3529: How to Support Your Friend's Mental Health by Sara Stanizai on How to Be A Better Listener

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3529: Listening can be one of the most powerful ways to support a friend struggling with their mental health. Sara Stanizai offers practical advice on how to be there for them without overstepping, focusing on empathy, asking rather than assuming, and making thoughtful, specific suggestions when appropriate. By taking on the role of a supportive co-pilot rather than a rescuer, you can help your loved ones navigate their struggles while empowering them to take the next steps on their own terms. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.prospecttherapy.com/blog/2018/7/3/how-to-support-your-friends-mental-health Quotes to ponder: "Literally, just be quiet. That’s the first thing I learned in therapy school! (Just kidding. Sort of.) Keep your mouth shut and hear them out." "Unsolicited advice (except in the form of super cool blog posts) isn’t helpful. If anything, it just adds to their feelings of overwhelm." "We ultimately want to set troubled loved ones up to make strides on their own, and removing ourselves from the action, yet not detaching emotionally, is a vital part of that." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	forward slash express. This is Optimal Living Daily. How to Support Your Friends Mental Health
0:35.8	by Sarah Stanazai of Prospect Therapy.com, and I'm
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0:44.3	from a podcast in our network that I think will also help you live a life that's a bit more
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1:02.7	How to Support Your Friends Mental Health by Sarah Stanitsai of prospecttherapy.com.
1:09.7	Listening is an act of love. Everyone just needs to be heard, to know that they belong,
1:15.3	that their feelings make sense, and they're not alone. Guess what? You can do this for the people
1:20.5	in your life, no therapy degree required. But you're a good friend. You already knew that.
1:26.4	Because you're a good friend, you may have noticed
1:28.5	them struggling with their mental or emotional health, maybe even before they've noticed it themselves.
1:33.6	You're not sure about the best way to support them, and they still need help. You might think that
1:38.1	they could benefit from therapy, but how do you bring that up? Look, it's not easy to call some
1:43.8	random professional,
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