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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
Killing Fields
[ DISCLAIMER ] While I was attending United States (U.S.) Marine Corps Recruit Training in San Diego, California in 1996, learning...
Deric Hollings
Apr 246 min read
Disturbed Duality
[ DISCLAIMER ] During an argument with my (then) wife, I foolishly self-disturbed into an angry disposition and threw out my entire...
Deric Hollings
Apr 237 min read
Judgment
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout my life, I’ve heard many misinterpretations of biblical messages. As an example, I’ve listened to plenty of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 236 min read
Diligent Hands
[ DISCLAIMER ] When on leave from the Marine Corps, I was featured in a photo with a fellow Church of Christ member underneath a sign...
Deric Hollings
Apr 233 min read
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
Just Wait'n
[ DISCLAIMER ] On the deluxe edition of his 2011 album Beach Cruiser , rapper Glasses Malone released the track “ Just Wait’n ”....
Deric Hollings
Apr 226 min read
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
Bad Ideas Deserve to Be Mocked
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use In a blogpost entitled Cookin’ Up (4/12/2025), I discussed episode #2303 of Joe Rogan...
Deric Hollings
Apr 226 min read
Non-Monogamous Desires
[ DISCLAIMER ] Having been raised with Judeo-Christian values , which included active practice of faith-based tenets for over half my...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2112 min read
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
WYA
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending graduate school at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, regarding the School of Social Work (now...
Deric Hollings
Apr 215 min read
Suck It Up
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use “Look, you can either get sent home; be held back as a retread in the broke dick platoon; or you...
Deric Hollings
Apr 197 min read
Don't Comment on the Obvious
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use In seventh grade, I was assigned to a science class taught by a male educator with...
Deric Hollings
Apr 194 min read
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
Hypothetical Change
[ DISCLAIMER ] For this blogpost, I’m challenging myself to decisively present information without making my point unnecessarily...
Deric Hollings
Apr 185 min read
Tough Times
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2021 album The Come Up , lyricist K-Prez collaborated with underground hip hop production team Snowgoons and...
Deric Hollings
Apr 184 min read
Tolerable FAD
[ DISCLAIMER ] Depicted in the above photo are three fashion elements in which I no longer participate, as they relate to a passing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 185 min read
Freedom to Abstain
[ DISCLAIMER ] 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
Ideologically Inconsistent
[ DISCLAIMER ] When using psychoeducation in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1711 min read
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