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Believer
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use During my second year in Okinawa, Japan, a crime comedy film by the name of Go was released. I...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20246 min read
Seeking Supervision
[DISCLAIMER] In adolescence, I began the unregulated practice of life coaching. As there was no education, training, or licensing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20244 min read
Good Friends We've Lost Along the Way
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use On their 1974 album Natty Dread Bob Marley and the Wailers released a track entitled “ No...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20246 min read
What Go Around Come Around, Kid
[DISCLAIMER] I was in high school when the legendary hip hop group Cypress Hill released their classic 1993 album Black Sunday with all...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20246 min read
Psychotherapeutic Limitations
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recall wondering why it was necessary to obey posted traffic signs when first attending driver’s...
Deric Hollings
Aug 5, 20243 min read
Fear of Happiness
[DISCLAIMER] On his masterfully-executed 2023 album Hope, lyricist Nathan Feuerstein, known by his initials NF (stylized as ИF) released...
Deric Hollings
Aug 5, 20248 min read
Recommendation From the Top
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Ezra Shaw via Getty Images, fair use Since my youth, I’ve enjoyed watching females perform at the...
Deric Hollings
Aug 5, 20246 min read
Black Man
[DISCLAIMER] How many black men do you see in the above photo? Perhaps I’m being impetuous by presuming that you can even define what a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 4, 202411 min read
Daddy Issues
[DISCLAIMER] In both instances of graduate school (counseling and social work), I was fascinated to learn about how feminist rhetoric...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3, 20247 min read
I'll Be Dat
[DISCLAIMER] Consider the following source in regard to being ‘called out of name’ and see if you can relate: Call out of name – To...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3, 20245 min read
The Ghost I Used to Be
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, I visited friends and discussed the upcoming 2024 United States (U.S.) presidential election, reasons why I don’t...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3, 20246 min read
Down Too Long
[DISCLAIMER] In 1998, during my first year of being stationed in Okinawa, Japan, Screw Theory released a mixtape entitled Screw Theory...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3, 20247 min read
Sex Matters
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images, fair use In a blog entry entitled Equal Rights, Equal...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20247 min read
Gatekeeping
[DISCLAIMER] Gatekeeping may be defined as the activity of trying to control who receives particular resources, power, or opportunities,...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20244 min read
Equal Rights, Equal Fights
[ 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. According to one source , the phrase “equal rights, equal fights” describes “when a woman punches a man and says a man can’t hit a woman but then the man points out that equal rights mean equal fights.” There are obvious consequences when the ideal world
Deric Hollings
Aug 1, 20246 min read
Political Pawns
[DISCLAIMER] With each United States (U.S.) federal election cycle, I hear politicians associated with Republicans, Democrats, and...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20244 min read
Encouragement of Doubtfulness
[DISCLAIMER] “So, Deric, no one can upset you, right?” That’s what a staff member of a behavioral health clinic at which I interned said...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20244 min read
Accepting Decline
[DISCLAIMER] “What’s my PIN [personal identification number]? C’mon, think. I know this. PIN, PIN, PIN. What is it,” I thought to myself...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20245 min read
ABCDEF
[DISCLAIMER] I’m a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioner and one thing I appreciate about this psychotherapeutic...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20245 min read
Is It Raining?
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled The Puppeteer and the Puppet, which related to the United States (U.S.) presidential debate between...
Deric Hollings
Jul 22, 20247 min read
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