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Ghost Rider
[ DISCLAIMER ] When living in a children’s home from half of seventh grade to the beginning of my sophomore year of high school, and...
Deric Hollings
Aug 59 min read
You'll Come Around
[ DISCLAIMER ] When serving on the Marine Security Guard (MSG) program in South America, I experienced many difficult interactions with...
Deric Hollings
Jun 188 min read
Agree to Disagree
[ DISCLAIMER ] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and...
Deric Hollings
May 256 min read
I Can't Take It: It's More Than I Can Handle
[DISCLAIMER] Have you ever been exposed to a CS gas chamber? I have. In a blogpost entitled Resilience, I described my experience from...
Deric Hollings
May 196 min read
IDC
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the late ‘90s, when the Internet was still a relatively novel experience for most people, I participated in an online...
Deric Hollings
May 189 min read
Here We Go
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1999, English electronic dance music (EDM) duo The Chemical Brothers released their highly successful album...
Deric Hollings
Feb 165 min read
Forgiveness vs. Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, fair use After many years have passed since I saw Grosse...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25 min read
It's Like That, and That's the Way It Is
[ DISCLAIMER ] In elementary school, one of the hip hop acts which was most popular among both children and adults with whom I...
Deric Hollings
Dec 28, 20248 min read
I Ain't Mad at Cha
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1996, I was enrolled into the Delayed Entry Program with the United States Marine Corps, living with my friend “1/2...
Deric Hollings
Dec 20, 20247 min read
Insufferable vs. Undesirable
[DISCLAIMER] Having attended Valleyview Junior High School in my youth, I witnessed a homecoming football custom for which students...
Deric Hollings
Feb 14, 20246 min read
Goin' Thru a Thang
[DISCLAIMER] A month after I graduated high school and had no idea what I’d do with my life, rap group The Dayton Family released an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 11, 20245 min read
Disconfirmation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Have you ever questioned whether or not people like you? For instance, if you’re a person of...
Deric Hollings
Jan 15, 20244 min read
Resignation
[DISCLAIMER] Page seven of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion invites Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioners to help...
Deric Hollings
Jan 3, 20245 min read
Good Enough Is Good Enough
[DISCLAIMER] **What’s Love Got to Do with It? spoilers contained herein I recently watched What’s Love Got to Do with It? (2022) and...
Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20237 min read
The Path You Accept
[DISCLAIMER] I recall that in early adulthood I came to appreciate “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In particular, the fourth stanza...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20238 min read
Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] On their 2018 album entitled Delivery, French producers Zoom & Rectape featured the vocals of Dominique Larue for the song...
Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20237 min read
Freaks
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the 1932 film Freaks a popular chant about acceptance was featured in a scene that has since...
Deric Hollings
Aug 22, 20234 min read
Accept Yourself
[DISCLAIMER] Earlier this morning, when practicing self-improvement through physical training, I heard a line from rapper ANoyd’s song...
Deric Hollings
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Tolerating Tomfoolery
[DISCLAIMER] A number of years ago, before I ever heard of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I had a friend who I’ll refer to as...
Deric Hollings
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Perfect is the Enemy of Good
[DISCLAIMER] I remember owning the BlackBerry 8800 and the BlackBerry Bold in the ‘00s. I considered both to have been superior products...
Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20234 min read
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