Relationships & Connection
Repair After Conflict Checklist
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12 itemsA gentle guide back to each other after a hard moment. This free repair after conflict checklist gives you a 12-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
Repair matters more than never arguing. Be soft and brave.
What's on the list
- Pause until you are both calm enough to talk
- Pick a quiet time and place to come back
- Start by acknowledging the hurt, not defending
- Say what you wish you had done differently
- Listen without interrupting or fixing
- Reflect back what you heard them say
- Name what you each needed in that moment
- Agree on one small thing to do differently next time
- Offer or ask for physical reconnection if welcome
- Say something genuinely appreciative
- Let the moment close, do not relitigate it later
- Notice you got through it together
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