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"Some people did something."
[DISCLAIMER] Purpose I typically do not find value in memorializing catastrophe. Still, I’m aware that others do. Being that today marks...
Deric Hollings
Sep 11, 202217 min read
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Oki-woke, Pinoke
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use **Pinocchio spoiler alert** Background A fan of the 1940 Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) classic...
Deric Hollings
Sep 10, 202224 min read
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Shame Attacking
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use **Carrie spoiler alert** Carrie In the 1976 film Carrie, “Carrie White, who lives with her...
Deric Hollings
Sep 8, 202210 min read
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A Hammer in Search of a Nail
[DISCLAIMER] “I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human.” – John...
Deric Hollings
Sep 5, 20229 min read
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You Gon' Die: The Existential Window
[DISCLAIMER] “The ‘therapeutic window’. What a delicious term for the interruption of medical treatment! Might you perhaps hurl yourself...
Deric Hollings
Sep 3, 20227 min read
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Iss-ME vs. Iss-YOU
[DISCLAIMER] In my youth, I learned a concept from my dad that has served me well throughout life. As well, it’s a technique I use with...
Deric Hollings
Aug 31, 20225 min read
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Something's Missing
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Earlier this morning, when performing so-called “toxic masculinity” behavior by challenging gravity...
Deric Hollings
Aug 29, 20225 min read
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Change Ur Beliefs
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Today’s gym time gem—a song heard when working out—interrupted my sweat-time flow and had me nodding...
Deric Hollings
Aug 28, 20226 min read
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The Lowering Tide
[DISCLAIMER] An aphorism often misattributed to former President John F. Kennedy is, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” If true, simple...
Deric Hollings
Aug 27, 20229 min read
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AntiFACTser: A Pandemic of the UnFACTsinated
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Unique Disclaimer First things first, I’m apolitical. I’m not a Republican, on the Right, a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 26, 202217 min read
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Green with Anger
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Recently, I sent a clip of the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law series to someone, because I wanted input...
Deric Hollings
Aug 24, 202227 min read
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Petty Betty
[DISCLAIMER] As a matter of demonstration—though not to provide therapy within the limits of this blog entry—consider imaginal exposure....
Deric Hollings
Aug 16, 20228 min read
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The Steel Man Technique
[DISCLAIMER] Take a look at this room. Is it racist? You didn’t misread that. I’m asking if the room in this photo is racist. I don’t...
Deric Hollings
Aug 15, 20228 min read
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Spaz on That Ass
[DISCLAIMER] As today is yet another day that ends in ‘y,’ I’ve discovered a new target of call-out culture group bullying. This time, it...
Deric Hollings
Aug 1, 20228 min read
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What a Pity
[DISCLAIMER] I once knew a person, whom I’ll refer to as Rosco, who owned an American Pit Bull Terroir—commonly referred to as a “pit...
Deric Hollings
Jul 23, 20229 min read
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My Ni
[DISCLAIMER] In his song entitled “The eND,” lyricist Torae, along with Shaquawna Shanté, addresses a topic I think is worth expanding...
Deric Hollings
Jul 12, 202214 min read
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Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] **Fire hip hop music contained in each linked “Let It Go” reference** Context One of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy...
Deric Hollings
Jul 11, 202218 min read
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Calling DIBs on Gibs
[DISCLAIMER] When I was a child, I participated in a game referred to as “calling dibs.” The rule to this children’s game was simple,...
Deric Hollings
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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Remembering Shadows
[DISCLAIMER] One of the elements I appreciate about Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is that it “does not focus on the past.”...
Deric Hollings
Jul 7, 20226 min read
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Disturbing Democracy
[DISCLAIMER] In the 1987 film The Princess Bride, a character named Vizzini continuously used the word “inconceivable,” until called out...
Deric Hollings
Jul 6, 202223 min read
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