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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 107 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 98 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 99 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 813 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 86 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 714 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 79 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 613 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 56 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 58 min read
Things Simply Are
[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons to improve one’s mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively...
Deric Hollings
Oct 57 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 411 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 47 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 411 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 36 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 37 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 28 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 28 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 110 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 305 min read
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