What Is Necessary Tension?
From Our Next Question? by Chris Oneth and Melanie Jones
January 12, 2026 · 51 min · Episode 103
About this episode
The episode explores how to navigate conflicting ideas and motivations, discussing the concept of necessary tension.
Send us Fan Mail Our Next Question is What Is Necessary Tension? What do we do when we're stuck between two conflicting ideas or motivations? Can we hold two competing truths at the same time? We get into all this and more in today's episode! Do us a favor and leave us a review on whichever platform you listen to us on. This helps us spread our podcast to people who don’t know about us yet. Intro & Outro Music: Starting Over by LNDÖ Who are these people? Chris Oneth is a Marriage and Fami...
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Hosts: Chris Oneth, Melanie Jones
Topics covered
- conflicting ideas
- motivations
- competing truths
- necessary tension
- mental health
Keywords
- necessary tension
- conflicting ideas
- motivations
- mental health
- competing truths
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