It sounds like you had a heavy day and a persistent headache, but it's great that you were able to take some time for yourself and have breakfast with your friend. It's also admirable how you helped your friend work through her decision-making process without giving direct advice, allowing her to come to her own conclusion. I agree that advice should be approached with caution, as it can be a double-edged sword. It's important to weigh and measure advice, and ultimately make independent decisions. However, we are all different and some actions have totally different outcomes from another party. No matter what I think we can all agree that this food looks delicious!
Yep, that's what I said, because that's what happened.
Thanks for paraphrasing my post and putting it in this comment.
The bad side of "counseling" is that it can be addictive to some. I had a friend who I helped a lot, mainly also only through listening and questioning as you did. But all the "problems" and negativity never drained out. One day I realized that the only thing that drained out was my energy. I made some boundaries to our meetings and somehow our paths went in different ways. It was only a few years later, I realized there are so-called energy vampires and probably she was the one. Maybe that was all the help she needed from me.