🌱When Listening Is the Solution: Why We Don’t Always Need to Fix It

Have you ever found yourself sitting with a friend or loved one who’s going through something hard—maybe they're stressed, heartbroken, or overwhelmed—and before you know it, you're rattling off advice like a human instruction manual?

“You should leave that job.”
“Have you tried talking to them?”
“You just need to think more positively.”

We all do it sometimes. Offering advice can feel like the most loving thing—after all, we just want to help. But often, the most healing thing we can offer isn’t a solution at all. It’s presence. It’s empathy. It’s listening without an agenda.

Let’s explore why being solution-focused too quickly can actually miss the mark—and what a more supportive approach looks like instead.