No matter where you work or what your role is, at some point, you’re going to encounter a difficult person. Maybe it is a colleague who constantly interrupts, a micromanaging supervisor, a ...

I've got a difficult person in my professional life. No, it's not you. But, for a long time, I was stressed out every time I had to work with this person. I'd feel nervous before our conversations and ...

Early in my career as a psychiatrist, I had a lot of trouble treating deeply egocentric patients — until I looked inside myself. I learned that when I felt that there was a patient I simply couldn’t ...

These six books can help ease tensions. By Louisa Kamps Earlier in my career, I worked for a hot-tempered woman who, according to an office rumor, had thrown a shoe at one of my predecessors. Rattled ...

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 ...

Workplaces need people who are willing to speak up. The key is to do it in a way that positions you as a problem-solver, not just a critic. A senior analyst at a financial firm once shared that she ...

We all have them: Those people in our lives who seem to consistently drain our energy and leave us feeling depleted. Whether it’s a perpetually pessimistic friend, a family member prone to complaining ...

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A breast cancer diagnosis has the power to shake worlds, not just for the patient but for all those around them as well. This is something I know well. Four years ago this month, I sat in my doctor’s ...