Matthew McConaughey said, "The best advice comes from people who don't give advice."
So, let's talk about giving advice.
We all have that friend or family member. Their life is a bit of a mess. They’re constantly embroiled in some sort of drama and they come to you for advice. Do you give it?
This is a difficult position to be in because you want to help but you’re reluctant to – you know – give advice.
Do people really want help or do they simply want to be heard?
Parker J. Palmer, an American author and educator suggested the latter in a piece called, My Misgivings About Advice. Palmer wrote, “The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed – to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.”
If this is true, that people don’t really want to be healed or saved, how do you explain the fact that there are over 85,000 self-help books in publication today?
Let's get into it!
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