in fact, true -- making excuses for your behavior, blaming the other person for what you did or telling her that she is over-reacting will taint any attempt at healing. Instead, use phrases like, "I know I was wrong," "I shouldn't have done that" and "I don't blame you ...
After you acknowledge breaking a promise to your boyfriend, offer an explanation for why you broke your promise. Avoid using statements that place blame back on your boyfriend, such as "You also broke a promise to me" or "You make me so mad when you want to hang out with your friends....
If you keep your destiny in mind, every moment in life becomes an opportunity for moving closer to it. — Arthur Golden 10 Goodness! Golly! Good God! Blessed Allah! Zeus and Hera! Mary and Joseph! Nathaniel Hawthorne! Don't touch her! Grab her! Move closer! Run away! Don't move!
but you’re all grown up now, suggests Tina Wakefield in “Living with a Broken Heart: Are You Estranged from Your Child?” for Empowering Parents. Some days your mother might forget that. Listen to her side of the conflict
Taking responsibility for mistakes is a source of personal conflict. A person has to decide whether or not the consequences of accepting the blame are worth it. 3Big Decisions Making big decisions that will alter a person's life creates personal conflict. Taking a new job far from home, for...
for what you did, acknowledging that you were wrong for being dishonest. Avoid pointing fingers and placing the blame on your partner. For example, don't say, "I had to cheat because you never pay attention to me." Instead, approach him with, "It was wrong of me to cheat on you. ...
It's easy for students to feel anonymous and disconnected when you don't know their names or take an interest in them as people. Take time to learn not just the names on your roster, but their hobbies, interests and backgrounds. As you're waiting for students to arrive, engage them in...
to remove blame from the betrayer. If you need to know why trust was broken, your friend must answer those questions to your satisfaction, so you can get her perspective on the offense, according to clinical nursing professor JoAnne M. Saxe in a presentation on forgiveness for Women’s ...
You may wonder why disagreements occur between people who love each other, but it’s normal for family members to disagree, reports Kids Health. After all, you're different people and you may have different ideas of how things should be. Although it’s n
they act in a passive-aggressive manner as a means of dealing with the emotion. It offers them deniability so that they don't have to take responsibility for how they are feeling and instead they can displace the negativity onto someone else, says Green Psychology. This inability to communicat...