{"id":1036,"date":"2015-04-01T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2015-04-20T23:57:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T03:57:11","slug":"dealing-with-elfs-and-rattlesnakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2015\/04\/dealing-with-elfs-and-rattlesnakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with ELF\u2019s and Rattlesnakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dealing with ELF\u2019s and Rattlesnakes<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/5mpwf-552842\/initByJs\/1\/auto\/1?skin=108\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Airing Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 7:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you have difficult, underhanded people in your life? Are some of your so called friends and family members brilliant at putting on the show of being kind and caring while secretly sharpening the knife that they intend to stab into your back? Have you ever been the recipient of cutting barbs from that nice looking charismatic person whom everyone likes?<\/p>\n<p>What do you do? How do you handle it?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like most of us it\u2019s all rather baffling because it\u2019s not the kind of behavior you would ever engage in. There are ways to deal with it that put you back in charge of the situation. Join us for some tips on dealing with the nasties in your life.<\/p>\n<h2>About The Irreverent Therapists<\/h2>\n<p>The Irreverent Therapists, Pam and Marilyn, have over 40 combined years as psychotherapists. After working with hundreds of people, both became aware that there were other ways of looking at and changing the issues that clients brought to the office. 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