Deric Hollings
Pop Another
[DISCLAIMER] Pop Another On his 2018 album Punken, H-Town rapper Maxo Kream featured a song called “Pop Another,” which surprisingly...
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Deric Hollings
- 16 hours ago
- 2 min
B.D.E.
[DISCLAIMER] Practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I like to think that I have belief-disputing efficiency (B.D.E.). This...
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Deric Hollings
- 1 day ago
- 6 min
Brief ABC Vignette - Texting
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use For quick Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practice, whereby I will use the ABC Model,...
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Deric Hollings
- 2 days ago
- 7 min
Boggles the Mind
[DISCLAIMER] I can’t recall exactly when in my youth I began to appreciate graphic novels and comic books. What I do remember from...
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Deric Hollings
- 3 days ago
- 7 min
Matching Bracelets
[DISCLAIMER] Social work snobbery Within the field of mental health treatment, a number of practitioners appear to apply the façade of...
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Deric Hollings
- 3 days ago
- 4 min
The Three MUST-get-eers
[DISCLAIMER] Albert Ellis, the architect of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), is credited with having stated, “There are three...
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Deric Hollings
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Practice
[DISCLAIMER] Slightly over two decades ago, after a defeat to the Boston Celtics, 76ers player Allen Iverson referenced “practice”...
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Deric Hollings
- 4 days ago
- 8 min
Car Talk
[DISCLAIMER] Rapsody Hands down, my favorite Jamla Records lyricist is Rapsody. On Jamla’s album 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is The Squad,...
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Deric Hollings
- 5 days ago
- 5 min
Monolithic Misconception
[DISCLAIMER] The O. J. verdict In 1995, I sat on the couch in the den of my family home, located in Aurora, Colorado, months after...
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Deric Hollings
- 7 days ago
- 6 min
Passing the Baton
[DISCLAIMER] Before I sought education to become a mental health counselor, I was in a romantic relationship with a bartender who worked...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 16
- 7 min
Bar NCO
[DISCLAIMER] MSG duty I don’t recall learning much about economics during childhood. In fact, it wasn’t until I joined the United States...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 15
- 6 min
Everybody's Got One
[DISCLAIMER] There’s an old saying expressed in varying ways, as follows: “Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one;” “Opinions are...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 14
- 6 min
Victimhood's Journey
[DISCLAIMER] Heroism’s journey In his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, author Joseph Campbell summarized the hero monomyth...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 14
- 7 min
A Patchwork Quilt
[DISCLAIMER] The whole quilt Imagine inheriting a homemade patchwork quilt, passed down through generations within your family....
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 13
- 7 min
Square Peg, Meet Round Hole
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use A lesson from childhood Though it was designed for use by toddlers, as a child, I recall playing with...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 12
- 7 min
Controlling the Flow of Harm
[DISCLAIMER] Nukes do exist While on voluntary appellate leave regarding a court-martial, and shortly after being discharged from the...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 11
- 8 min
Unconditional Life-Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] Horseshoes In my youth, I enjoyed playing the game of horseshoes. This lawn contest was usually played by two people, or...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 9
- 7 min
Road Rage
[DISCLAIMER] Road rage Road rage is defined as “a motorist’s uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist’s irritating...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 8
- 5 min
Let Them Fight
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The wisdom of Dr. Serizawa In the 2014 film Godzilla, fictional monsters begin to battle as a...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 7
- 6 min
Sticks and Stones
[DISCLAIMER] From childhood, I recall when children would often say, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words shall never hurt...
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