How to Love the Difficult People in Your Life Most of us know someone who, for whatever reason, always seems to cause problems, irritate others, or incite conflict. Often, these people are a part of our daily lives. The truth is that these trouble makers haven’t necessarily asked to be this way. Sometimes we need to learn new approaches to deal with people who are harder to get along with or love. How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love Difficult People in Your Life, explains that making peace with others isn’t as tough or terrible as we think it is–especially when you can use an adorable animal analogy and apply it to real-life problems. How to Hug a Porcupine provides tips for calming the quills of parents, children, siblings, strangers, and other prickly people you may encounter. Among other tips, How to Hug a Porcupine includes: *Three easy ways to end an argument *How to spot the porcupine in others *How to spot the porcupine in ourselves With a foreword by noted psychotherapist Dr. Debbie Ellis, widow of Dr. Albert Ellis, How to Hug a Porcupine is a truly special book.
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Julia Ross, MA, author of the bestselling The Diet Cure, is a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychology. She has directed counseling programs in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1980 and is the founder and executive director of Recovery Systems, a holistic clinic that has helped thousands of people with mood problems, eating disorders, and addictions by combining counseling with nutrient therapy and biochemical rebalancing. An instructor at several San Francisco Bay Area universities, she is a popular lecturer whose work has been featured in publications such as Psychology Today, Natural Health, and the San Francisco Examiner Magazine. Ross lives and works in Marin County, California.
Julie Briskman is a classically trained actress who has performed in major regional theaters throughout the country, including the Guthrie Theater, where she spent seven years as a company member. Julie lives in Seattle, where she continues her work as a leading stage actress and voice talent.