Discover the psychological roots of difficult behaviors and learn how to adjust your own approach to reduce stress and manage any relationship effectively.
There is a reason that explains why people are difficult! Once you understand this reason, you can at least appreciate why they are behaving like jerks when they insult, belittle, or demean you, which - as we all know too well - is what difficult people are experts at doing to us.
Wouldn't you like to know how to get along with people who really are a pain in the ass? The primary reason people get sick is because they are stressed out, anxious, and tense all the time. Butting heads against difficult people exhausts all of our energy, stresses us out, and worst of all, makes us sick.
More and more people are troubled these days which certainly makes living a stress-free and healthy life challenging. Difficult people project their problems and issues onto us. We have done nothing to deserve such mean and ornery treatment.
Some difficult people are close family members, even spouses. Others are co-workers, bosses, and friends. Most people who are difficult to get along with do not have a serious mental illness. They are just darn difficult to get along with. We may want and need to hang out with such persons, but they make it oh so terribly difficult to do so!
Of course, we cannot avoid some difficult people because they are family members or co-workers or our boss. This complicates the challenge of getting along with them.
OK. Everyone has difficult people in their life. When you deal with the difficult people in your life
how can you ...
This course makes dealing with difficult people simple. How? Six types of difficult people are
described in the videos. Once you realize who you are dealing with, you will know the secret to
getting along with them and most importantly, how to protect yourself from getting stressed out.
This course explains how to know for sure who you are dealing with:
Once you figure out which of the types of difficult people you are dealing with, you will know how
to get along with them without pulling all of your hair out and worse, making yourself sick.
Strategies for getting along differ depending on who you are dealing with.
Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?
What makes the course hugely successful for people is to have one or several people in mind
who are terribly difficult to deal with day in and day out.
No background in counseling, psychology, or mental health issues is needed or required.
Who this course is for?
Trying to sort out whether you should remain in contact with a difficult person, especially if they
are your boss or your spouse? This course will help sort that decision out for you.
How to Deal with Difficult people
Robert Rodgers PhD is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, Cornell University and Michigan State University. He served for 20 years as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He is the founder of Parkinsons Recovery in 2004 (parkinsonsrecovery.com) and Alzheimers Recovery (alzheimersrecovery.com) in 2005. Dr Rodgers is also a graduate of the four year Barbara Brennan School of Healing where he learned how to manage and deal with difficult people. Anxiety not only inflames neurological symptoms, it is also a significant reason for ongoing conflicts and low morale in the workplace. Dr Rodgers covers methods proven by research to Shut Down Anxiety which is the title of one of his top rated courses.
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