Continuing to punish someone for a past hurt is often a sign that the hurt hasn't been fully processed — or fully repaired. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting. It means releasing the need to make them pay for it repeatedly.
The AFTER phase of the Check-in Cycle gives you a structure to process what actually happened, so that it doesn't keep leaking into the present as punishment.
Before you keep reading — is there something from the past that you're still holding against your partner? What do you think you need in order to let it go?
Built exactly for this question:
Before you move on — what's one thing that's true for you right now?
"Letting go is not for them. It is for you. Carrying the past costs you the present."
Every question, eventually, leads here.
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