How does it make you feel? Instead of playing a good uncle and giving your “helpful tips” to everyone (“If I were you, I would…”), try putting yourself in your interlocutor’s place or situation and reflecting on how you would feel when something like that happened to you. Eventually, you can give advice if that’s your field of expertise or you’re asked for it. Only just enough advice and not too much, only an honest attempt to understand your interlocutor deeply and nothing more.
