Advice Show 015 // Self Pity, Losing Dad, and Googling Yourself
Happy Thanksgiving Day’s Eve, grateful young humans! Allow me to present Advice Show Episode 015 for your enjoyment and edification. Yeah, I know what you really want right now is several healthy helpings of pumpkin pie and mug of hot cider, but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow. (Hey, don’t blame me; I’m not cooking your dinner.) In the meantime, Jessica needs advice on helping out a friend who feels really sorry for herself and Rachelle is struggling with losing her dad and isn’t ready to handle her mom’s new boyfriend. Let’s see if we can help:
And that’s my take; I’d love to hear yours. What have YOU done to help pull people out of their pity parties? Or maybe you’ve lost a parent and can relate to Rachelle. How did you respond? What can Rachelle learn from your experience?
Keep it real, everybody.
Peace, love, and a turkey,
// josh
P.S. Priscilla, you’re photo wasn’t embarrassing. You look great, honestly. Tanline schmanline. Anyway, thanks for sending it to me; it was great to have you on the show. I hope you find a lovely prom date. The rest of you, send your actually embarrassing childhood photos to josh@heyjosh.com.
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Jessica, I am going take a different angle than Josh on this topic and say that her happiness is not up to you. I think that he is right on that it is good and noble to be a friend to her, take her out, and help her have fun. However, if you become someone Else’s emotional garbage dump, that is not healthy.
In working with a lot of teen girls I have seen a quite a few lose themselves in their friends problems.
The best thing you can do, along with being a friend to her, is to make sure that you are increasing your talents, skills, and capacities as a person. You being the ‘best you’ that you can be may help inspire her to get out of her self pity and start working to be her best.