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Metaphorical Disputes
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use I tend to confuse metaphors, analogies, and similes. How about you? Do you know the difference?...
Deric Hollings
Mar 86 min read
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Nobody Owes You
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I was stationed aboard Camp Kinser in Okinawa, Japan between 1997 and 1999, military police (MP) personnel were...
Deric Hollings
Jan 178 min read
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'Bout That Action
[DISCLAIMER] I recall years ago when having a discussion with a client about activism, the individual expressed surprise when I didn’t...
Deric Hollings
Mar 5, 20248 min read
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Cognitive Reframing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Gary Larson, fair use Do you ever have days in which you experience some undesirable event and...
Deric Hollings
May 15, 20238 min read
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Cultural Appropriation
[DISCLAIMER] REBT Practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which uses the ABC Model, I remain mindful of the fact that a...
Deric Hollings
May 13, 202311 min read
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Provocation
[DISCLAIMER] So-called “dumpster defenders” Since 2018, I’ve paid attention to the case concerning Johnnie Miller of Abilene who was...
Deric Hollings
Feb 4, 202322 min read
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Book Covers
[DISCLAIMER] Book covers In 2015, lyricist Oddisee released an album entitled The Good Fight that featured a track called “Book Covers”...
Deric Hollings
Jan 27, 20237 min read
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Refutation of Representation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use What is representation? I’ve recently heard a lot about representation and why it matters to some...
Deric Hollings
Nov 10, 20228 min read
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Acting As If
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Introduction I recently listened to a Lex Fridman podcast episode featuring Ray Kurzweil who is said...
Deric Hollings
Sep 21, 202213 min read
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The Elegant Solution
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use ABC Model One Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) technique discussed less frequently within my...
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202212 min read
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Wild Out
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Brief Background on LOX I recently had a conversation with someone concerning my approach to Rational...
Deric Hollings
Sep 16, 202240 min read
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"Some people did something."
[DISCLAIMER] Purpose I typically do not find value in memorializing catastrophe. Still, I’m aware that others do. Being that today marks...
Deric Hollings
Sep 11, 202217 min read
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Iss-ME vs. Iss-YOU
[DISCLAIMER] In my youth, I learned a concept from my dad that has served me well throughout life. As well, it’s a technique I use with...
Deric Hollings
Aug 31, 20225 min read
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AntiFACTser: A Pandemic of the UnFACTsinated
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Unique Disclaimer First things first, I’m apolitical. I’m not a Republican, on the Right, a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 26, 202217 min read
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Green with Anger
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Recently, I sent a clip of the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law series to someone, because I wanted input...
Deric Hollings
Aug 24, 202227 min read
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Petty Betty
[DISCLAIMER] As a matter of demonstration—though not to provide therapy within the limits of this blog entry—consider imaginal exposure....
Deric Hollings
Aug 16, 20228 min read
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KKK
[DISCLAIMER] The first song I ever heard by Maxo Kream was “Grannies.” His circular breathing technique, storytelling ability, Texas...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 202225 min read
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What a Pity
[DISCLAIMER] I once knew a person, whom I’ll refer to as Rosco, who owned an American Pit Bull Terroir—commonly referred to as a “pit...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20229 min read
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Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] **Fire hip hop music contained in each linked “Let It Go” reference** Context One of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy...
Deric Hollings
Jul 11, 202218 min read
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Disturbing Democracy
[DISCLAIMER] In the 1987 film The Princess Bride, a character named Vizzini continuously used the word “inconceivable,” until called out...
Deric Hollings
Jul 6, 202223 min read
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