We are not the ones to judge, we don't truly have a right, since we do not know everything. To be the least judgemental sounding you can be, you have to keep an open mind and speak that way. You have to ask yourself, if I say this will it offend the other person? You have to tell the person that whatever your are saying is only because you care. You are concerned and you want the best possible outcome for them. I have given advice in this forum when it was asked for. They don't always take your advice. They have to follow their own hearts, heads, voices, etc. They have a destiny to follow that we can't interupt, but perhaps it is our words that end up stirring them in the safest direction, we can only hope. People have free will, and they will do as they please or as they can. If they don't feel like they can at that point in their life take your advice, it has at least affected their thinking and maybe they will take it in the future. Please, don't worry too much about what you say, it is most likely not to hurt someone's feeling if you are only saying it with compassion. To answer your question, no, you can't truly give advice without your opinion. A definition of advice is "a proposal for an appropriate course of action". A definition of judgement is "the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions ". And no, I don't think that empathy is always enough. Many people that post like myself are wanting other's advice or opinions. Some people need other's opinions to get answers. I like the hugs, but I like other's ideas also.

Also, I think being negatively judgemental is telling people they are wrong, when not or before offering advice. If someone feels like you are being judgemental or attacking them, then they will take advice the wrong way and/or completely dismiss it.