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IDC
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the late ‘90s, when the Internet was still a relatively novel experience for most people, I participated in an online...
Deric Hollings
May 18, 20259 min read
Sojourner
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Activist Describing the above photo, one source states: This carte de visite depicts...
Deric Hollings
May 13, 202512 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 12, 20256 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 12, 20254 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 7, 20255 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 7, 20255 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 30, 20257 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 15, 20255 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 14, 20255 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 19, 20256 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 16, 20257 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 16, 20255 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 4, 20257 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 2, 20255 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 30, 20256 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 9, 20257 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 8, 202510 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 5, 20259 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
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