Philip Gnilka 5/1/24 Philip Gnilka 5/1/24

Mental Filtering – How it Negatively Impacts our Life and what to do about it.

Do you ever find yourself only focusing on the negative during the week? It’s common for us to have “a bad day” when things just don’t seem to go our way. Life happens. But when this becomes a consistent pattern, you should become a bit more concerned and might be experiencing a cognitive distortion called mental filtering.

Philip Gnilka 4/23/24 Philip Gnilka 4/23/24

Overgeneralization - What it is and what to do about it.

Learning what we say to ourselves and changing it over time can be very helpful in social anxiety treatment. The more you practice gently replacing those negative thoughts with more realistic ones, you will find your social anxiety starts to dissipate.

Philip Gnilka 9/1/22 Philip Gnilka 9/1/22

A Cognitive Distortions Primer. How to Tame All or Nothing Thinking.

Philip Gnilka 8/12/22 Philip Gnilka 8/12/22

A Useful Primer on Cognitive Distortions and Maladaptive Thinking Patterns

Philip Gnilka 7/29/22 Philip Gnilka 7/29/22

Does perfectionism actually lead to workplace burnout? Not exactly. The surprising connection.

Philip Gnilka 7/25/22 Philip Gnilka 7/25/22

Surprisingly healthy and unhealthy ways perfectionists cope with stress and anxiety

Philip Gnilka 7/14/22 Philip Gnilka 7/14/22

Puzzled if you a perfectionist? How to tell if you are a perfectionist.

Philip Gnilka 3/23/22 Philip Gnilka 3/23/22

There Are at Least Two Types of Perfectionists

There are at least two types of perfectionists.

Philip Gnilka 1/23/22 Philip Gnilka 1/23/22

Podcast: Healthy and Unhealthy Perfectionism

Philip Gnilka 1/5/22 Philip Gnilka 1/5/22

The Effectiveness of Counseling

Counseling (also called psychotherapy or talk therapy) is effective. A very large amount of evidence collected over 100 years shows that approximately 80% of people who attend counseling are significantly better off than those who do not.

Philip Gnilka 1/1/22 Philip Gnilka 1/1/22

Book Review of Atomic Habits

Are you interested in how small changes over time can result in larger changes? Not sure how to start and sustain more productive habits and minimize some unhealthier ones? Have you thought you don’t have enough will power or self control to commit to sustainable change? Well, don’t despair and go get the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.