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The Boundaries.me Podcast

Episode 410 - The Dr. Cloud Show - Mastering the Effective Apology

The Boundaries.me Podcast

Greg Bowler

Religion & Spirituality, Henrycloud, Gaslighting, Productivity, Mentalhealth, Boundaries, Faith, Leadership, Drhenrycloud, Christiancounseling, Psychology, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Counseling, Christianity, Narcissism, Relationships, Drcloud

4.7815 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like apologizing isn’t working? In this thought-provoking talk, Dr. Cloud delves into the art of offering a sincere and effective apology. He emphasizes that a genuine apology is a powerful tool for repairing and strengthening relationships. Dr. Cloud breaks down the essential components of a good apology, including expressing empathy, taking ownership without making excuses, acknowledging the consequences, and committing to preventing future occurrences. He also highlights the importance of understanding the other person's perspective and addressing their hurt feelings, rather than focusing solely on one's own guilt or justifications. With his insights, Dr. Cloud provides a framework for navigating the complexities of apologizing authentically and restoring trust and connection.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back. It's the Dr. Cloud Show, and I am so glad to be sitting with you guys again.

0:13.7

This is the program where we're talking about all things kind of psychological since that's what I do.

0:19.8

Okay, I want to hop into a thought for today.

0:23.8

This is a big one.

0:25.7

Big one, meaning this is something that drives relationships to sometimes the deepest level they've ever been,

0:34.5

sometimes stalls them and keeps them from getting past kind of an oops or an offense or something like that.

0:45.0

And what is that?

0:47.5

It's an apology.

0:50.0

And what is a good apology?

0:52.2

What are the elements of a good apology?

0:53.9

When does an apology work well?

0:55.4

When does it not work with?

0:57.7

And so let's start with this thought.

0:59.4

You know, an apology is one of the best tools possible that we have in life.

1:05.0

Why?

1:06.0

Well, think about it this way.

1:09.0

If you didn't have a digestive tract or an immune system, okay, what do those two things do?

1:16.6

Your immune system is able to take care of infection that comes into your body.

1:22.6

And what does it do?

1:23.6

It goes and it cleans it out and immunizes you against getting sicker than maybe you would have gotten at certain levels or even stopping something going bad at all.

1:34.6

We need an immune system because bacteria happens.

1:37.5

In relationships, bacteria happens.

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