Start by creating a list of pros and cons. It may help make you more likely to act. By Malia Wollan “You can use ambivalence as a shield against the fear of rejection,” says Taly Reich, an associate ...

You mean, of course, my views on all our relationships with pretty much everybody and everything that truly matters to us. The word we toss around in therapeutic circles for this universal phenomenon ...

Motivational interviewing helps people resolve their ambivalence, tipping the decisional balance in the direction of growth and change. But what does it mean to say that our ambivalence has been ...

A reader wonders what to make of the reservations she’s having about a yearlong relationship, and whom to share them with. By Philip Galanes I have been with my boyfriend for a year now, and I have ...

If you’re asked to picture a successful leader, what do you see? If you’re like most people, you imagine somebody who is ...

The Ohio State University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. University of Virginia provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Choices about political candidates ...

Ambivalent Networkers have folded ICTs into a lifestyle that relies a lot on mobile devices to connect socially with others or to entertain themselves. They do the most of any group when it comes to ...

Even before having her first child, Libby Ward knew what kind of mother she wanted to be. Patient. Loving. Intentional. But her hopes went beyond that, especially when she looked at the mothers in her ...

Tell me your position on the NSA government surveillance revelations. Do you believe that Edward Snowden is a quiet hero who has performed a vital public service? Or do you think he is a traitor who ...