{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64c8ac596624ec00113b302f/64c8ac66c501f600119e9b9a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"105. How To Help A Friend Who Is Struggling","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64c8ac596624ec00113b302f/64c8ac66c501f600119e9b9a.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>How to support a friend emotionally.</p>\n<p>We all know we should support a friend or family member who is struggling, but what should we actually do for them?</p>\n<p>So much of the time we feel helpless in how we can offer assistance when it's clear somebody we care about isn’t coping. But how can we help?</p>\n<p>The answer is often very simple. &nbsp;Actively listening. &nbsp;Actively inviting that person to share what they are going through and hearing them.</p>\n<p>The value of having one person in your life that cares enough to listen can never be underestimated.</p>\n<p>This quick chat with Aunia Khan is a look into the power of that one person. When you are a teen and you have lived your entire life in trauma and you have nobody there for you, Aunia talks about how life-saving the connection with her school counsellor was. How it gave her a sense of safety that she felt nowhere else in her life and how as a kid in trauma she still, to this day, feels grateful for the time and energy this man was able to invest in her at her lowest point.</p>\n<p>Aunia Khan is an incredible artist and you can find her here at Create For Healing &nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/createforhealing/\">https://www.instagram.com/createforhealing/ &nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;and here <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/auniakahn/\">https://www.instagram.com/auniakahn/</a></p>\n<p><br></p>","author_name":"Dawn Chitty"}