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People Have the Right to Self-Determination
[ DISCLAIMER ] Recently, a client asked about my daily practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). “What do you do?” this...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1511 min read
Ideologically Inconsistent
[ DISCLAIMER ] When using psychoeducation in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1711 min read
The Huddle
[ DISCLAIMER ] I didn’t watch Super Bowl LIX , because I no longer enjoy observing or participating in sporting activities and because...
Deric Hollings
Feb 109 min read
Who Taught You to Hate Yourself, Baizou?
[ DISCLAIMER ] By the time I entered a graduate program in social work (2012-2014), I was already familiar with the work of Malcolm X...
Deric Hollings
Jan 2810 min read
WHO's Ya Daddy?
[ DISCLAIMER ] In high school, one of my closest friends, “1/2 Ton,” had a dropped Chrysler Cordoba with white stencil letters across...
Deric Hollings
Jan 238 min read
The Start of Your Ending
[ DISCLAIMER ] They go by a number of names, such as people operations, talent management, partner resources, and others. No matter...
Deric Hollings
Jan 217 min read
An Insane DEIA Trap
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the above picture, taken when I served in the United States Marine Corps, two female Marines and I flexed on the...
Deric Hollings
Jan 1210 min read
Burn Hollywood Burn
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , Ethan Swope /The Associated Press, fair use Rather than functioning as a mere headline reader, clickbait...
Deric Hollings
Jan 97 min read
Imagine Being This Oblivious
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Discrimination , I stated: My dad (black), late stepmom (black), and late mom (white) told me...
Deric Hollings
Jan 16 min read
The Order
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Order (2024) spoilers contained herein The above image was featured on lyricist Apathy ’s...
Deric Hollings
Dec 25, 202411 min read
Death Rattle of DEIA
[ DISCLAIMER ] Have you ever been present when another person died? If so, perhaps you’re familiar with the death rattle. According to...
Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20247 min read
Aged Like Milk
[ DISCLAIMER ] On March 22, 2023, I posted a blog entry entitled Boggles the Mind in which I stated: I can watch Black Panther ...
Deric Hollings
Nov 8, 20247 min read
Skintellectualism
[ DISCLAIMER ] Property of Daily Wire Studios and Digital Astronaut, fair use Through the practice of rational emotive behavior therapy...
Deric Hollings
Oct 30, 20249 min read
Pale, Male, and Stale
[ DISCLAIMER ] Those people familiar with the content of my blog likely know about my opposition to policies regarding diversity,...
Deric Hollings
Jul 19, 20248 min read
DEIA on the Way Out?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use I’m well aware of the expressed belief from many people who claim that Kamala Harris wasn’t a...
Deric Hollings
Jun 28, 20246 min read
BRIDGE is Falling Down
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, I was taught to sing, “London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling...
Deric Hollings
Jun 16, 20247 min read
A Bad IDEA
[ DISCLAIMER ] IAT In 2004, while on voluntary appellate leave from the Marine Corps, I attended training for a human resources (HR)...
Deric Hollings
May 3, 202413 min read
Talkin' All That Jazz
[ DISCLAIMER ] Talkin’ jazz In 1988, hip hop band Stetsasonic released their album In Full Gear which featured the track “ Talkin’...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 202418 min read
Discrimination
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , photographer: Elliott Erwitt , fair use My dad (black), late stepmom (black), and late mom (white) told...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 20248 min read
I Can't Take It
[ DISCLAIMER ] For those readers who are unfamiliar with Texas history, the following information serves as context pertaining to this...
Deric Hollings
Mar 29, 202410 min read
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