Profile: Sara Figal

Sara Figal is here to joyfully share the value of mediation.

Figal has always been willing to work hard, follow her passions, and let herself be surprised. She recently retired from being the executive director of the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, an organization that facilitates mediation to help people and families work together to create solutions to their problems without ending up in the court system.

Today, we’re speaking with Figal about the unexpected outcomes and impact of mediation that she has witnessed here in Tennessee, the life path she’s weaved between opportunities and roadblocks, and what it looks like for her to savor a new path ahead.

Today’s episode was produced by Katherine Ceicys.

GUEST

• Sara Figal, former director of the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center

FURTHER READING AND LISTENING

• This Is Nashville | How mediation solves disputes, including between landlords and renters
• Tennessee Courts Mediation Resources