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    Bad Thought: My employees don’t like me.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: My employees don’t like me.

    A recent client, Yolanda, came to me because she wanted to improve her relationships with co-workers. A small business owner, Yolanda had...
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    Bad Thought: I can’t be with my loved ones this holiday season.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Dec 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t be with my loved ones this holiday season.

    It’s truly a bummer that we won’t be with family this year due to coronavirus. The change in our usual routine does however present an...
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    Bad Thought: Meditation is hard.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Aug 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: Meditation is hard.

    Have you ever noticed that your mind is over-active when you’re having a conversation with another person? You’re so busy forming...
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    Bad Thought: I hate the idea of seeing my brother-in-law at the holidays.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Dec 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I hate the idea of seeing my brother-in-law at the holidays.

    You may not realize that your thoughts are accompanied by images, and that changing those images can change your experience.
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    Bad Thought: My neighborhood is crummy.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Apr 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: My neighborhood is crummy.

    My friend’s grumblings are a classic example of the “cognitive distortion” called the “mental filter” by David Burns in Feeling Good.
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    Bad Thought: I never know what to say.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I never know what to say.

    I can’t tell you how many of my clients suffer, they believe, from an inability to say the right thing in social/interpersonal situations.
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    Bad Thought: I’m not looking forward to the holidays because my brother is not very nurturing.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Dec 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I’m not looking forward to the holidays because my brother is not very nurturing.

    For me, the solution to Julie’s melancholy around her brother was easy to see: let go of wishing Todd were different, and get back to...
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    Bad Thought: My co-worker saps my energy.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: My co-worker saps my energy.

    Can we pick up good vibes from others that actually energize, and even heal us?
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    Bad Thought: Why did I become a parent?
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: Why did I become a parent?

    I’ve never talked to a parent who found this role to be easier than expected. Without exception, people I know say parenting is...
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    Bad Thought: I wish I hadn’t had that terrible fight with my sister-in-law.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jan 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I wish I hadn’t had that terrible fight with my sister-in-law.

    A client I’ll call Joanne had an unpleasant spat with her sister-in-law, Irene, on Christmas Eve.
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    Bad Thought: How will I ever get past the pain of this breakup?
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Nov 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: How will I ever get past the pain of this breakup?

    Researcher Matthew Walker explains that the only time our brains produce no anxiety-triggering noradrenaline is when we are in REM sleep...
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    Bad Thought: I can’t stop thinking about the argument with my friend.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Sep 24, 2017
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t stop thinking about the argument with my friend.

    A recent study discussed in Greater Good Magazine (link below) affirms what the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has taught...
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    Bad Thought: I’m afraid to speak in front of colleagues.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Sep 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I’m afraid to speak in front of colleagues.

    ...when faced with a personal fear or weakness, to think, My imperfections humanize me and connect me to others.
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    Bad Thought: I'm terrible at socializing.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Aug 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I'm terrible at socializing.

    Those who study such things tell us that people remember very little about the specifics of what we say to them, and mostly remember...
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    Bad Thought: I don't belong.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I don't belong.

    This fitting-in vs. not fitting-in thing is a big part of our existential human experience. It became an old story, though--one I wanted...
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