Recently, I experienced an unusual number of mediations not immediately settling at the mediation. Every mediator at some time, goes through feelings of "failure" if they are unable to settle a case. However, we also know that not everyone is in the right place to settle when they appear at a mediation. There is also the adage, "The right number at the wrong time is still the wrong number." So, despite having good fortune in most cases to move parties past "stuck" and resol