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Your Duties Are the Sum of Individual Acts

[ DISCLAIMER ] When stationed aboard Camp Kinser in Okinawa, Japan (1997-1999), my attitude was a bit high-strung (having an extremely...

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jul 96 min read

There Is No War in Ba Sing Se

[ DISCLAIMER ] According to one source , “For months, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the release of documents on the disgraced...

Deric Hollings

Jul 88 min read

What We Dread Comes to Nothing

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jul 87 min read

Are Some Events Truly Awful?

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Over the past several days, thunderstorms have pounded the city in which I live, Austin, Texas,...

Deric Hollings

Jul 78 min read

What Was I Thinking?

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jul 75 min read

Coathanga Strangla

[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m amused by what I hear in regard to the notions people hold about appearances which life coaches , psychotherapists ,...

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jul 612 min read

Delusional Ambitions

[ DISCLAIMER ] * War Machine spoilers contained herein. Property of Netflix, fair use I recently re-watched the satirical war comedy...

Deric Hollings

Jul 69 min read

You Don't Have a "Superpower"

[ DISCLAIMER ] “I think of it as my superpower,” a former client once told me when discussing an undiagnosed...

Deric Hollings

Jul 514 min read

Blinded by the Riches

[ DISCLAIMER ] Stop me if you’ve heard this one. President Donald Trump once said , “There’s even, uh, under consideration, a new...

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jul 46 min read

Ultimatums

[ DISCLAIMER ] If I never again provide couples services for care of mental, emotional, and behavior health , it’ll be too soon. Wait....

Creative Marriage

Deric Hollings

Jul 47 min read

Pass the Chalice

[ DISCLAIMER ] There was a time in hip hop when people often referenced pimp cups. According to one source , a pimp cup is a “type of...

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jul 45 min read

Self-Control Becomes the Real Pleasure

[ DISCLAIMER ] Within my blog, I strive to present an authentic representation of myself. This often includes sharing information that...

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jul 48 min read

Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast

[ DISCLAIMER ] When enlisted in the Department of Defense, assigned to a Department of State mission in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, as a...

Deric Hollings

Jul 37 min read

Trust the Process

[ DISCLAIMER ] Colloquially, trust is defined as assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or...

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jul 39 min read

Is This Really the Life I Want?

[ DISCLAIMER ] *After having received an image takedown notice regarding the picture previously used on this blog entry, this blogpost has been modified to demonstrate good faith compliance with same on October 16, 2025. Unique disclaimer: Information contained herein isn’t intended to defame or reflect poorly on the character of any individual. Rather, this blogpost is intended for psychoeducational purposes only. Likewise, defense of principles espoused herein isn’t

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jul 38 min read