Coaching practices for How to Move on From Emotional Cheating

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• 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
• There was one moment when I needed them most
• I genuinely reached a moment where I felt I’d forgiven them, but the feeling faded and the hurt crept back, and now I’m not even sure it counted
• In my head the person who hurt me is just a villain, flat and monstrous, and that picture keeps my anger burning
• I feel the jealousy or the hurt and then immediately pile on a second layer of "I shouldn’t feel this, a mature person wouldn’t"

Practices that may help

1. R — Recall the hurt
   Face what happened deliberately and calmly, without minimizing it or replaying it as a victim.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
2. 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
3. C — Commit publicly to the forgiveness you felt
   Mark the forgiveness concretely — write it, say it, date it — so you can return to it later.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
4. E — Empathize with the offender
   Try to understand the pressures, fears, or story behind what they did — without excusing it.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
5. Give yourself permission to feel
   Drop the judgment about whether you should or shouldn’t feel a certain way — the emotion is already there.
   Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical
6. Access and name the underlying attachment emotion
   Beneath the surface argument is a primary emotion -- usually fear, longing, or grief -- that drives the cycle.
   Emotionally Focused Therapy: Sue Johnson's Framework for Lasting Bond Repair
7. 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
8. Build a concrete accountability agreement
   Accountability is a plan, not just a feeling — write down what will be done, by whom, and by when.
   Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr)
9. 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
10. Repair quickly and thoroughly
    Don’t let injuries accumulate — repair within hours or days, not weeks.
    Secure-Functioning Relationships

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