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Self-Help
[DISCLAIMER] Suppose you’ve decided to competitively run for your first marathon. How might you approach the training required to perform...
Deric Hollings
Jun 5, 20246 min read
Intersecting Spheres
[DISCLAIMER] In blogposts entitled Circle of Concern, Revisiting the Circle of Control, and Control, I addressed the topic of...
Deric Hollings
Jun 5, 20249 min read
Rigid Stimulus Control
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recently had a discussion with someone about isolation. Let’s call her person X. The conversation...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Acknowledgement and Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with clients, I find value is drawing a distinction between...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20243 min read
Upset with Gravity
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Imagine being upset with gravity. No, I didn’t misspeak. I wasn’t inviting you to imagine being upset...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20244 min read
Daily Self-Care
[DISCLAIMER] Having awoken earlier than expected, I was lethargic this morning. Although I could’ve remained in bed and adjusted today’s...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Neurosis
[DISCLAIMER] Throughout my life, I’ve heard of people being “neurotic” while not necessarily understanding what the term meant. Once I...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20246 min read
Blame
[DISCLAIMER] Growing up, I frequently heard the adage, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” The...
Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 20247 min read
Nonadaptive Behavior
[DISCLAIMER] In childhood, both of my parents communicated their highly paranoid beliefs about how unsafe the world was. Transitioning...
Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 20248 min read
Tit for Tat
[DISCLAIMER] Disbelief in science and governmental authority If there was one matter upon which my mom and dad could agree in my...
Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 202415 min read
The 700 Club
[DISCLAIMER] Making sense of my former belief On occasion as a child, I would watch The 700 Club, the flagship television program of the...
Deric Hollings
May 31, 202412 min read
Behavioral Health Care
[DISCLAIMER] Professionally speaking, I’m a provider of care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “behavioral...
Deric Hollings
May 30, 202410 min read
Virtually Anything
[DISCLAIMER] I made the decision to stop engaging with social media years ago. Although I still view content from YouTube, Rumble,...
Deric Hollings
May 30, 20244 min read
Nobody's Perfect
[DISCLAIMER] It was in 2011, during my graduate studies for counseling, that I became familiar with lyricist J. Cole’s album Cole World:...
Deric Hollings
May 30, 20246 min read
God Complex
[DISCLAIMER] According to one source, “A god complex is a pattern in which an individual believes they have great power, ability,...
Deric Hollings
May 29, 20246 min read
Baked into the Cake
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use According to one source, the idiomatic term “backed into the cake” may be described as,...
Deric Hollings
May 29, 202410 min read
Is It Destiny?
[DISCLAIMER] Destiny is defined as a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency. Because the matter...
Deric Hollings
May 28, 20249 min read
Challenges With Journaling
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled Journaling, I advocated the practice of routine writing to achieve intellectual and emotional...
Deric Hollings
May 28, 20245 min read
Confusion
[DISCLAIMER] Working as military police (MP) for my first year in Okinawa, Japan in 1997, I wrote many traffic citations, participated in...
Deric Hollings
May 27, 20246 min read
Intellectual vs. Emotional Insight
[DISCLAIMER] Generally speaking, insight may be defined as deep understanding of a person, thing, or event. For instance, careful...
Deric Hollings
May 27, 20243 min read
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