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Parenting With Intergenerational Trauma: Healthily Coping With Negative Events

[DISCLAIMER] I appreciate that lyricist Awon collaborated with music producer Phoniks on the album Nothing Less (2021). In particular, I reminisce upon the song “Fatherhood”, which was produced by DJ Eveready. Through a mix of various audio samples and Awon’s contribution, the chorus states: Be a father (inspiration when I write, I see my daughter’s eyes) Be a father (resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again) Fatherhood, it ain’t nothin’ like it Baby born, an

Ask Albert Ellis

Deric Hollings

Oct 1817 min read

Health Is Wealth

[DISCLAIMER] The American Psychological Association defines health as “the condition of one’s mind, body, and spirit, the idea being freedom from illness, injury, pain, and distress.” For example, a person who makes well-being a priority, and follows through, is said to be in subjectively good health. Although in common parlance wealth is defined as abundance of valuable material possessions or resources, one who practices subjectively good health qualifies for the phrase

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Sep 306 min read

Energy Drinks: Agitation, Anxiety, Insomnia, and Arrhythmias

[DISCLAIMER] In childhood, my late mom often took my sisters and me out for soft drinks at Toot’n Totum (convenience store in Bomb City; colloquially referred to as “Fart’n Fetch ‘em”). In retrospect, my mom may’ve maintained powerful behavioral habits and strong cravings for sugar. As an example, it was a rare occasion that she didn’t have some form of sugary drink in her immediate vicinity. Soft drinks and sweet tea were her go-to sources of liquefied sugar distribution

Deric Hollings

Sep 315 min read

I Need You Right Now

[DISCLAIMER] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people about the ABC model of self-disturbance (how people upset themselves through use of irrational beliefs). Now, I’ll address a finer point of this psychotherapeutic model of wellness. For context, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate how when an undesirable Action occurs and you Believe an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption, n

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Aug 198 min read