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Aight, Bet
[ DISCLAIMER ] There are two words that I heard in my childhood and which apparently have gained resurgence of interest by today’s...
Deric Hollings
Jun 96 min read
No Help
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , photographer: Eric Lee /The New York Times, fair use Because I’m not personally responsible or...
Deric Hollings
Jun 67 min read
Panem et Circenses
[ DISCLAIMER ] In high school, I attended a Dallas Cowboys game while wearing a Dallas Stars hat given to me by my girlfriend. In...
Deric Hollings
Jun 58 min read
Be Content to Appear Clueless or Stupid in Extraneous Matters
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Jun 46 min read
Seeing RED
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , artist: Ammotu , fair use In my youth, I was a fan of the X-Men —a superhero team in comic books which...
Deric Hollings
Jun 47 min read
Do Your Job
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Jun 36 min read
Don't Stop; Get It, Get It
[ DISCLAIMER ] After having been sent from Amarillo, Texas to Aurora, Colorado to live with my dad in the late ‘80s, Rob Base & DJ E-Z...
Deric Hollings
Jun 37 min read
All I Do Is Win
[ DISCLAIMER ] I sat at a table in Torchy’s Tacos and awaited my takeout order when five multiracial males of approximately middle to...
Deric Hollings
Jun 35 min read
Touching Grass at a High School Graduation
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Touching Grass With Smashing Pumpkins (2024), I discussed an event in which I attended a concert...
Deric Hollings
Jun 24 min read
Shootin'
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Etch A Sketch In childhood, I spent hours doodling on an Etch A Sketch drawing toy....
Deric Hollings
May 2510 min read
Agree to Disagree
[ DISCLAIMER ] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and...
Deric Hollings
May 256 min read
Making the Crooked Straight
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
May 254 min read
No Better Time Than Right Now
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2001 album Face Off , Georgia rapper Pastor Troy released a track entitled “ Oh Father ”. I appreciated the song...
Deric Hollings
May 255 min read
Inference Chain
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use There’s a scene in the stoner comedy film Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) in which...
Deric Hollings
May 238 min read
Epictetus's Proposed Three Areas
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending graduate school for counseling (2009-2011), my studies focused on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy...
Deric Hollings
May 238 min read
The Block Is Hot
[DISCLAIMER] Property of Rebel Base Productions and Adult Swim, fair use Season one, episode 14 of adult animated sitcom The...
Deric Hollings
May 226 min read
Henderson Formulation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When recently listening to an episode of the DarkHorse Podcast, featuring biologist Bret...
Deric Hollings
May 225 min read
What Adage Will You Use?
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, a longtime client and I laughed about apparent synchronicities (coincidental occurrences of events, especially...
Deric Hollings
May 226 min read
Shadez of Oppression
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use During a 1964 interview, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (better known as Malcolm X) was asked about his...
Deric Hollings
May 218 min read
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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