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This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Interacting with difficult people can feel like trying ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At least once a week, Emily L. Weis, MD, MS, says she has a challenging consult or patient interaction in her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Difficult people are (unfortunately) everywhere. That coworker who always has to be right, the family member who pushes your ...

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Lately, as more and more organizations are requiring at least a partial return to the office, it seems that many folks are struggling with being back around people who they were all too happy to get ...

Carol was deeply disappointed. She had hired someone she thought would be a superstar for her team—the peanut butter to her jelly—only to face one difficult interaction after another. It seemed like ...

Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a ...