Debbie Covino, PhDNov 12, 20211 minBad Thought: The news makes me afraid.I've spoken before in this blog about the fear that news reports can provoke in us (July 7, 2017), and about the idea of cutting down on...
Debbie Covino, PhDNov 14, 20202 minBad Thought: I shouldn’t be struggling so much to change myself.I often find myself having to reassure clients that seeming “setbacks” in self-development are normal and even beneficial.
Debbie Covino, PhDJun 14, 20202 minBad Thought: I don’t know how to deal with bad thoughts.Many of us have seen the information circulating on the internet that we have 70,000+ thoughts per day and that most of them are negative...
Debbie Covino, PhDMay 16, 20201 minBad Thought: I feel selfish when I attend to my inner well-being.As a hypnotherapist, I come across many people who put themselves last on the list when it comes to self-care.
Debbie Covino, PhDJan 11, 20202 minBad Thought: They cut back my hours at work.It can be difficult to find the good in a bad-seeming situation. However, in many if not most cases, the unwanted situation has a positive..
Debbie Covino, PhDNov 9, 20191 minBad Thought: I can’t control my negative thoughts....and as I often teach my clients, self-distancing is a useful strategy for finding relief from one’s own bad-feeling thoughts.
Debbie Covino, PhDAug 4, 20192 minBad Thought: My Good Moods are Easily DisruptedIn Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Rick Hanson explains that enjoying better...
Debbie Covino, PhDJun 3, 20182 minBad Thought: People don’t change.In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), it’s said that change occurs only when people have hit bottom, can take responsibility for...
Debbie Covino, PhDMar 10, 20182 minBad Thought: I lack confidence.Confidence issues are very common. Do you feel you lack confidence? Or is there some other trait you feel you don’t possess?
Debbie Covino, PhDJan 27, 20182 minBad Thought: People don’t appreciate me.Have you ever desperately wanted to get a certain reaction from another person and been disappointed?
Debbie Covino, PhDJan 6, 20182 minBad 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.
Debbie Covino, PhDMar 29, 20172 minBad Thought: My brain can't change.Anxiety is a pattern that has created a kind of pathway in the brain, and a person can learn to abandon this pathway and walk down...
Debbie Covino, PhDFeb 19, 20172 minBad Thought: This isn’t as I imagined it would be.Imagine my surprise when the new context proved challenging. Very challenging. I often thought, This isn't as I imagined it would be.