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Going Through the Same Thing
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recently had a (subjectively) lovely mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”) services...
Deric Hollings
Apr 87 min read
I Feel for You
[ DISCLAIMER ] Given the available electronic dance music (EDM) genres, I have an affinity for French house . For instance, during the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 67 min read
Throw Some D's
[ DISCLAIMER ] When recently working with a client who’s a fan of hip hop I was reminded of a rap song and tool that helped this...
Deric Hollings
Mar 315 min read
To the Future
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo from Eternia’s MySpace page circa 2009 (edited), fair use By the time I was active on MySpace in 2009, I’d already...
Deric Hollings
Mar 2812 min read
Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, one of five albums that changed my perspective on life was Edutainment (1990) by hip hop group Boogie Down...
Deric Hollings
Mar 278 min read
Point 'Em Out
[ DISCLAIMER ] On their 2001 album Put Yo Hood Up , rappers Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz featured a track entitled “ I Like Dem...
Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
Shame on You
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use There’s a scene in the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones in which the character...
Deric Hollings
Mar 137 min read
Distress vs. Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Per one source , Florida is ranked the number one state with the worst drivers in the nation, and Texas follows close...
Deric Hollings
Mar 128 min read
My Laissez-Faire Attitude About Your Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut studio album Excuse My French (2013), rapper French Montana (“Montana”) released the song “ Ain’t Worried...
Deric Hollings
Mar 117 min read
You Oughta Keep Your Mouth Shut
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut studio album A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002), perhaps one of my favorite of the artist’s, lyricist...
Deric Hollings
Mar 119 min read
Come Into My World
[ DISCLAIMER ] When subject to pretrial detention in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar in San Diego, California from June 13, 2002...
Deric Hollings
Mar 88 min read
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
Pain
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1994, I sat in a dope spot (also known as a trap house ) with an OG of a Crip set in Bomb City . The front door...
Deric Hollings
Mar 56 min read
Outlive the War
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, still existed...
Deric Hollings
Mar 48 min read
In My Life
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2000 album The Understanding , rapper Memphis Bleek released the track “In My Life” which featured a sample of...
Deric Hollings
Mar 47 min read
What You Talkin' 'Bout?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of NBC, ABC, Tandem Productions, and Embassy Television, fair use Earlier, I listened to an...
Deric Hollings
Mar 36 min read
A Taste of My Own Medicine
[ DISCLAIMER ] There was a phase through which I went in the ‘90s when I found it humorous to misappropriate various items while...
Deric Hollings
Feb 266 min read
Sit Down if You Can't Stand Me
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons about the ABC model of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I often...
Deric Hollings
Feb 234 min read
A Rational Place
[ DISCLAIMER ] Before I was old enough to enter elementary school, my dad taught me a moral and ethical lesson. “Son, don’t you ever...
Deric Hollings
Feb 2119 min read
Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout the years, I’ve enjoyed some hip hop music released by the ASAP Mob (stylized as A$AP Mob). Regarding the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 196 min read
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