Deric Hollings
Accepting Exceptions
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use One core tenet of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is unconditional acceptance. This...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 27 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 2711 min read
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
[DISCLAIMER] I at least prevailed in art As a child, the only school subject in which I excelled was art. My dad and older sister were...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 134 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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Deric Hollings
Feb 115 min read
Goin' Thru a Thang
[DISCLAIMER] A month after I graduated high school and had no idea what I’d do with my life, rap group The Dayton Family released an...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 84 min read
Building Sandcastles
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In elementary school, I looked through the pages of an encyclopedia collection and came upon an image...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 48 min read
Acceptance is Losing?
[DISCLAIMER] A close friend of mine, “Blanca,” recently sent me an Instagram reel in which an individual stated the following: The person...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 318 min read
Perverse Qualifiers
[DISCLAIMER] Perverse qualifiers Have you heard terms such as “our democracy,” “the science,” “hate crime,” or other rhetorical...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 154 min read
Disconfirmation
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Have you ever questioned whether or not people like you? For instance, if you’re a person of...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 137 min read
And Here We Go
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, DC Studios, Warner Bros., fair use **The Dark Knight spoiler contained herein My favorite DC Comics-inspired...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 57 min read
U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 35 min read
Resignation
[DISCLAIMER] Page seven of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion invites Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioners to help...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20237 min read
Good Enough Is Good Enough
[DISCLAIMER] **What’s Love Got to Do with It? spoilers contained herein I recently watched What’s Love Got to Do with It? (2022) and...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20234 min read
Schadenfreude
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Admittedly, I find it a little challenging not to express joy or pleasure concerning the suffering of...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20233 min read
How Does It Feel Like?
[DISCLAIMER] On their 1999 album Surrender, The Chemical Brothers featured a song entitled “Let Forever Be,” which I played regularly...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 20, 20237 min read
Bezmenov's Razor
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use According to one source, “In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to...
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Deric Hollings
Oct 28, 20235 min read
Weathering the Storm
[DISCLAIMER] The phrase “weather the storm” alludes to one’s ability to deal with a challenging occurrence without being harmed or...
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Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20238 min read
The Path You Accept
[DISCLAIMER] I recall that in early adulthood I came to appreciate “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In particular, the fourth stanza...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202310 min read
Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] DT The most influential person in my lifetime was my late stepmom, “DT.” Although we disagreed on the timeline, I was...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20237 min read
Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] On their 2018 album entitled Delivery, French producers Zoom & Rectape featured the vocals of Dominique Larue for the song...
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