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Tragedy of the Commons

[ DISCLAIMER ] Within my blog, I provide many psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Often, this method of teaching involves the matter of thinking or believing which is rational (in accordance with both logic and reason ), or not (i.e., irrational ). Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable , and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justification . For insta

Deric Hollings

Mar 2110 min read

Put Reason to Use When Facing Troubles

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman . The authors quote ancient Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius who stated, “You’ve endured countless troubles—all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was ma

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Mar 164 min read

Chop Logic

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman . Gaius Musonius Rufus stated, “When the problem arose for us whether habit or theory was better for getting virtue —if by theory is meant what teaches us correct conduct, and by habit w

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Mar 134 min read

Country X Has a Right to Defend Itself

[ DISCLAIMER ] As I’ve paid close attention to the 2026 Iran war (sometimes referred to as an operation, conflict, hostilities, etc.), that was initiated by the United States (U.S.) and Israel against Iran, I’ve heard many perspectives which aren’t rational (in accordance with both logic and reason ). Here, “logic” is the interrelation or sequence of facts or events when seen as inevitable or predictable , and “reason” is a statement offered in explanation or justific

Deric Hollings

Mar 105 min read

Conclusions in Search of Rationale

[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider thinking which is rational (in accordance with both logic and reason ). This is an especially worthwhile consideration when practicing one of the main tools of REBT. For context, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and you B elieve an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumpt

Deric Hollings

Feb 196 min read

A Round of Applause for "Domestic Terrorists"?

[ DISCLAIMER ] On January 7, 2026, I watched a woman die. Renée Good was killed by a federal law enforcement officer (LEO) in an event that appeared to be her attempt to evade law enforcement (LE) personnel by turning the wheel of her vehicle in a direction away from the shooting LEO. Given that my primary military occupational specialty (MOS) in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps was military police , I have some knowledge, wisdom, and understanding about the use of

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jan 259 min read

This Little Light of Mine

[ DISCLAIMER ] Currently, my views on religion relate to agnosticism (the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or unknown in fact ). However, my perspective wasn’t always as it currently is. In both junior high and high school, I participated in Vacation Bible School (VBS) in association with the Churches of Christ . Mainly, the congregation of which I was a member engaged in mission work in and ar

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Jan 146 min read

Do Not Invite: I Don't Believe It

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use A year ago, I posted Spooky Business in which I stated of my service to the United States (U.S.) Department of State when serving my role in the U.S. Department of Defense that “it didn’t take long for me to realize that my diplomatic service was in support of spooks .” “Spooks” in this regard refers to government intelligence officers, agents, and personnel. What I didn’t know when initially serving as a Marine Security Gu

Deric Hollings

Jan 917 min read

Explanation and Justification

[ DISCLAIMER ] To provide a psychoeducational lesson on my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to illustrate how the scripts which we tell ourselves are constructed (made or formed by combining or arranging parts or elements; set in logical order). First, it may be worthwhile to distinguish between thoughts and beliefs. A “thought” is an individual act or product of thinking . A “belief” is a state or habit of mind in which trust or

Deric Hollings

Dec 13, 202512 min read

Illogicality and Caveats

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), photo credit (edited), fair use Imagine that I proposed “if I take a shower, then I’ll have toast.” What may you think about this proposition? Does one event (i.e., taking a shower) consequently lead to the next (i.e., having toast)? Although this may seem like a nonsensical matter of consideration, I suggest that it isn’t. Of course, the imagined proposal of taking a shower being correlated with toast is nonsense (words or lang

Deric Hollings

Dec 12, 20256 min read

Empirical Dispute

[ DISCLAIMER ] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a psychotherapeutic modality that, in part, uses a scientific approach to mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “ mental health ”). Regarding the scientific method used in this way, one source thusly describes it: It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed , given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. It involv

Tools

Deric Hollings

Dec 4, 202513 min read

Logical Consequence: Does It Consequentially Follow?

[ DISCLAIMER ] When providing psychoeducational lessons on my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to illustrate how the scripts which we tell ourselves are constructed (made or formed by combining or arranging parts or elements; set in logical order). Specifically, with my approach to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”), I invite people to consider philosophies of life which are rationa

Deric Hollings

Nov 8, 20257 min read

Circular Argument

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite people to consider thinking and beliefs which are rational (in accordance with both logic and reason ). Because I don’t assume that people know specific terms, allow me to define them. First, it may be worthwhile to distinguish between thoughts and beliefs. A thought is an individual act or product of thinking . A belief is a state or

Deric Hollings

Oct 31, 20258 min read