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What Your Ambivalence Is Trying to Tell You
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What Your Ambivalence Is Trying to Tell You

Ever feel torn between two things you want, in equal measure? Maybe you want to stay in a relationship and want to leave it. Maybe you want to quit drinking and aren't sure how to live without it. Ambivalence isn't a sign that something's wrong with you — it's often a sign that two real parts of you are holding two different loyalties. This post explores what inner conflict is actually made of, why we're so quick to escape it, and what becomes possible when we learn to sit with it instead.

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Ingredients For A Meaningful Life
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Ingredients For A Meaningful Life

When the world seems chaotic, we can find solace in zooming out to consider a deeper meaning. Whatever we’re going through, be it worry, sadness, grief, or transition, we need meaning to help us through it.

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