{"id":418,"date":"2018-01-29T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=418"},"modified":"2018-01-29T21:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:21:43","slug":"how-do-i-become-better-at-being-there-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/29\/how-do-i-become-better-at-being-there-for-others\/","title":{"rendered":"how do I become better at being there for others?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-408\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-4-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"how do I become better at being there for others?\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-4-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw012918-4.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">how do I become better at being there for others?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being there for others requires knowing when someone wants you there. It is easy to help people who ask for help, so be alert to what people aren&#8217;t saying. It&#8217;s okay to ask questions as long as you don&#8217;t pry (okay, if they seem distressed maybe pry a little). Alternatively, if you know someone needs help and you aren&#8217;t there for them, ask yourself why- pry a little into yourself. Understanding what someone really needs and overcoming your reasons for not helping will go a long way in being there for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being there for others requires knowing when someone wants you there. It is easy to help people who ask for help, so be alert to what people aren&#8217;t saying. It&#8217;s okay to ask questions as long as you don&#8217;t pry (okay, if they seem distressed maybe pry a little). Alternatively, if you know someone needs &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/29\/how-do-i-become-better-at-being-there-for-others\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;how do I become better at being there for others?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}