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The Power of Listening: Helping Someone Through a Difficult Time

I am pleased to reprint the beginning of my guest post, published yesterday on Tess Marshall’s wonderful blog, The Bold Life.

It’s often hard to know what to say to a friend or loved one during his/her trying times.  We don’t know the ‘right’ words.

We are uncomfortable with their pain.  We feel helpless.  And it certainly brings up our own vulnerabilities.

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