Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

Narrowed down

4 practices
How long you have · A minute
Who it is written for
On your own, or with someone
Theme · Repair after rupture
Approach · Core

Make one repair attempt in the middle of a disagreement: a softer word, a small joke, a hand.

The couples who last are not those who never fight, but those who reach for each other mid-fight.

A minuteRepair after ruptureCoreQur’an 49:10

Accept their repair attempt even while you are still a little angry.

Letting a small peace offering land, before you feel finished, is its own kind of strength.

A minuteRepair after ruptureCoreQur’an 42:40

Take the word if out of your apology.

An apology with if in it quietly takes itself back; without it, the apology is whole.

A minuteRepair after ruptureCoreQur’an 41:34

Let go of one old grievance about something they have already changed.

Holding a debt they have already paid keeps the wound open to no one's good.

A minuteRepair after ruptureCoreQur’an 64:14

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