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MOVING BEYOND
AMBIVALENCE
From this perspective, the alternative to
living with a chronic pattern of
ambivalence would be to resolve
internal con;icts that prevent one from
taking action, making decisions,
expressing how you feel, and being fully
present. Issues around connection,
intimacy, and separation are often at
the root of an ambivalent stance. To be
fully here is to accept the fragility and
imperfections of life, to “go for it”
despite the possibility it could be gone