenting, and how our idea of “good” is often a matter of perspective.\n\nTamara shares how she left corporate America to start her own mediation practice, why she’s more open-minded now than ever, and what she’s learned watching people fight over everything from legal disputes to kids’ toys.\n\nTimed Highlights:\n0:00 Leaving corporate America and redefining risk\n0:46 Welcome to the Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast\n1:00 Flat earthers, moon landing doubts, and belief systems\n3:30 Show sponsors and the rise of E-bikes\n4:58 Tamara’s cycling background and E-bike skepticism\n6:24 Introducing mediator Tamara Gauldin\n7:00 Faith, open-mindedness, and evolving beliefs\n8:04 Rotating churches, meditation, and embracing different traditions\n8:39 Who decides what’s “good”? Shifting paradigms and ideology\n9:55 “Think together, not think alike” – the philosophy of mediation\n11:50 Control, trust, and what really drives most disputes\n13:31 Good vs bad, Super Bowls, 9/11, and subjective morality\n15:04 Admitting we don’t know and making informed decisions anyway\n16:10 Marriage, conflict, and the power of cooling off\n17:41 Why apologies matter more than we think\n18:12 The surprising number of people who just want “I’m sorry”\n20:00 How many mediations Tamara handles and where she volunteers\n20:30 Why mediating between kids can be harder than adults\n20:51 Why Tamara won’t mediate for her own family\n21:18 Bias, neutrality, and staying fair as a mediator\n22:59 From litigator to mediator: Tamara’s 20-plus-year legal journey\n24:24 Inside insurance defense and employment law\n_____________________________________________________________________****SUBSCRIBE/RATE/FOLLOW the Mostly Middle Tennessee Business Podcast:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MQ_OhPfdW9BdEjsZHWT49CTxYJ8Q_hM2MA0llbwBouM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjhk/YTVkYzdlYjI3NTkx/MTBjYWZiZjRiMjdh/YzQyZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}