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245 0 0 _aHow to hug a porcupine :
_beasy ways to love the most difficult people in your life /
_cforeword by Debbie Joffe Ellis.
264 1 _aHobart, New York :
_bHatherleigh Press,
_c2009.
300 _axi, 148 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c19 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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505 0 _aOpposites attract -- The whole is more than the sum of the parts -- Who is a porcupine? -- The porcupine in nature -- How are people like porcupines? -- How to love a porcupine -- Porcupine habitats -- Are you a porcupine too? -- Why are you attracted to porcupines? -- 4 easy ways to end an argument (especially if you're wrong!) -- Easy ways to get your porcupine to pull his or her quills in.
520 _a"Most of us know someone who always seems to cause problems or irritate others. The truth is these troublemakers haven’t necessarily asked to be this way. Sometimes we need to learn new approaches for dealing with the difficult people who are harder to get along with or love. This concise guide explains that making peace with others isn’t as tough or as terrible as we think it is. In 101 useful tips, it shows you how to love and manage the “prickly” people in your life—whether you want to calm the quills of difficult parents, children, siblings, or even strangers. Since going viral on TikTok, thousands of people have discovered the power of Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis’ practices. With a foreword by Ellis herself, How to Hug a Porcupine is a modern classic that will help you resolve conflicts, communicate effectively, and lead life with greater patience, empathy, and kindness!" -- Amazon.
520 _a"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" -- Worldcat.
650 0 _aInterpersonal conflict.
650 0 _aLove.
700 1 _aEllis, Debbie Joffe,
_eforeword.
710 2 _aHatherleigh Press.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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