How can we hold both conviction and compassion in a world that demands we choose sides?
In this episode, I wrestle with my own inner conflict around maintaining objectivity while simultaneously honoring the truths that live in my heart. I share my own journey of being deeply opinionated as a child, to being shaped by anthropological training that demanded neutrality, and how the tension between the two shows up for me now.
Together, we explore the gray area between and beyond binaries—that sacred and oftentimes unsettling space where nuance and complexity collide with clear conviction and our desire for justice.
I don’t know if there’s an answer. Maybe this dilemma is simply an invitation to deepen into life’s big questions.
How do we hold space for our shared humanity without collapsing into the trauma-led impulse to separate right from wrong, victim from villain?
And how can we meet the pain in ourselves and in one another with more love?
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