Dallas Bragg argues that real amends go beyond saying sorry and fixing what you broke. They require understanding the internal wound that caused the behavior in the first place. When someone triggers you, that anger or disgust points to an unhealed part of yourself that needs attention.
Traditional amends asks, what did I do wrong and how can I make it right? Next-level amends asks, what was happening inside me that made that behavior make sense at the time? And how can I heal that at its root? Both questions matter, but only one leads to the kind of self-knowledge that prevents the patterns from repeating. So let's talk about the mirror principle. This is where everybody in your life reflects something back to you. Here's the psychological truth. That's going to change everything for you. Every person in your life acts as a mirror reflecting something within you back to yourself. When someone triggers you, when their behavior makes you angry, frustrated, disgusted, or hurt, they're not just being difficult. They're showing you an undeveloped or unhealed aspect of yourself. This is something that you have to grasp here.
