Imagine you are offered a chance to move to a new school. You feel excited about new friends. At the same time, you feel sad about leaving old ones. You feel two opposite emotions together. This ...

The word “ambivalent” comes from the roots “ambi” meaning “both” and “valentia” meaning “strength.” To be ambivalent about something is to be pulled in opposite directions. There is nothing ...

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 ...

Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at Wharton. He is the author of “Think Again” and the host of the TED podcast “Re:Thinking.” It’s been two decades, but I ...

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