Do You Have the Courage to Be a Real Friend?

Do You Have the Courage to Be a Real Friend?
Our friends don’t need to hear their suffering will pass, they need us to acknowledge their experience. Odua Images/Shutterstock
Nancy Colier
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When in the midst of great sadness or grief, people really want someone to be with them in their pain.

It may be necessary to refrain from turning a friend’s painful experience into an idea or an opportunity to be helpful or wise.

Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, thought leader, public speaker, and the author of "Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination,” “The Power of Off,” and the recently released “The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Depleted and How to Get What You Need” (November, 2022.)
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