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Deric Hollings
Aug 204 min read
A Smart Aleck Practitioner
[ DISCLAIMER ] A smart aleck is defined as an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to smartness or...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 209 min read
The Monster at the End of This Book
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Little Golden Books , fair use One of my favorite books from childhood was The Monster at the...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 1915 min read
Things Fall Apart
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Roots For whatever reason, I was late to appreciate the classic album Things Fall Apart...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 1812 min read
The Soft Toxicity of Low Expectations
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations , I stated: According to one source , “The practice of...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 1311 min read
Destroying a Relationship
[ DISCLAIMER ] I once suggested to a client that a significant amount of content I’ve observed on Reddit appears to be that related to...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 125 min read
Raygun
[ DISCLAIMER ] Unable to afford linoleum, my mom provided my sisters and me with flattened cardboard boxes to place upon the grass in...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 1111 min read
Constructive Dilemma Information
[ DISCLAIMER ] On July 23, 2024, I posted a blog entry entitled Political Pawns in which I stated: With each United States (U.S.)...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 94 min read
Healthy Concern
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use In a blogpost entitled Circle of Concern , I highlighted a modified form of Stephen Covey ’s...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 85 min read
Managing and Treating Symptoms
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use This morning, I read an article about a celebrity who purportedly experiences symptoms related...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 78 min read
Awfulizing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Atheneum Books, fair use The children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 66 min read
Believer
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use During my second year in Okinawa, Japan, a crime comedy film by the name of Go was released. I...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 64 min read
Seeking Supervision
[DISCLAIMER] In adolescence, I began the unregulated practice of life coaching. As there was no education, training, or licensing...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 66 min read
Good Friends We've Lost Along the Way
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use On their 1974 album Natty Dread Bob Marley and the Wailers released a track entitled “No Woman, No...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 66 min read
What Go Around Come Around, Kid
[DISCLAIMER] I was in high school when the legendary hip hop group Cypress Hill released their classic 1993 album Black Sunday with all...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 53 min read
Psychotherapeutic Limitations
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recall wondering why it was necessary to obey posted traffic signs when first attending driver’s...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 58 min read
Fear of Happiness
[DISCLAIMER] On his masterfully-executed 2023 album Hope, lyricist Nathan Feuerstein, known by his initials NF (stylized as ИF) released...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 56 min read
Recommendation From the Top
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, property of Ezra Shaw via Getty Images, fair use Since my youth, I’ve enjoyed watching females perform at the...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 411 min read
Black Man
[DISCLAIMER] How many black men do you see in the above photo? Perhaps I’m being impetuous by presuming that you can even define what a...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 37 min read
Daddy Issues
[DISCLAIMER] In both instances of graduate school (counseling and social work), I was fascinated to learn about how feminist rhetoric...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 35 min read
I'll Be Dat
[DISCLAIMER] Consider the following source in regard to being ‘called out of name’ and see if you can relate: Call out of name – To...
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