No enemy is worse than bad advice.

"No enemy is worse than bad advice." Sophocles

I stopped giving people advice a long time ago. I figured out that giving advice is poisonous. Two things happen when you give advice. One, the person receiving the advice might feel obligated to follow it. Two, what happens if they don't follow it, or the advice was actually bad? Giving advice is like handcuffing each other with an invisible contract. The person I gave the bad advice to might detest me for it.

What I have learned, and what helps me a lot, is sharing experiences I had. Something that is exactly or close to what they are going through. When I share an experience, I always make sure it is my own experience, not that of some third person. That way I can share things that worked for me and things that didn't. This is way more powerful in two ways: the other person can take whatever value they get from my storytelling without feeling obligated to "follow my lead", or they can disregard everything and just move on their own way.

Sharing an experience might even bond us more, as we have had the same or a similar struggle. I might also learn something from how they manage to overcome it.

My last advice to you: stop giving advice, and share experiences instead.