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This Cake Smells Unpleasant
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too , I described an axiom of the post’s namesake by...
Deric Hollings
7 days ago4 min read
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About Rattlesnakes
[ DISCLAIMER ] Having been born and predominately raised in Bomb City , Texas, I learned about rattlesnakes from a young age. For...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25 min read
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Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, one of five albums that changed my perspective on life was Edutainment (1990) by hip hop group Boogie Down...
Deric Hollings
Mar 278 min read
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As It Could Be
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, fair use I’m not usually a fan of the live-action...
Deric Hollings
Mar 86 min read
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A Demanded Thing Is a Necessary One
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Imagine being in an intimate partner relationship with a person who demands frequent piggyback...
Deric Hollings
Mar 25 min read
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Life Must Be Safe
[ DISCLAIMER ] One of the four major irrational beliefs identified in literature for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is...
Deric Hollings
Feb 274 min read
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Gotta Have It
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Many years ago, my then-girlfriend and I visited Cold Stone Creamery from time to time on date...
Deric Hollings
Jan 236 min read
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Satisfaction
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use If you were a fan of electronic dance music (EDM) during the early 2000s, what song comes to...
Deric Hollings
Jan 158 min read
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Less Ordinary
[DISCLAIMER] The 2022 album A Life Less Ordinary, from rapper Kenneth Masters and producer BoFaatBeatz, features a song entitled “Less...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20245 min read
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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...
Deric Hollings
Feb 22, 20246 min read
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Rational Expression
[DISCLAIMER] A client recently told me that when I began working with him years ago, he didn’t fully comprehend the Rational Emotive...
Deric Hollings
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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Don't be Jealous
[DISCLAIMER] REBT When I underwent training for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 2021, a trainee passionately disagreed with a...
Deric Hollings
Jan 10, 20247 min read
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When Others Don't Share Your Worldview
[DISCLAIMER] **Hollings Therapy, LLC disavows violence associated with the matters discussed herein. The is-ought problem Niccolò...
Deric Hollings
Oct 10, 20238 min read
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The Four Horsemen
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use As a child, my dad practiced the religious faith of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sharing information in...
Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20236 min read
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Strike 3
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use My experience with unions When I worked at a nuclear weapons facility, I joined a labor union. I did...
Deric Hollings
Jul 16, 20239 min read
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Castles in the Sky
[DISCLAIMER] In 2000, when I could be found dancing throughout the night in the clubs of South America, electronic dance music project...
Deric Hollings
May 17, 20236 min read
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Pillars
[DISCLAIMER] When listening to the laidback song “Pillars” by MindsOne and Kev Brown, I’m reminded of something I heard when undergoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 28, 20235 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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