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We Can Do Hard Things

163. How to Make Wrongs Right with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.842.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

1. Why we should stop expecting people to forgive. 2. Rabbi Danya’s five step-by-step process for repairing a relationship.  3. What makes a good – and a terrible – apology. 4. What to do (and to not say) if you want to make amends and change. 5. Why repentance is a process that has nothing to do with the one who was hurt. About Rabbi Ruttenberg: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is an award-winning author of 8 books, including On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World. She serves as Scholar in Residence at the National Council of Jewish Women, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Salon, Time, Newsweek, and many other publications. TW: @TheRaDR IG: @rabbidanyaruttenberg

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And it took some time, but I'm finally fine.

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Welcome back to...

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Sorry, I just feel a little playful today.

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Thank God, help us all.

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Welcome back to We Can Do Our Things.

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Thank you for coming back.

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We are here again, and like I used to tell my third graders,

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I just need everyone to really turn on their listening ears.

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Open their minds and hearts.

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Some life-changing shit coming to you today.

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And that's what I used to say to my third graders.

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I would have learned so much more.

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What is life-changing shit?

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Life-changing shit.

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Come home.

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I like life-changing shit.

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Exactly.

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So during our episode with Dr. Galit,

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she talked to us about how,

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when they did a study with mothers and babies,

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it became clear that 70% of the bids

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for attention or connection between mothers and babies were missed.

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