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.

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Offer a full, tender apology for a wound, with no defence appended.

I see how that hurt you, and I am truly sorry. Then stop. The silence after is the repair.

A minuteRepair after ruptureEmotionally focusedQur’an 42:40Seen more than once

After a fight cools today, say the reconnecting thing: we are still okay.

The fight can leave a quiet fear. Naming that you are still solid puts it to rest.

A minuteRepair after ruptureEmotionally focusedQur’an 49:10Seen more than once

Find the part of the last argument that was yours, and own it with no but after it.

Even ten percent. I was harsh, that was on me. Ownership without defence lets them soften.

A minuteRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 7:23Seen more than once

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 49:10Seen more than once

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 42:40Seen more than once

Take the word if out of your apology.

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

There is more about your marriage than the practices: the your marriage area has the themes and the courses too.

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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 64:14Seen more than once

When you process a fight, share how you felt, gently, without yet saying why.

Name the feeling, aloud, and leave the case for later. Do not comment on your partner's feelings.

A minuteRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 33:70One line of research

Describe your own reality with I heard you say, not you said. Leave room to be corrected.

Report only what you saw, heard, and felt, like a reporter, not what you think they meant.

A minuteRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 49:12One line of research

End by each naming one thing you can do differently next time, and be agreeable to your partner's idea.

One concrete plan each, offered and accepted, turns a fight into something you both learn from.

A minuteRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 49:10One line of research

Own your share of the fight, even a small part. Say what set you up and what you regret.

I was stressed, I was short, I did not listen. Taking responsibility is the fastest road to repair.

A minuteRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 4:135One line of research

Apologise for what landed, not for what you meant.

If you owe an apology today, leave out the word "if" and leave out your intentions. Name what you actually did and what it cost them. "I dismissed…

Five minutesRepair after ruptureCoreQur’an 4:128Seen more than once

Name what set you off, then tell the older story behind why it is a trigger for you.

Rewind to an earlier time you felt the same. Sharing that story helps your partner know you.

Five minutesRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 49:13One line of research

When your spouse names a wound you caused, listen without defending, even once.

Not I didn't mean to. First: I hear that I hurt you, and I am sorry. Defence can wait.

Twenty minutesRepair after ruptureEmotionally focusedQur’an 4:135Seen more than once

Revisit a past fight only once you are both calm, from the balcony, without climbing back into it.

Processing means talking about the incident, not re-fighting it. Wait until the heat is gone.

Twenty minutesRepair after ruptureGottmanQur’an 4:128One line of research