Making-Amends
What is Making-Amends?
Action that repairs what was damaged, not just words.
When you might feel making-amends
Making-Amends is a specific form of repairing, which itself is a type of accountability. You might experience this feeling in situations where accountability is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define making-amends.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Making-Amends on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore making-amends and discover related emotions.
Open Shame & Guilt WheelRelated Emotions
Seeing clearly what you did or contributed — without distortion, minimisation, o...
Accepting that your actions had impact, and that impact is yours to address....
Telling the truth about what happened — to yourself first, then to others....
A genuine apology: naming the harm, owning the impact, not making it about your ...
The only apology that fully counts — doing differently. Accountability without c...
Releasing the self-punishment once accountability has been honoured. You are not...