[ DISCLAIMER ]   From the third compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III  (2019), by Dreamville Records , is the song “ Disgusted ” by rappers Cozz  and Childish Major . The track begins with Cozz stating:   I’m disgusted, she said she[’s] in love, but it’s nothin’ we discussed yet Says she love my hair, and that shit growin’ so luscious And she wanna fuck, but I know she fucked my cousin Every time I think about you I say, “You[’re] disgustin’!”   Per the American Psych

[ DISCLAIMER ]   I enlisted in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps  in 1996, serving as military police  and as a Marine Security Guard , with a final discharge from military service in 2007. Yet, that single sentence doesn’t provide a meaningful  depiction of the in-service challenges  I faced.   On June 5, 2002, under authority of the Uniform Code of Military Justice  (UCMJ), I was subject to a non-judicial punishment procedure for failure to obey an order or regulation (

[ DISCLAIMER ]   Earlier, when listening to rapper Key Glock ’s sixth mixtape Son of a Gun (2020), I heard the song “ Cops N Robbers ” in which he states, “Throwin’ bullets, not knuckles. Young Glock Brady , I’ma score, yeah (Fire). Cutthroat to the core. I’ll kill a nigga with no remorse !”   That’s when I thought about a psychoeducational lesson on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT). For context, the American Psychological Association (APA) defines remorse as “a s

[ 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 .   Per one Stoic source , “You spend your present moment  agonizing over a future tragedy that’ll likely never happen. If it does happen, you’ll have suffered twice . If it doesn’t happen, y

[ DISCLAIMER ]   I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), a psychotherapeutic modality  developed by the late psychologist Albert Ellis . Unlike other models which focus on the past (having existed or taken place in a period before the present), I stated of REBT in It’s In the Past :   The overwhelming majority of clients with whom I’ve ever worked have discussed unresolved issues of the past. While I meet with these individuals in the present, I’m unable to alte

[ 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 A ction occurs and you B elieve an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable a

[ DISCLAIMER ]   As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...