Being heard and being helped

If we’re honest, sometimes what we seek is for someone to say, “I hear you. That’s a tough situation. Gosh.”

Because it’s a lot harder to hear, “What do you seek to change? Let’s explore this together to find some solutions. What steps are you ready to take? Let’s put a plan into action.”

Misery loves company, it does not love strategic framework and practical solutions.

So we first have to figure out: is the problem that we don’t feel seen, or is the problem that we’re not ready to be problem solvers?