Coaching practices for How to Heal Old Relationship Wounds

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• There’s one moment when I needed them and they weren’t there, and even though it was a while ago it still sits between us
• After we fight we just let it sit for days with neither of us reaching out, and the hurt quietly piles up until I start reading even neutral things they do as another little jab
• There’s someone I used to be close to and now there’s this awkward gap between us
• There was one moment when I needed them most
• We dive straight into hashing out the problem while we’re both still seeing each other as the enemy, nervous systems on fire

Practices that may help

1. Revisit a hurtful moment -- and repair it
   Going back to a painful past moment together, with new understanding, is how attachment injuries heal.
   Hold Me Tight: Sue Johnson's Seven Conversations for Lasting Love
2. Repair quickly and thoroughly
   Don’t let injuries accumulate — repair within hours or days, not weeks.
   Secure-Functioning Relationships
3. Repairing rifts before they harden
   Reach out to mend strained or drifted relationships rather than letting them calcify.
   The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study
4. Repair an attachment injury
   Specific relationship betrayals -- moments when you were not there -- need a specific repair, not just time.
   Emotionally Focused Therapy: Sue Johnson's Framework for Lasting Bond Repair
5. Reconnect emotionally before solving the issue
   Restore the bond first; the problem is far easier to discuss from connection than from threat.
   Rupture and Repair
6. Repair a damaged leader-follower relationship deliberately
   Take active steps to reset a deteriorated relationship, rather than allowing avoidance to compound the damage.
   Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical
7. Actively restore the ratio after a major rupture
   After a bad fight, the ratio is temporarily negative -- restoration requires intentional positive investment.
   The Magic Relationship Ratio: Gottman's 5-to-1 Principle
8. Treat conflict as maintenance, not maintenance failure
   Repair well and quickly — because how you end conflict matters more than how you conduct it.
   Relationship Maintenance Behaviors
9. Let repeated repair build earned security
   Each successful repair teaches "we can break and come back" — which is what makes a relationship feel safe.
   Rupture and Repair
10. Debrief and repair after the conflict is over
    The conversation after the fight -- done calmly -- is where lasting repair happens.
    Repair Attempts: Gottman's Key to Surviving Conflict in Relationships

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