What even is ambivalence? Ambivalence is the allowing and holding space for two contradicting statements to be true at once. As a former black and white thinker and someone who loved to try to get to the bottom of things, ambivalence was foreign and near impossible for me until I realized its necessity. Life is nuanced and people are contradictory and ambivalence is freedom from trying to hold onto and control your life. Let go and Let God!