In this month's discussion I explore the psychological experience of ambivalence through my own example of holding two very real and conflicting feelings about wanting to and not wanting to be a mother.

We cover the difference between ambivalence and indifference, and explore what it means to have the capacity to sit in the tension of holding opposing truths.

In a world that assumes there is always a right and a wrong, and that every decision we make must have some monumental significance to the grand scheme of our lives (they don't), it's an extraordinary struggle to live in what Carl Jung noted was the very natural state of the psyche, the ambivalent state.

I hope you enjoy the conversation, and I encourage you to reach out and share your own experiences with ambivalence. Where does this phenomenon trip you up in your own life? Can you make a decision not to make a decision?

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