Marshall Bolin Email & Phone Number

Marshall Bolin is a speaker and conflict coach. He started his career in conflict resolution education with a focus on helping youth avoid getting caught up in the criminal court system. As a result of years of helping youth and their families understand each other, he discovered that others could benefit from learning these same principles of communication and conflict resolution. Combined with his expertise and desire to help, he took to the stage with the goal of reaching as many people as possible in the realm of communicating about conflict. Today, his talks will bring fresh insights and useful skills to those wanting to understand the nuts and bolts of conflict resolution.Bolin is a highly sought after speaker and consultant. His keynotes and workshops are favorites among established and emerging professionals and have inspired thousands to build bridges across differences and enjoy mutually-empowering relationships at work and home.If you are looking for someone to transform your understanding of conflict and help you be effective without inviting pushback, Marshall is the answer for your next event.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

I work with individuals who want to make peace with themselves, and couples who want to make peace with each other.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I work with couples who want resolve conflicts and improve relationships. I also work with individuals who want to recover from emotional problems. I had the great fortune to be a client and collaborator with author and therapist, Dr. Amr Barrada. Though I don't have a degree or license myself, I tutor others who would like to learn his model for emotional health which has helped me be at peace with my emotions and live with more purpose, pleasure, and effectiveness.https://www.marshallbolin.com/amr-barrada

I live life according to my priorities, and my first priority is the wellbeing of all people. That is what I aim for, and it is the criteria for the decisions I make. I ask myself the question, “Is this course of action compatible with a world where everyone gets their needs met?”I have studied a wide range of approaches to improving human relationships, searching for those that are most honest, effective and altruistic. I speak to audiences and consult with clients about models for making peace with others, with self, and how to build fairness and universal respect into policies that affect large groups of people.There are three models I’ve practiced which steer relationships from the course of “worse-and-worse” and onto the path of “better-and-better”. My talks and private sessions are informed by these three similar models:For communication and conflict resolution:Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, a process used in mediation which shifts the focus of dialogue from positions to underlying needsFor mental health:The model of psychologist Dr. Amr Barrada, which involves recovering from emotional problems through practicing a less perfectionistic and more flexible style of self-talkFor addressing harm and creating group policy:Restorative Justice, an approach to justice which addresses harm without creating new harm and establishes policies agreed to by everyone affect by themMy aim is to respect the time of my audiences and clients. I offer a glimpse into a worldview different from the counterproductive, win-lose one most of us are enculturated into. My desire to make excellent use of clients’ time is balanced by the knowledge that serious human problems are complex, and real growth happens gradually with practice. I dialogue with clients about what I’ve learned, where I learned it, and how they can learn it too.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I lead discussions and workshops for businesses, schools, places of worship and other types of groups. I show how the way we are taught to communicate often leads to defensiveness and impasse, despite good intentions on all sides. I provide tools for communicating in a new way which promotes understanding, efficiency, leads to more durable relationships and increases the likelihood that everyone's needs will get met.

Minneapolis, Mn

I am a facilitative mediator and volunteer in various types of mediation and restorative justice settings.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Winona, Mn

Participated in mediation circles involving minors who had been charged with crimes and community members who had been harmed by their actions. Also participated in 7-week Victim Empathy Circles with groups of minors.Participated in Boys Circles with middle-schoolers at River Way Learning Community (an alternative school).