Repairing After Rupture

The practice of making commitments, breaches, and new terms mutually visible so people know not only the fact, but that others know it too.

A Hawaiian source-inherited practice of setting relationships right through truth-telling, responsibility, restitution, forgiveness, and restored balance.

A southern African source-inherited consultation practice for bringing important collective differences into direct speech until an acceptable path can be found.

A source-inherited circle process for bringing affected people together through equal voice, careful listening, truth-telling, accountability, and community-supported repair.

A Pacific source-inherited dialogue practice of story, relational openness, and collective wisdom for difficult decisions after rupture.

The core repair sequence after breach: acknowledgment, accountability, restitution where needed, changed behavior, and testable new terms.