How to Hug a Porcupine Audiobook By June Eding - editor, Debbie Joffe Ellis - foreword cover art

How to Hug a Porcupine

Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life

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How to Hug a Porcupine

By: June Eding - editor, Debbie Joffe Ellis - foreword
Narrated by: Julie Briskman
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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.

©2017 June Eding (P)2017 Hatherleigh Press Communication & Social Skills Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Love, Dating & Attraction Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Parenting & Families Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Inspiring
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I really liked the quotes and some helpful advice, but is mostly just over generalized and didn’t like hearing the importance of empathy repeated when there are so many toxic relationships and no mention of codependency, narcissistic partners/parents, dealing with trauma and attachment styles, etc.

Very nice advice and tips

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Teaches you how to walk on egg shells. This may have been more useful in the 1950s, it’s interesting when the author uses female/male pronouns within examples. This book breezes over so much but when it does get detailed, it is decent information.

Subpar 

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Cute but I don’t think it’s made for adults dealing with people with mental illnesses

Cute but not cutthroat

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not to be dismissive of how strong and motivational this book is but the title implied it and the author made sure that it would stick in your head I believe that each one of us can and will be a porcupine porcupine porcupine porcupine

the title implied it

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Good analogies; relatable and to the point; presented in a kind lighthearted way. Short and sweet and absorbable

Relatable

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I took copious notes! So much value in the simplistic strategies of loving those who may present as more difficult.

Easy read with lots of value

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I love it. I really understand more about the porcupines people and even in me.

How to hug a porcupines

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Be a good listener and don’t be vulnerable - hang out and spend time with your loved ones and take time to talk to them

How to deal with difficult people

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I love the books helped me to navigate better relationships and this one is a perfect guide to love, help and understand people who have been hurt, therefore now they act like “porcupines”

Great book! I really like it

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So So 🤷🏽 and the price was a little high for length of book, not much content.

Just…

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