Mediation & Conflict Management · Austin, TX

Life's toughest decisions aren't always black & white.

Navigate the gray with confidence and calm.

Life doesn't hand out easy answers. Not every challenge fits neatly into right or wrong, win or lose, us versus them. Complexity is inevitable in high-stakes conversations — but losing yourself in the mess isn't.

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Shaun Salvaje, mediator, Austin, Texas

Shaun Salvaje

Mediator · Austin, Texas

  • Nineteen years in communication and conflict
  • 75+ hours of mediation training and CE — Dispute Resolution Center and Austin Mediators Association
  • Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, iPEC
  • Executive Leadership & Organizational Behavior certificate — Notre Dame
  • Air Force veteran

Four ways to Parley.

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Whether you're in the middle of it, watching a team come apart, or representing someone who is — there's a way to create the space you need to calm the storm, turn uncertainty into clarity, and shift from conflict into forward momentum.

Through Parley’s six-step mediation process or direct coaching with Shaun, you’ll sharpen your voice, slice through noise, save thousands in legal fees, and reclaim months — possibly years — of your life from courtroom chaos. You won’t just leave long-standing arguments with a final resolution. You’ll gain a new sense of confidence and relief.

Individuals & families

You and another person

Need help navigating a prenup? Or your separation and divorce. Working to create a harmonious parenting schedule. Or managing a family estate. Uncover and decide what's best for you at a shared table. Otherwise the bench will decide for you, knowing only the slice of your life that fits inside court filings.

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Businesses & teams

Teams and organizations

When colleagues stop speaking, departments absorb the shock. A once perfect partnership, now falling apart at the seams. Learn how to triage professional conflict and return to a space of healthy communication while navigating difficult conversations or disputes that haven't reached lawyers yet ... and don't have to.

How conflict costs your bottom line

Attorneys & firms

Counsel and firms

You need a reliable neutral who prepares your client before the session rather than during it — so they arrive organized, with expectations that hold up once everyone's in the room.

Rates and availability

And a fourth option for those who need a little more time and prep before negotiating — below.

On your own

Start before you're ready to sit down.

You don't have to book anything to begin. Work through it at your own pace, and bring what you learn into the room later — or handle it without a room at all.

Free

Pressure Assessment Ten questions on how you actually behave when a conversation goes sideways, and what it tends to cost you. Take it

$47

The Workbook Prepare for one specific hard conversation — what you need, what you'd trade, and what you'd regret. Get the workbook

$297

The Course The full method. Preparation, the room itself, and what holds together afterward. One payment, yours for good. Enroll
Negotiate life on good terms. Take control of your divorce. Services include mediation, arbitration, and contract paralegal sevices.

Negotiate life,
on good terms.

From hard conversations to high-stakes negotiations — we’ll help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and dignity intact. Structure, strategy, and calm for the conversations you don’t want to have standing alone.

SERVICES

The
Parley
Process


At Parley, we guide you through a structured six-step process designed to transform conflict into clarity — without courtrooms, chaos, or confusion.

Every step is designed to meet you where you are and move you toward a resolution that is legally sound and emotionally sustainable.

Whether you're navigating a family dispute, business breakdown, or high-stakes decision, our personalized process and communication methods help you:

  • Understand what truly matters (to you and the other party)

  • Communicate with calm and clarity

  • Build agreements that sovle problems, are meaningful, and stick

From one-on-one coaching to final agreement, our process gives you the structure, support, and strategy to move forward — on good terms.

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Your Plan

Select the package that matches the scope and urgency of your situation—Focused Session, Half-Day Resolution, Full-Day Resolution, or Two-Week Intensive for tough cases. Each option is a single, all-inclusive flat fee that can be split between parties, giving you a clear schedule, a drafted agreement, and the peace of mind that every minute is devoted to progress, not billable-hour padding.

Mediation

Conflict / Crisis Management

Leadership, Communication, Confidence Coaching

Pro-Bono / Sliding Scale Services

We reserve a limited number of sliding-scale spots each month to keep quality conflict-resolution within reach for households earning under 75k. Simply choose the tier that matches your most recent household AGI, provide basic income verification, and lock in your session with a 25 % deposit—full expertise, transparent pricing, no surprises.

Proof of income required, 25 % deposit to reserve a date, limited sliding-scale slots each month.

Conflict Management
CRASH Course

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