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Reconciliation: The Way To Move Forward
Admittedly, many family situations are dangerous and abusive. If a situation in an estranged relationship is not entirely intractable, one can try reconciliation, which can help in healing, growth, exploration and change.
If it's possible, resist the urge to recreate the past and build a new future. Try to find common ground, be in the present moment, and move ahead from there.
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How To Reconcile With An Adult Child
A simple sorry and an acceptance of your not being able to realize your actions, your prejudice and your own blindspots may help them move towards reconciliation. Do not use any toxic words or actions that can easily backfire.
Often the aggrieved young adult does not want ...
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When A Situation Is Beyond Reconciliation
- Understand that one in five persons are affected by family estrangement.
- If you are accused of something you didn’t even do, accept that you cannot change anything about it and feel what you are feeling.
- Time and acceptance are great healers.
- Leave the doors open,...
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Handling Estranged Relations: The Adult Child
While faced with a young adult who has walked away from your life, understand that you may be a problem, and the adult child has to be seen with empathy and understanding.
The formative years are bound to be problematic and it is in the nature of young adults to commit certain mistakes, wh...
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If You Are The One That Initiated An Estrangement
- Do a cost-benefit analysis if you are thinking of reconciliation, weighing the pros and cons of making contact again.
- Understand that any clash has two people who play a role, just like it takes two hands to clap.
- Do not try to align the past, which is futile exercise.
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Estranged: Rifts In The Family
Estranged relationships are common in families, with feuds being especially brutal among siblings. There have been stories throughout history, from Cleopatra to Genghis Khan, of the unheard of ruthlessness by which family members with whom there is a clash have been disposed of.
Various mo...
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The Chance to Move Forward
When people focus on their core values, they seem to become more willing to sincerely apologize.
By understanding the many barriers to an apology— the indifference to another’s pain or the fraying of a relationship—we can glimpse wh...
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