Why Befriending Your Ambivalence Can Help You Change
Category: HEALTHY LIVING
It might sound surprising then to hear that ambivalence can actually be the key to supporting your own change or someone else's. You could choose to view these thoughts as "caving" or undermining your resolve. Or you could embrace these thoughts and feelings as a natural occurrence of ambivalence, completely expected in most change processes.
By Nicole Kosanke, Ph.D., ContributorDirector of Family Services, Center for Motivation and Change, 2014-06-04