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Sojourner
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Activist Describing the above photo, one source states: This carte de visite depicts...
Deric Hollings
May 1312 min read
In Your Dreams
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken on a trip to Washington, D.C. when I was in high school. The family that took me in to live...
Deric Hollings
May 126 min read
About Fire Pits and Chimineas
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I attended training for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with the Albert Ellis Institute in 2021, via...
Deric Hollings
May 124 min read
Where I Grew Up
[ DISCLAIMER ] Growing up in Bomb City , I frequently visited Palo Duro Canyon (PDC), the second largest canyon system in the United...
Deric Hollings
May 75 min read
C Is for Contentment and That's Good Enough for Me
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Reeves Teletape Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios, fair use In childhood, I adored the...
Deric Hollings
May 75 min read
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
[ DISCLAIMER ] For most of my life, I was allegorically chained to a wall in the cave of ignorance (lacking of knowledge, education, or...
Deric Hollings
Apr 307 min read
Mind Over Matter
[ DISCLAIMER ] When listening to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set from Marixia , I heard the track “ Mind Over Matter ” by...
Deric Hollings
Mar 155 min read
Stone Skipping and Skimming
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout childhood and into early adulthood, I enjoyed stone skipping and skimming —the art of throwing a flat stone...
Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout the years, I’ve enjoyed some hip hop music released by the ASAP Mob (stylized as A$AP Mob). Regarding the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 196 min read
Did I Change?
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut solo album Chick Magnet (2004), Texas hip hop legend Paul Wall released the song “ Did I Change ” which...
Deric Hollings
Feb 167 min read
Here We Go
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1999, English electronic dance music (EDM) duo The Chemical Brothers released their highly successful album...
Deric Hollings
Feb 165 min read
I Am Not Afraid to Die
[ DISCLAIMER ] Over the past several years, I’ve had many conversations with a fellow United States (U.S.) Marine Corps veteran...
Deric Hollings
Feb 47 min read
Forgiveness vs. Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, fair use After many years have passed since I saw Grosse...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25 min read
One Neva' Know, Do One?
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Unconditional Acceptance , I listed a number of adages used by my late stepmom (featured to my...
Deric Hollings
Jan 306 min read
Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
Deric Hollings
Jan 97 min read
Life-Downing
[ DISCLAIMER ] The current blog entry is intended to serve as a threequel to recent blogposts entitled Self-Downing and Other-Downing...
Deric Hollings
Jan 810 min read
A Question of How
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending military police (MP) training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (AL) in 1997, a high school friend of mine who...
Deric Hollings
Jan 59 min read
Accepting Exceptions
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use One core tenet of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is unconditional acceptance. This...
Deric Hollings
Mar 6, 20246 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
[DISCLAIMER] I at least prevailed in art As a child, the only school subject in which I excelled was art. My dad and older sister were...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 202411 min read
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