Diane Sherwood

Diane Sherwood has been on a lifelong journey to bring peace to her community. A mediator for conflicted parents and a divorce attorney for twenty-five years, Diane sought to help those who struggled with family problems. Then, in an effort to realign with her core values, Diane Sherwood retired from the practice of law and began practicing peace. She was trained in Forgiveness in 2020-21, created The Center for Peace and Forgiveness, and now trains others to forgive and heal. She has learned a better way to help those who struggle with anger, pain and anxiety as she helps them learn the steps to forgiveness and peace.

A native Kansan and fourth generation attorney, Diane graduated from The Colorado College with a degree in psychology with an emphasis in behavior management. She worked at the National Children’s Rehabilitation Center outside Washington DC. She returned to Wichita in 1984 and worked at her family’s business, Sherwood Construction Company, until 1998. Diane earned her law degree at The University of Tulsa, College of Law in 1993. In 1995 she became a Kansas Supreme Court approved mediator. She started Kids First Communications, later The Conflict Resolution Center, as she mediated family law matters and was an early Case Manager for high-conflict divorces. She taught mediation at Newman University from 2002 to 2007 while earning her Masters of Social Work in 2008 with an emphasis in healthy family systems. In 2005, she began handling divorces as an attorney and became a skilled litigator. In 2020, she studied forgiveness under Eileen Barker at the Path of Forgiveness in California. At the end of 2020, Diane retired from the practice of law, continued her mediation practice and began training others to forgive.

Diane is now a Forgiveness Practitioner, wife, mother, stepmother and grandmother.