Here, three pros unpack strategies for how to handle conflict when you fundamentally disagree with a loved one.

The pandemic has brought aboutmyths that, when propagated,could threaten public health.

Should you take a stand or not engage?

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Ivy Kwong, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and coach.

She lives in New York City.

Clearly, its complicated.

Two people’s legs touch under a table as they work on their laptops.

Ivy Kwong, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and coach. She specializes in healing codependency, Asian and Asian American mental health, ancestral and intergenerational healing, and self-love.

The two have since become great friendsthey just dont discuss politics.

The specifics here will differ from person to person.

Kwong asks as a litmus test of sorts you’re able to ask yourself.

Books on grief are seen floating against a backdrop of clouds.

There is no universal criteria.

Thats very, very rare.

Change is chipping away slowly at another persons ability to see your side of the fence.

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Change is chipping away slowly at another persons ability to see your side of the fence.

Im protecting my energy, she says.

Thats to say that some of my friends may not have changed, but I certainly have.

Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, and Leslie Bibb in The White Lotus, symbolizing toxic friendships.

Ivy Kwong, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and coach. She specializes in healing codependency, Asian and Asian American mental health, ancestral and intergenerational healing, and self-love.

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