Rupture & repair

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

―Lynn Johnston

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Apologies aren't meant to change the past. They're meant to change the future.

―Kevin Hancock

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It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

―Chuck Palahniuk

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There is a crack,
a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

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Beneath every complaint is a wish. 

Esther Perel

Poem: For What Binds Us

Kintsugi: The gold is in the repair

What happened?

How to apologize

The art and science of apologizing

The cruelty we delivered

Why apologize?

The problem with ‘no regrets’

On the psychology of regret and how to live with it

Memories lost: A son’s regret

'I've created a monster!' On the regrets of inventors

Regret is the price of free will

Dear Therapist’s guide to dealing with regret

Why we do things we know we’ll regret

Apology languages test

Sorry, not sorry

Fake apologies are on the rise

Intent versus impact

Prioritizing impact over intent

How to bridge the intent-impact gap