How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life by June Eding and Dr. Debbie Ellis is a practical and insightful guide that offers strategies for managing relationships with challenging people. Whether it’s a family member, coworker, or friend who is difficult to communicate with or who has a prickly personality, the book provides effective tools for handling these situations with empathy, patience, and understanding. The authors use the metaphor of hugging a porcupine to describe how to approach these relationships without getting hurt. With humor and real-world examples, the book offers techniques to foster better communication, reduce conflict, and build more positive connections with even the most difficult individuals in your life.