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Better Off Alone
[DISCLAIMER] Do you think you’re better off alone? In 2000, while stationed in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil as a Marine Security Guard, I...
Deric Hollings
May 22, 202317 min read
Cognitive Reframing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, artist: Gary Larson, fair use Do you ever have days in which you experience some undesirable event and...
Deric Hollings
May 15, 20238 min read
Cultural Appropriation
[DISCLAIMER] REBT Practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which uses the ABC Model, I remain mindful of the fact that a...
Deric Hollings
May 13, 202311 min read
Stop Shoulding Everywhere
[DISCLAIMER] We gotta’ go now For my first year of being stationed in Okinawa, Japan, I had a Marine roommate, who I’ll call “Tyler,”...
Deric Hollings
May 12, 20237 min read
Use of Humor
[ DISCLAIMER ] Axl The above-featured photo was taken when I lived in a children’s home during my eighth grade year. The boy displayed...
Deric Hollings
May 12, 20239 min read
Feeling Better vs. Getting Better
[DISCLAIMER] Here to help you get better, not feel better One distinguished principle of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), an...
Deric Hollings
May 7, 20238 min read
Another Chance
[DISCLAIMER] The song It was in the summer of 2001 when I first heard Roger Sanchez’s song “Another Chance,” featuring the vocals of...
Deric Hollings
May 6, 20238 min read
Want vs. Need
[ DISCLAIMER ] ** Unique disclaimer : If you desire a short post—the kind of TikTok-esque content that delivers unhelpful advice which...
Deric Hollings
May 3, 202319 min read
EDM and REBT
[DISCLAIMER] Born in the mid-‘70s, I was exposed to many genres of music during my youth. While each category has shaped my perspective...
Deric Hollings
May 1, 20238 min read
Pillars
[DISCLAIMER] When listening to the laidback song “Pillars” by MindsOne and Kev Brown, I’m reminded of something I heard when undergoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 20235 min read
Precision
[DISCLAIMER] The critical A When I initially studied Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) between 2009 and 2011, while in graduate...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 20236 min read
Crossroads
[DISCLAIMER] Tha Crossroads During the year I graduated from high school, hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (“Bone”) released their...
Deric Hollings
Apr 27, 20239 min read
Managing Expectations
[ DISCLAIMER ] That’s the point There are few hip hop duos who, if they never released another album, I could be satisfied with for the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 26, 20238 min read
It's Friday!
[DISCLAIMER] STFU! A couple years ago, I came across a YouTube video entitled “Shut the Fuck Up Friday!” by the Pot Brothers at Law....
Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 20238 min read
2-Nice
[DISCLAIMER] (My high school friend, “1/2 Ton,” with me in the late ‘90s, as “2 Nice” was stenciled on my jacket) Shame attacking When...
Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 202312 min read
Where Was Heaven?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Where was heaven? Towards the end of my tour of duty while assigned to Okinawa, Japan in 1999, rap...
Deric Hollings
Apr 7, 202310 min read
Yippee!
[DISCLAIMER] For a period of time, I participated in training for competition at shooting matches. I put many rounds downrange in an...
Deric Hollings
Apr 6, 20236 min read
Kermy-Kerm
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When I was young, I enjoyed watching The Muppet Show, as my favorite Muppet was Kermit the Frog. Now...
Deric Hollings
Apr 3, 20235 min read
Cell Therapy
[DISCLAIMER] The South got somethin’ to say To me, arguably one of the most meaningful albums dropped during my high school graduation...
Deric Hollings
Apr 2, 202311 min read
Live By Yo Rep
[DISCLAIMER] Live by yo rep Things were done differently when I was younger. Of course, I have no way of knowing if my recollection is...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1, 20238 min read
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