Deric Hollings
Stop Lyin'
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Common knowledge of lies One of my favorite songs from rapper Kevin Gates is “Stop Lyin’,” from his...
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Deric Hollings
- 7 days ago
- 10 min
Solo Dolo
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use “How you gon’ be a social worker when you don’t like people?” my late stepmom once asked me when...
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Deric Hollings
- May 31
- 9 min
Touching Grass From the Past
[DISCLAIMER] In 1999, when initially assigned to a security detachment (det) at the United States (U.S.) Consulate General in Rio de...
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Deric Hollings
- May 23
- 6 min
What Now?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Years ago, before practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I relied heavily on friends,...
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Deric Hollings
- May 15
- 8 min
Cognitive Reframing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Gary Larson, fair use Do you ever have days in which you experience some undesirable event and...
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Deric Hollings
- May 9
- 26 min
Malcolm in the Middle
[DISCLAIMER] The middle of extremes The product of a marriage between a black dad and a white mom, I went through a period of time in...
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Deric Hollings
- May 3
- 10 min
Game Recognize Game
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use On game It was in my youth that I first heard the phrase “game recognize game,” alluding to the...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 28
- 5 min
Pillars
[DISCLAIMER] When listening to the laidback song “Pillars” by MindsOne and Kev Brown, I’m reminded of something I heard when undergoing...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 28
- 6 min
Precision
[DISCLAIMER] The critical A When I initially studied Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) between 2009 and 2011, while in graduate...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 27
- 9 min
Crossroads
[DISCLAIMER] Tha Crossroads During the year I graduated from high school, hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (“Bone”) released their...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 26
- 8 min
Managing Expectations
[DISCLAIMER] That’s the point There are few hip hop duos who, if they never released another album, I could be satisfied with for the...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 25
- 12 min
Ban, Ban Just as Fast as You Can
[DISCLAIMER] The Gingerbread Man When I was a child, there was a period during which I watched many cartoons and enjoyed “The Gingerbread...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 22
- 11 min
Control
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Circles of control, influence, and concern, and realm of no concern In blogposts entitled Circle of...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 21
- 9 min
Don't Rush Me
[DISCLAIMER] It was nitape’skw who put me on to Jean Grae. Admittedly, I was late to the hip hop party when it came to the early work of...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 8
- 12 min
2-Nice
[DISCLAIMER] (My high school friend, “1/2 Ton,” with me in the late ‘90s, as “2 Nice” was stenciled on my jacket) Shame attacking When...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 7
- 10 min
Where Was Heaven?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Where was heaven? Towards the end of my tour of duty while assigned to Okinawa, Japan in 1999, rap...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 2
- 11 min
Cell Therapy
[DISCLAIMER] The South got somethin’ to say To me, arguably one of the most meaningful albums dropped during my high school graduation...
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Deric Hollings
- Apr 1
- 8 min
Live By Yo Rep
[DISCLAIMER] Live by yo rep Things were done differently when I was younger. Of course, I have no way of knowing if my recollection is...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 30
- 7 min
Get In Where You Fit In
[DISCLAIMER] I’m under no illusion about how my one-third sub-Saharan African DNA isn’t what people immediately notice when looking at...
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Deric Hollings
- Mar 28
- 10 min
Ate Up
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Minstrel shows As a child, when watching an Our Gang (The Little Rascals) 1933 episode entitled “The...
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