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Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Less Ordinary
[DISCLAIMER] The 2022 album A Life Less Ordinary, from rapper Kenneth Masters and producer BoFaatBeatz, features a song entitled “Less...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 202412 min read
Personal Agency
[DISCLAIMER] Defining terms Socio-politically speaking, the term “agency” may have different meanings. According to one source, “Personal...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20243 min read
Listening for the ABCs
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I listen closely for the Actions, Beliefs, and Consequences of the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 24, 20247 min read
High Frustration Tolerance
[DISCLAIMER] Given responses I’ve heard from people in my personal and professional life about dating, I’m glad that my days of courtship...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Tautology
[DISCLAIMER] A rhetorical tautology may be described as the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20245 min read
Concurrent Psychotherapy
[DISCLAIMER] From time to time, the issue of concurrent psychotherapy arises in regards to the services I provide. As such, this blogpost...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Wacky Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] I enjoyed visiting arcades when I was a child. Although I wasn’t particularly skillful when playing electronic games (e.g.,...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 22, 20246 min read
Relax Your Mind, Let Your Conscious be Free
[DISCLAIMER] In 1989, I attended LL Cool J’s Nitro World Tour, which featured Eazy-E, N.W.A, Slick Rick, De La Soul, and though he was...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 20, 20245 min read
I Have a Theory About That
[DISCLAIMER] I recently listened to episode #296 of Michael Malice’s Your Welcome podcast in which Malice interviewed Bret Weinstein, and...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
Dancing Through the Bullshit
[DISCLAIMER] To say that my time as a Marine Security Guard in Lima, Peru from August 2000 to March 2001 was challenging would be an...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
Accepting the Tendency to Self-Disturb
[DISCLAIMER] Although they may exist without my knowledge, I’m unaware of humans who don’t ever urinate or defecate. Even if there are...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
No
[DISCLAIMER] In 2001, a film called The Wash was released and I decided not to watch it, because I didn’t want it to spoil my memory of...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20244 min read
Meta-Emotional Problems
[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), clients occasionally present with meta-emotional problems. Page 64...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20247 min read
Seeing is Believing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The proverb “seeing is believing” relates to the notion that one needs to visually observe something...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 17, 20245 min read
Two-Tiered Justice System
[DISCLAIMER] *All persons alluded to herein are presumed innocent unless otherwise proven guilty. On February 15, 2024, I posted a blog...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 16, 20247 min read
Disturbing Over Gremlins
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, I thoroughly enjoyed the film Gremlins (1984). In particular, I was amused by the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 15, 20249 min read
Make it Make Sense
[DISCLAIMER] Kansas City shooting I’ve noticed a trend whereby suspected perpetrators of specific crimes aren’t immediately identified by...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 14, 20246 min read
Insufferable vs. Undesirable
[DISCLAIMER] Having attended Valleyview Junior High School in my youth, I witnessed a homecoming football custom for which students...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 13, 20245 min read
Focus on the Target Problem
[DISCLAIMER] Unlike some people within the field of mental, emotional, and behavioral health or wellness, I’ve chosen not to ditch the...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 13, 20244 min read
(I Know I Got) Skillz
[DISCLAIMER] In 1993, I had a set of aftermarket 5”x7” Pioneer speakers with a Pioneer head unit that played cassette tapes in my Ford...
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