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 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
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
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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Deric Hollings
Jul 3, 20237 min read
Tunnel Vision
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Kodak Black On his 2017 album Painting Pictures, rapper Kodak Black featured a song entitled “Tunnel...
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Deric Hollings
May 3, 202318 min read
Want vs. Need
[DISCLAIMER] **Unique disclaimer: If you desire a short post—the kind of TikTok-esque content that delivers unhelpful advice which may...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 27, 20239 min read
Crossroads
[DISCLAIMER] Tha Crossroads During the year I graduated from high school, hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (“Bone”) released their...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20238 min read
Good, Better, Best
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In adolescence, I was given a book of quotes and enjoyed one catchy citation in particular. Though...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 202312 min read
2-Nice
[DISCLAIMER] (My high school friend, “1/2 Ton,” with me in the late ‘90s, as “2 Nice” was stenciled on my jacket) Shame attacking When...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 3, 20235 min read
Kermy-Kerm
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When I was young, I enjoyed watching The Muppet Show, as my favorite Muppet was Kermit the Frog. Now...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 21, 20237 min read
Matching Bracelets
[DISCLAIMER] Social work snobbery Within the field of mental health treatment, a number of practitioners appear to apply the façade of...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Accepting What Is
[DISCLAIMER] As is usually the case with my rap-influenced blog content, when working out this morning I heard a song worth discussing...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20237 min read
Unconditional Other-Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] When it all began I don’t recall the circumstances surrounding this photo of me at around age four or five. Given my body...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 11, 202218 min read
Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] **Fire hip hop music contained in each linked “Let It Go” reference** Context One of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy...
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