Criticism and Unsolicited Advice: How it Helps Us and Our Relationships

May 6th, 2021

By Jack Adam Weber

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

Many take offense to advice when they don’t ask for it, including suggestions. Unsolicited advice can feel intrusive. It can threaten our personal space and privacy. There are also different degrees of criticism and advice, and the tone of delivery has lots to do with how well we can hear it. So does the nature of our relationship with the person from whom we receive it.

Criticism is another level of “advice,” which often comes with more punch and can push our buttons. However, I also invite us to consider criticism in a positive light, and if we don’t like its delivery, perhaps we can at least hear the core information—the helpful message—in the criticism. We also can ask for our needs—asking that criticism be delivered in a way that we’re better able to receive. It’s easier to receive criticism when we trust the person who delivers it. But if we focus on our growth and crave truth, it doesn’t much matter.

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