Key points

Successful repair after conflict helps couples sustain satisfying relationships.

Steps for repair include perspective-taking, accountability, and committing to future change.

Avoid being defensive, making excuses, and focusing on your intent over your impact when repairing.

What’s more predictive of relationship satisfaction for couples than the amount of conflict? Successful relational repair. When couples can make effective repairs, even when conflict occurs, they are far more likely to sustain long-term relationship satisfaction.

Many people believe that saying “I’m sorry” is the key to moving forward after relationship tension or conflict. However, there’s a difference between offering a simple apology and making a relational repair.

Apology

An apology is a comm

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