Two Things Can Be True
b'In a disagreement two things can feel like opposites\\u2014but it can still be a fact that both things are true.\\nYou wish they\'d listen; they wish you\'d not get so angry.\\nYour kid isn\'t going to that unsupervised sleepover; your kid is going to be furious about that for weeks.\\nWhen we start allowing for coexisting differences of opinion\\u2014when we stop feeling like the other person can only be super-wrong before we get what we want\\u2014something like change can start to occur. The idea that two things can be true dates back to the ancient Greeks, and in this episode, we discuss\\n\\nthe history of dialectical thinking\\n\\nwhy our lizard brains love to overcategorize\\n\\nhow we can use the "two things can be true" script in our parenting\\n\\n\\nWe\'re still figuring out how this works for ourselves, but the effort seems well worth it.\\n\\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: \\n\\nDr. Becky on Instagram: How to Respond to Pushback With Firmness and Connection\\n\\n\\nRaising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza Pressman: Two Things Can Be True\\n\\n\\nPaul Sonderegger for Quartz: Forget the Turing Test\\u2014give AI the F. Scott Fitzgerald Test instead\\n\\n\\n\\nSteven Reidbrd M.D. for Psychology Today: "Dialectics in Psychotherapy"\\n\\n\\nOakwise Counseling: "Two Opposing Things Can Be True"\\n\\n\\nThe poem "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith\\n\\n\\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, dialectic thinking, two things can be true\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'