#41: Do You Apologize "Properly"? (How Better Communication Can Save Your Relationship)
Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak
Trina Leckie
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🗓️ 29 June 2017
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This episode is all about apologies. This may seem like something that is common sense…but I think everyone will be able to take at least one gold nugget from this episode to apply to their lives. In relationships, it is natural for people to argue. And this isn't just in romantic relationships obviously – this pertains to all types of relationships in life – family, friends, co-workers, and so on.
However, people often fight, but unfortunately, not every fight is followed up by an apology…or better yet…a PROPER apology. Instead things can tend to get swept under the rug...but then do they ever really disappear?
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| 0:00.0 | Broken-hearted? Feeling like the world is over? Convinced you'll never meet anyone else? |
| 0:09.4 | Trina's breakup boost will help heal your heart and get you back in the dating saddle. She'll give you straightforward opinions and advice for your love life. |
| 0:19.7 | Hey everyone. So for this episode, I wanted to hone in on apologies. And you know, this topic |
| 0:26.0 | may seem like something that's common sense. You may think, oh, I don't need to listen to this |
| 0:29.7 | one. I know all about apologies. What could she really tell us? But I honestly think that everyone |
| 0:34.3 | will be able to get at least one gold nugget from this episode |
| 0:37.8 | and apply it to their lives. So just to start off with the definition of apologize. |
| 0:44.7 | Apologizing is to express regret for something done or said to say or sorry, to be |
| 0:50.7 | apologetic, to make an apology, to ask forgiveness. |
| 0:58.8 | In relationships, it is natural for people to argue, of course. |
| 1:02.7 | And this doesn't just pertain to romantic relationships, obviously. |
| 1:08.5 | I mean, it includes all types of relationships in life, family, friends, coworkers, and so on. |
| 1:14.0 | The thing is, people often fight, but unfortunately, not every fight is followed up by an apology, or better yet, a proper apology, keyword proper. And what I |
| 1:23.4 | mean by proper is not a half-assed one, okay. Ideally, an apology should be in person or over the phone. |
| 1:32.5 | Try to stay away from texting, unless that's the only way that you can reach the other person. |
| 1:36.9 | But texting is just, it kind of just has the potential to become hours and hours of text messages back and forth, not knowing what the tone is, |
| 1:45.9 | you know, when something can be resolved face-to-face or on the phone quicker and easier. |
| 1:50.2 | Hearing someone's tone of voice on the phone or in person can also help an apology as well, |
| 1:55.6 | you know, as long as you are truly sorry and not giving attitude or, you know, some kind of snarky tone, |
| 2:02.7 | having a face-to-face connection or a voice connection will be much more impactful. |
| 2:08.7 | And I think the thing that bugs me the most when someone attempts to apologize is when they |
| 2:14.3 | use the word if. |
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