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Deric Hollings
Jun 5, 20246 min read
Self-Help
[DISCLAIMER] Suppose you’ve decided to competitively run for your first marathon. How might you approach the training required to perform...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 5, 20249 min read
Intersecting Spheres
[DISCLAIMER] In blogposts entitled Circle of Concern, Revisiting the Circle of Control, and Control, I addressed the topic of...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Rigid Stimulus Control
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recently had a discussion with someone about isolation. Let’s call her person X. The conversation...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20243 min read
Acknowledgement and Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with clients, I find value is drawing a distinction between...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20244 min read
Upset with Gravity
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Imagine being upset with gravity. No, I didn’t misspeak. I wasn’t inviting you to imagine being upset...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Daily Self-Care
[DISCLAIMER] Having awoken earlier than expected, I was lethargic this morning. Although I could’ve remained in bed and adjusted today’s...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 3, 20246 min read
Neurosis
[DISCLAIMER] Throughout my life, I’ve heard of people being “neurotic” while not necessarily understanding what the term meant. Once I...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 20247 min read
Blame
[DISCLAIMER] Growing up, I frequently heard the adage, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” The...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 20248 min read
Nonadaptive Behavior
[DISCLAIMER] In childhood, both of my parents communicated their highly paranoid beliefs about how unsafe the world was. Transitioning...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 2, 202415 min read
Tit for Tat
[DISCLAIMER] Disbelief in science and governmental authority If there was one matter upon which my mom and dad could agree in my...
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Deric Hollings
May 31, 202412 min read
The 700 Club
[DISCLAIMER] Making sense of my former belief On occasion as a child, I would watch The 700 Club, the flagship television program of the...
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Deric Hollings
May 30, 202410 min read
Behavioral Health Care
[DISCLAIMER] Professionally speaking, I’m a provider of care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “behavioral...
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Deric Hollings
May 30, 20244 min read
Virtually Anything
[DISCLAIMER] I made the decision to stop engaging with social media years ago. Although I still view content from YouTube, Rumble,...
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Deric Hollings
May 30, 20246 min read
Nobody's Perfect
[DISCLAIMER] It was in 2011, during my graduate studies for counseling, that I became familiar with lyricist J. Cole’s album Cole World:...
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Deric Hollings
May 29, 20246 min read
God Complex
[DISCLAIMER] According to one source, “A god complex is a pattern in which an individual believes they have great power, ability,...
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Deric Hollings
May 29, 202410 min read
Baked into the Cake
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use According to one source, the idiomatic term “backed into the cake” may be described as,...
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Deric Hollings
May 28, 20249 min read
Is It Destiny?
[DISCLAIMER] Destiny is defined as a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency. Because the matter...
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Deric Hollings
May 28, 20245 min read
Challenges With Journaling
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled Journaling, I advocated the practice of routine writing to achieve intellectual and emotional...
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Deric Hollings
May 27, 20246 min read
Confusion
[DISCLAIMER] Working as military police (MP) for my first year in Okinawa, Japan in 1997, I wrote many traffic citations, participated in...
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Deric Hollings
May 27, 20243 min read
Intellectual vs. Emotional Insight
[DISCLAIMER] Generally speaking, insight may be defined as deep understanding of a person, thing, or event. For instance, careful...
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