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How To Help a Friend Through 12 Tough Situations
You’re an awesome friend; I just know it. But sometimes being an awesome friend can be really hard, especially when you don’t know how to go about offering help to a friend in need.
You don’t want to do or say the wrong thing. You fear being misunderstood, or worse yet, giving bad advice. So what do you do? Where do you go? How do you help?
I know this may come as a shock to you (yeah, right), but I’m not a psychologist…or even mildly skilled at problem solving. When faced with tough situational dilemmas, you can find me turning to Google for help because she (yes, she) has never let me down.
Take it from me; Google’s got some damn good advice on how to help a friend through 12 tough situations:
eHow Family suggests these tips for How to Support a Friend With a Chronic Illness.
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Jessica commented on Feb 21 12 at 12:38 pmSuch a great post Lori!
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