Ambivalence: You Can Love It and Still Want to Leave It | Word of the Week

Have you ever loved something and wanted to leave it? Missed someone and known you shouldn't go back? Felt grateful for what you have and still wanted something different?There's a word for that: AMBIVALENCE (am-BIV-uh-lence).Ambivalence is the experience of having conflicting feelings, beliefs, or attitudes toward the same person, decision, situation, or experience. And contrary to what we sometimes tell ourselves, conflicting emotions don't automatically mean you're confused.Sometimes two things are simply true at the same time.In this Word of the Week episode of the Room2Breathe Podcast™, we're making room for the AND.We're talking about loving something you've outgrown, grieving something you chose to leave, feeling gratitude and dissatisfaction simultaneously, why familiarity can sometimes feel safer than change, and what happens when healthy reflection turns into decision paralysis.We'll also unpack why your feelings don't need a unanimous vote before you move forward.You can love them AND need space.You can forgive AND not trust them yet.You can be grateful AND want more.You can miss it AND not go back.You can be afraid AND move anyway.You can grieve AND heal.