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Who Watches the Watchmen?
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Sep 87 min read
Free in This Moment
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Sep 74 min read
Bringing Meaning to the Words
[ DISCLAIMER ] In my youth, I could hardly wait to be grown (old and mature enough to live on one’s own). When living with my dad and...
Deric Hollings
Sep 68 min read
What Do Your Vices Cause?
[ DISCLAIMER ] A vice is defined as moral depravity or corruption. Here, a moral is defined as of or relating to principles of right...
Deric Hollings
Sep 56 min read
Do Degrees Infer Intelligence?
[ DISCLAIMER ] When enlisted in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (1996-2007), I considered military officers to be intelligent for...
Deric Hollings
Sep 48 min read
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
Virtue Makes Adversities Bearable
[ DISCLAIMER ] When enlisting in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (1996), I didn’t think much of virtue (conformity to a standard...
Deric Hollings
Sep 16 min read
The Cause of My Irritation Is Not in This Person but in Me
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 316 min read
Deep Inside
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 275 min read
You Are Not Your Image
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 268 min read
Power to Alter Your Circumstances
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 256 min read
Today's Gift Is the Present
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken many years ago at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. With our backs to my then-wife, I...
Deric Hollings
Aug 247 min read
Ego and Self-Deception
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2210 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
Doing Right or Wrong, as They See It
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Despite social media platforms and legacy media outlets attempting to suppress information...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1912 min read
Slavery Resides Under Marble and Gold
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 185 min read
An Indifferent Spectator
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use As a child, I saw depictions of angelic and demonic beings on the shoulders of people, serving...
Deric Hollings
Aug 176 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
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
Take a Beat
[ DISCLAIMER ] If memory serves, I met “Antebellum” when we were both in the eighth grade. I was a resident in a children’s home...
Deric Hollings
Aug 118 min read
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