It seems that the saying “two truths can exist at the same time” is gaining traction in our social conversation. This is an entry point into both how I understand and am reframing ambivalence , a word which is mostly misunderstood, maligned, and sidelined, while ironically being a central and powerful part of our everyday experience.

Ambivalence means:

1: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action

2a: continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite)

b: uncertainty as to which approach to follow

— Merriam-Webster Dictionary

the fact of having or showing both positive and negative feelings about somebody/something

— Oxford English Dictionary

But what happens with these conflicting feel

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