Coaching practices for How to Move on From a Toxic Relationship

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• 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
• Things with my manager have gone cold and transactional, and we’re both just avoiding it and quietly resenting each other
• People keep telling me I need to let them go and move on, and everything in me refuses
• I keep telling myself to just move past what they did and not make a big deal of it, so I never actually look the hurt in the face
• I won’t forgive this person because forgiving feels like it means letting them back into my life, and they’re not safe

Practices that may help

1. Repair quickly and thoroughly
   Don’t let injuries accumulate — repair within hours or days, not weeks.
   Secure-Functioning Relationships
2. 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
3. Task 4: Find an enduring connection with the deceased
   Relocate the relationship from physical presence to an internal, meaningful connection.
   Worden’s Tasks of Mourning, Made Practical
4. R — Recall the hurt
   Face what happened deliberately and calmly, without minimizing it or replaying it as a victim.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
5. Separate forgiving from reconciling
   Forgiveness is internal and unilateral; reconciliation requires the other person to become trustworthy again.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
6. Recognize and replace the Four Horsemen
   Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling each have a specific antidote.
   The 5-to-1 Positivity Ratio in Relationships
7. Make extra deposits during difficult life periods
   External stress drains PSO — consciously increase positive interactions when life is hard.
   Positive Sentiment Override: How to Build the Lens That Protects Relationships
8. Apply anti-goals to relationships and collaborators
   Naming the relational patterns you refuse to accept prevents you from optimising for the wrong things in who you work or live with.
   Anti-Goals: Defining Success by What You Refuse to Accept
9. 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
10. Build a culture of genuine appreciation as a horsemen antidote
    Daily authentic appreciation is the structural counter to contempt -- and it has to precede the conflict.
    The Four Horsemen: Gottman's Warning Signs of Relationship Breakdown

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