All posts tagged "ambivalence"
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Michael Schreiner | September 19, 2018
What To Do If You Are Feeling Stuck
If you are feeling stuck in some area of your life then what’s really going on is ambivalence,...
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Michael Schreiner | June 11, 2018
Becoming Determined To Change Behavior
Meaningful Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight Patterns of behavior that start to negatively affect life tend to fall into...
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Michael Schreiner | April 9, 2018
Make a Desired Life Change Today
Gripped by Powerful Inertia Most of us are fully aware of the life changes we need to make...
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Michael Schreiner | January 4, 2018
Ambivalence While Grieving
Simultaneous Contradictory Thoughts and Feelings Ambivalence, which is holding simultaneous contradictory thoughts or feelings, is a disconcerting experience...
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Michael Schreiner | March 3, 2017
Ambivalence Around Cultural Norms And Values
Ambivalence occurs any time we hold simultaneous, contradictory thoughts or feelings about the same thing. The result is...
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Michael Schreiner | July 27, 2016
Isolate The Desirable Elements Of Your Addiction
As an addict, and we mean compulsive dependence on anything not just a chemical substance, if you’re unable...
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Michael Schreiner | December 22, 2015
Breaking A Bad Habit
Other than the fact that behavioral patterns become hardwired over time to the point where they’re enacted almost...
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Michael Schreiner | January 1, 2015
Addressing Ambivalence In Motivational Interviewing
If you are using motivational interviewing and not addressing ambivalence, meaning simultaneous conflicting feelings about moving on to...
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Michael Schreiner | November 4, 2013
Conflict Is Okay
Most of us have an ambivalent attitude towards conflict in our romantic relationships. Some of us try to...
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Michael Schreiner | February 11, 2013
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing was first used to help people overcome problem drinking and is now an established paradigm for...