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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
Rational Versus Irrational Thoughts and Beliefs
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use During my relatively brief stint as a DJ of electronic dance music (EDM), I mixed a track by...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1311 min read
Dispense With That Ish
[ DISCLAIMER ] Years ago, when asked by a friend to housesit, I sent the above photo which related to irrationality (a cognitive ...
Deric Hollings
Aug 136 min read
Swallowed
[ DISCLAIMER ] Not long after being stationed aboard Camp Kinser in Okinawa, Japan (1997), the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996) by...
Deric Hollings
Aug 129 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
This Is My Life
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recall that when I used to DJ electronic dance music (EDM) from the late 1990s through the early 2000s, British house...
Deric Hollings
Aug 119 min read
Self-Disturbed About a Lack of Readership
[ DISCLAIMER ] Dating back to the days of MySpace, I’ve enjoyed posting written content for readership (the mass or a particular group...
Deric Hollings
Aug 118 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
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
Take an Inventory of Your Obligations
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recall working in a loss prevention role for a major retailer many years ago. Part of my duties entailed a tedious...
Deric Hollings
Aug 67 min read
An Obvious Distraction
[ DISCLAIMER ] On June 18, 2025, I posted a blog entry entitled You’ll Come Around . Regarding the photo used for the post, I wore an...
Deric Hollings
Aug 66 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
What Qualifies Me to Provide Mental Health Services?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Recently, a client asked for my opinion regarding President of the United States (U.S.) Donald Trump ’s executive order...
Deric Hollings
Aug 411 min read
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