THE FABRIC of MEDIATION: Between Reason, Emotion, and Encounter: A Theory Emotional Intelligence Applied to Interpersonal Mediation

There are theories that are conceived at a desk and theories that are conceived in the body. This one belongs to the second group. It did not arise from a preexisting hypothesis seeking confirmation, but rather from patiently listening to three teachers who, interview after interview, described something that no conflict resolution manual had managed to articulate precisely: that mediating is not about applying a technique, but about maintaining a presence.The Fabric of Mediation: Between Reason, Emotion, and Encounter is the name given to that intuition, now transformed into a theoretical construct. It originated in a doctoral dissertation in education, within the framework of a phenomenological-hermeneutic study on emotional intelligence and interpersonal mediation, and here it unfolds as a standalone book: not a summary of that research, but its development, expansion, and translation into a language that can guide those who mediate, teach, lead teams, or simply coexist with other human beings amid disagreement.In these pages, the reader will find a theory with its own structure: five dimensions-emotional regulation, cognitive-affective integration, active listening, emotional validation, and ethical presence-that do not function as steps in a protocol, but rather as threads that intertwine and support one another.