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What We Desire Makes Us Vulnerable
[ DISCLAIMER ] For some time, I’ve used my blog to address world conflict. In specific, I’ve discussed war between Russia and Ukraine,...
Deric Hollings
Jul 158 min read
My Turn
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his album Leave Me Where You Found Me (2023), rapper, singer, and songwriter Iann Dior featured the track “ My Turn...
Deric Hollings
Jun 197 min read
What Type of Monster Does That?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Imagine visiting someone’s home and needing to relieve yourself in the bathroom. It’s not number...
Deric Hollings
May 184 min read
The Future of the World Is in Your Hands
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Orion Pictures, fair use Not having seen it since the year in which the film was released, I...
Deric Hollings
May 115 min read
Don't Call Me Baby
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1994, I had a girlfriend (“Baby Girl”) who was friends with the same gang members I befriended. In the image above is...
Deric Hollings
Apr 294 min read
This Cake Smells Unpleasant
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too , I described an axiom of the post’s namesake by...
Deric Hollings
Apr 154 min read
About Rattlesnakes
[ DISCLAIMER ] Having been born and predominately raised in Bomb City , Texas, I learned about rattlesnakes from a young age. For...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25 min read
Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, one of five albums that changed my perspective on life was Edutainment (1990) by hip hop group Boogie Down...
Deric Hollings
Mar 278 min read
As It Could Be
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, fair use I’m not usually a fan of the live-action...
Deric Hollings
Mar 86 min read
A Demanded Thing Is a Necessary One
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Imagine being in an intimate partner relationship with a person who demands frequent piggyback...
Deric Hollings
Mar 25 min read
Life Must Be Safe
[ DISCLAIMER ] One of the four major irrational beliefs identified in literature for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is...
Deric Hollings
Feb 274 min read
Gotta Have It
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Many years ago, my then-girlfriend and I visited Cold Stone Creamery from time to time on date...
Deric Hollings
Jan 236 min read
Satisfaction
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use If you were a fan of electronic dance music (EDM) during the early 2000s, what song comes to...
Deric Hollings
Jan 158 min read
Less Ordinary
[DISCLAIMER] The 2022 album A Life Less Ordinary, from rapper Kenneth Masters and producer BoFaatBeatz, features a song entitled “Less...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Relax Your Mind, Let Your Conscious be Free
[DISCLAIMER] In 1989, I attended LL Cool J’s Nitro World Tour, which featured Eazy-E, N.W.A, Slick Rick, De La Soul, and though he was...
Deric Hollings
Feb 22, 20246 min read
Rational Expression
[DISCLAIMER] A client recently told me that when I began working with him years ago, he didn’t fully comprehend the Rational Emotive...
Deric Hollings
Feb 6, 20243 min read
Don't be Jealous
[DISCLAIMER] REBT When I underwent training for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 2021, a trainee passionately disagreed with a...
Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20247 min read
When Others Don't Share Your Worldview
[DISCLAIMER] **Hollings Therapy, LLC disavows violence associated with the matters discussed herein. The is-ought problem Niccolò...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 20238 min read
The Four Horsemen
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, my dad practiced the religious faith of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sharing information in...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20236 min read
Strike 3
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use My experience with unions When I worked at a nuclear weapons facility, I joined a labor union. I did...
Deric Hollings
Jul 16, 20239 min read
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