06/18/2026
In the Holistic health field we address the WHOLE person. The relationships we have in our lives greatly impact our happiness. A big part in having healthy relationships is knowing how to repair the relationship after a rupture.  It’s a crucial step in building trust, connection, and moving forward. Without it, it leads to bitterness, resentment, communication shuts down and distance between people.
 Truly caring about the relationships in your life, takes accountability and the ability to repair. 💜
Intent does matter, let me be clear…but it impact matters too.
If you’re going to acknowledge your intention wasn’t to _____…naming that it doesn’t negate the impact it had on another is important for the reparative process.
Whenever someone apologized to me growing up, they led with “I didn’t mean it” or “that wasn’t my intention” and while that always always sounded nice to hear - what I’ve learned both personally and professionally is when that impact goes unnamed - when it literally is given no acknowledgement or voice - there’s always this lingering question: “do they get what they did to me?”
It would leave me wondering do they even understand how I’m feeling? How that scared me? How the aftermath of it is?
Do they even care?
And even if their actions were kind and seemed to return to baseline for them - for me I then felt I needed to keep the conversation going. Explain more. All in an attempt to get that acknowledgment.
Now I didn’t realize this back then so when they’d respond with “we already talked about it - I thought we moved on” I would question myself. What’s wrong with me that I can’t let it go..?
The answer was nothing.
True repair didn’t take place and while sure in some instances maybe THEY didn’t know those steps or what to say or do - cuz I sure didn’t.
But that was what was missing and what IS missing for many people I talk to. Want to hear more on the steps to repair? Let me know if this is a topic you’re into in the comments below 👇
