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Wherever You Go, There You Are
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the summer of 2009, before I began graduate school to become a counselor, a couple of friends, my then-girlfriend,...
Deric Hollings
Sep 28 min read
Today, I Got Time
[ DISCLAIMER ] It was in fifth grade, after having moved from Amarillo, Texas to Aurora, Colorado, that I first heard the word “ cuz ”...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18 min read
Options
[ DISCLAIMER ] The Wisdom of My Late Stepmom Earlier, I listened to the track “ Options ”, from the Su & Tye – EP (2025), by Sule ...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3114 min read
One Day, You Will Die, Die, Die
[ DISCLAIMER ] During my senior year of high school, I sat in a home economics class. Seated next to me was a girl to whom I’ll refer...
Deric Hollings
Aug 315 min read
I'm Tired of Everybody Playin' Wit' Me, Bruh
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Per one source , “ Raja [“Da Clone”] Jackson , the son of Quinton (Rampage) Jackson , a former...
Deric Hollings
Aug 259 min read
Stoking Tensions
[ DISCLAIMER ] During my service in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps, fulfilling a role in the maritime land force service branch...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2312 min read
A Lifetime of Sobriety
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken during my military police (MP) training in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (1997). For...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2213 min read
One Day It'll All Make Sense
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 207 min read
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
Tell Me With Whom You Consort
[ DISCLAIMER ] When discussing with a former friend about how I was brought up in Bomb City , where I befriended gangbangers while...
Deric Hollings
Aug 159 min read
Let's Get It On
[ DISCLAIMER ] Background The above photo of me was taken at either five- or six-years-old, given that I presumably wore a Frogger...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1415 min read
Give Me Some Elbow Room
[ DISCLAIMER ] During my freshman year of high school, hip hop collective Da Lench Mob released its debut album, Guerillas in tha Mist...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1211 min read
Get Ya Mind Right
[ DISCLAIMER ] * Cool Hand Luke spoilers contained herein Not having seen the film since early adulthood, I recently re-watched Cool...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1012 min read
Live In What's Real, Despite Memory Reconstruction
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the early day of blogging for my website, I took a scholarly approach to writing. In particularly, self-references...
Deric Hollings
Aug 910 min read
Life Is Too Short for Habitual Line-Steppers
[ DISCLAIMER ] I have fond memories of repeatedly listening to rapper Too $hort ’s album Life Is... Too $hort (1989) in both child-...
Deric Hollings
Aug 810 min read
Cost vs. Expense
[ DISCLAIMER ] On their 2025 album Breakfast at Christie’s , Breeze Montana and Chase N. Cashe released the track “ All’s Fair ”...
Deric Hollings
Aug 85 min read
The Scourge of the Wrestling World
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan (1997-1999). The Marine mimicking a wrestling hold is...
Deric Hollings
Aug 78 min read
An Arbitrary Principle
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a form of Cognitive Behavior...
Deric Hollings
Aug 518 min read
Ghost Rider
[ DISCLAIMER ] When living in a children’s home from half of seventh grade to the beginning of my sophomore year of high school, and...
Deric Hollings
Aug 59 min read
My Philosophy
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was assigned to the Marine Security Guard detachment in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil...
Deric Hollings
Aug 212 min read
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