7Supporting Others
If you're open, friendly, and show an interest in other people, they'll most likely want to talk with you; exchange ideas, thoughts and opinions, anecdotes and stories with you.
How, though, do you respond when someone is sad and upset, distressed, or depressed and struggling to cope? What to say when a family member, a friend, colleague, or your partner tells you that they're desperately unhappy and want to quit their job or their place at university? Or that they're very worried about their financial situation? How to respond to a colleague who tells you that his wife has left him? Or that their partner has been in a car accident or a close family member has been diagnosed with a serious illness?
There's not a lot you ...
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