The mighty Blurt Foundation have produced a fabulous piece today on the importance of asking people how they are doing, but not having hurt feelings if they aren’t able to share or when the emotional shutters come down.

There's nobody quite like you in the very best way possible. Chances are you don't feel as though you're extraordinary.

When someone comes to us and they're not in a good way, the helper in us, the fixer, the empathiser, might accidentally offer unsolicited advice.