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Turtles All the Way Down
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the film The Master of Disguise (2002), secret agent Pistachio absurdly believes that the Turtle...
Deric Hollings
May 4, 20249 min read
No Carrot in this Garden
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Have you heard idiomatic phrases such as “no horse in this race” or “no dog in this fight”? These...
Deric Hollings
May 4, 20245 min read
Why is this Tiger Here?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use According to one source , “The number of people killed in tiger attacks crossed the 100 mark in...
Deric Hollings
May 4, 20245 min read
A Bad IDEA
[ DISCLAIMER ] IAT In 2004, while on voluntary appellate leave from the Marine Corps, I attended training for a human resources (HR)...
Deric Hollings
May 3, 202413 min read
Self-Deprecation
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I’m privy to the inner-dialogue of individuals who say some of the...
Deric Hollings
May 3, 20244 min read
When the Work Pays Off
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use During graduate school for counseling I attended practicum hours at a Department of Veterans Affairs...
Deric Hollings
May 2, 20246 min read
Inside Out
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When living in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I used to enjoy watching people practice capoeira on...
Deric Hollings
May 2, 20244 min read
Integration
[DISCLAIMER] Although I was raised in accordance with Judeo-Christian values, it never made much sense to me to turn the other cheek...
Deric Hollings
May 1, 202413 min read
I Feel Like Dying
[DISCLAIMER] *For those who need it: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255; https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org; 9-8-8)....
Deric Hollings
Apr 30, 20247 min read
Bulletproof
[DISCLAIMER] The year 2009 was a transitional period in my life, one in which I now consider the personal separating distinction between...
Deric Hollings
Apr 30, 20247 min read
Self-Discipline
[ DISCLAIMER ] Looking back, I was a peculiar child. In elementary school, I refused to take my toys outside for play activities with...
Deric Hollings
Apr 30, 20248 min read
Group-Differentiated Rights
[DISCLAIMER] According to one source: Group-differentiated rights, or rights that vest on the basis of an individual’s membership in a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 29, 20245 min read
LFT vs. HFT
[DISCLAIMER] Prior to attending United States Marine Corps recruit training, I disturbed myself with irrational beliefs about boot camp....
Deric Hollings
Apr 29, 20245 min read
Embrace the Suck
[DISCLAIMER] When stationed in Okinawa, Japan as a Marine in 1997, I learned that the abbreviation “MP” didn’t solely stand for “military...
Deric Hollings
Apr 29, 20246 min read
Talkin' All That Jazz
[ DISCLAIMER ] Talkin’ jazz In 1988, hip hop band Stetsasonic released their album In Full Gear which featured the track “ Talkin’...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 202418 min read
Hope in the Future
[DISCLAIMER] Hope may be defined as a desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment. Dissimilar to the Rational Emotive Behavior...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 20248 min read
Ideal-World vs. Real-World
[ DISCLAIMER ] I once had a friend who nicknamed me “ Hatter ,” often referred to as “Mad Hatter,” after the fictional character in...
Deric Hollings
Apr 27, 20246 min read
Eudaimonia
[ DISCLAIMER ] When the late psychologist Albert Ellis developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), he incorporated into this...
Deric Hollings
Apr 26, 202410 min read
Spreading Word
[DISCLAIMER] When I was an adolescent member of a Church of Christ (CoC) youth group, a youth minister who seemed fond of asking...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20246 min read
Life After
[DISCLAIMER] On his 2020 album Lost Kingz, rapper Tha God Fahim featured a song entitled “Life After” which contains the following chorus...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20244 min read
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