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What Adage Will You Use?
[DISCLAIMER] Â Recently, a longtime client and I laughed about apparent synchronicities (coincidental occurrences of events, especially...
Deric Hollings
May 226 min read
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Having Some Self-Respect For Your Own Mind and Prizing It
[DISCLAIMER]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy, this blog entry is part of an ongoing series...
Deric Hollings
May 216 min read
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Learning to Understand, Attentively and Deeply
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
May 185 min read
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External Things Can't Fix Internal Issues
[ DISCLAIMER ] Â As a child, my mom was quite poor. Raising three children with unstable employment of an unskilled worker, my mom moved...
Deric Hollings
May 157 min read
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A Stoic Journaling Routine
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
May 135 min read
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Morning Routine
[ DISCLAIMER ]  When addressing mental, emotional, and behavior health  needs, I invite the clients with whom I work to approach wellness...
Deric Hollings
May 127 min read
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How to Restart Life
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
May 44 min read
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What Matters Is Our Choices
[ DISCLAIMER ]  In the above photo, taken in either eighth or ninth grade when I lived in a children’s home, I appear to be focused on...
Deric Hollings
May 35 min read
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Clarity in Seeing What Others Overlook
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
May 14 min read
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It Doesn't Matter, Because I Wasn't Even Trying
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 297 min read
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Know Why You Do What You Do
[ DISCLAIMER ] Â One of the earliest and most influential leaders who left a positive impact on me when in the United States Marine Corps...
Deric Hollings
Apr 286 min read
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Ignoring the Distraction of Sirens
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use  In the ancient Greek epic the Odyssey , there’s a tale about mythical creatures known as the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 277 min read
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Jerked About on a String
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 266 min read
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Minding Your Circle
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 245 min read
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Sphere of Choice
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use  Imagine walking along a busy street. People abruptly bump into you, car horns honk loudly, and...
Deric Hollings
Apr 237 min read
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What Is Within Your Ability to Control?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry...
Deric Hollings
Apr 226 min read
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Eustatheia
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 216 min read
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Regarding Control
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 198 min read
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Freedom to Abstain
[ DISCLAIMER ] Â From childhood and well in to my 30s, I engaged in fingernail biting behavior. Not only was the practice unsanitary, I...
Deric Hollings
Apr 186 min read
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Mentally Corrupt Decisions
[ DISCLAIMER ]  As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 164 min read
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