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Take Care of Your Mind
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Within my blog, I make no secret of the fact that when I served as a Marine I was placed in a...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 20257 min read
Don't Make
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people about the ABC...
Deric Hollings
Oct 9, 20258 min read
Self-Awareness, Self-Examination, and Self-Determination
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Oct 9, 20259 min read
Rationale
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use According to one source , “ Trump has now authorised the deployment of 300 guard members to...
Deric Hollings
Oct 8, 202513 min read
Squandering Attention
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Oct 8, 20256 min read
A Consistency Paradox Regarding Unconditional Life-Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Defining Terms When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), it’s often...
Deric Hollings
Oct 7, 202514 min read
So Good It Requires Concealment
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I was in elementary school, my mom often complained about her finances. Frequently, my sisters and I were blamed...
Deric Hollings
Oct 7, 20259 min read
The Common Good
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Imagine receiving a telephone call from an attorney who informs you that a relative to...
Deric Hollings
Oct 6, 202513 min read
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
[ DISCLAIMER ] I can’t recall what CD I first purchased from Yellowman , a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay who engaged in...
Deric Hollings
Oct 5, 20256 min read
The More You Know
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of NBCUniversal, fair use A number of friends and I used to send text messages to one another...
Deric Hollings
Oct 5, 20258 min read
Things Simply Are
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons to improve one’s mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively...
Deric Hollings
Oct 5, 20257 min read
The False Dilemma of Anti-Fascism
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Feminism , I discussed how it came to be that I once identified as a feminist. Regarding this...
Deric Hollings
Oct 4, 202511 min read
Ignorance About the Americas
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use In The Words We Use Matter , I make a case for appropriately considering “America” as inclusive...
Deric Hollings
Oct 4, 20257 min read
Hate Speech
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Oct 4, 202511 min read
Control and Influence: A Soft Center and Coated in a Candy Shell
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use When working with client X, I recently discussed one of the major techniques of...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20256 min read
Ight, I'mma Head Out
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending graduate school at Wayland Baptist University for the field of counseling, I was surprised to hear a...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20257 min read
Murderer, Your Insides Must Be Hollow
[ DISCLAIMER ] * Caught Stealing (2025) spoilers contained herein. I recently watched Caught Stealing (2025), as I was pleasantly...
Deric Hollings
Oct 2, 20258 min read
Because of X, the Effect Is Y
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Oct 2, 20258 min read
Paying Taxes
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although she taught me how to steal from organizations such as the church congregation for which she worked as a...
Deric Hollings
Oct 1, 202510 min read
My Lil' Ol' Tie
[ DISCLAIMER ] My late stepmom used demeaning remarks when mocking people in her uniquely comical way. For context, “demeaning” is...
Deric Hollings
Sep 30, 20255 min read
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