What a truly beautiful person you are, a guiding light for those around you. Your friends are blessed to have you in their life, someone who listens, cares and feels so deeply.
I think it depends on the nature of what someone faces, whether reassuring words are enough or whether more is needed on top of that. I imagine you already do some of the following
- Gaining/developing a relatable vision for someone who can't see the way forward and sharing that vision with them (so that they have a vision to follow and look forward to in the way of goals). In other words, being someone's 'go to' seer
- Taking action and leading others to act (being a leader). I suppose an example would be not just talking about the need to get out of the house or talking about the need to exercise breathing strategies for calming the nervous system, for example. Taking action could mean saying 'Let's go, get up, we're getting out of the house and we're going here...' or saying 'We're going to sit here and breathe together, the two of us'. Or it could be a combination, 'We're getting out of the house. I've booked a meditation class that's going to teach us how to breathe in a way that helps us manage our nervous system. I don't know how to do it myself, so we're going to learn together'
- Actively looking for highs and revelations. Of course one person's high is going to be different from another person's high. While one person may experience a sense of excitement and joy by being take on an outing to the cinema, another person may thrive on visiting the self help section of one of the biggest book stores in town, following some emotional eating (a beautiful and satisfying lunch or breakfast out). And when it comes to revelations, while a GP may reveal a physically and mentally challenging disease (which may sound and feel depressing), gaining a better understanding of how the body naturally works under certain circumstances may offer the revelation 'If I can naturally manage that disease/dis-ease in this way, certain positive side effects should follow'. So, research outside the square can involve inspiring another to wonder far more than they've ever been led to wonder before, beyond a standard depressing or stressful prognosis or diagnosis
I've found such things can come to make a difference to my own mental, physical and soulful sense of wellbeing. I'd say one of the most influential people in my life would have to be my brother. He's a great seer/visionary, a great leader and someone who inspires me to open my mind and wonder more. As his little sister (at the young age of 54😁), I continue to learn from him and how he manages his overall wellbeing.
