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The Mind of A Predator
Recently, I saw a movie called, “Spotlight.” It is the story about the Boston Globe Newspaper’s exposure of the massive and systematic coverup by the Catholic Church of 249 priests molesting over 1000 children in Boston, Massachusetts. The Catholic Churches throughout the world to include the Pope and the Vatican knew, covered up, and allowed…
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Attraction to Perpetrators
I have witnessed several people being attracted to perpetrators of sexual and physical assaults. Why would you feel attracted to people who perpetrate a crime against you or others? Logically, we should feel repelled by them, but unfortunately, this is not the case. Perpetrators of sexual and physical assaults are themselves wounded and emotionally injured.…
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How Trauma and Suffering Change Us
Yesterday, I went rocking climbing and deep water soloing with a group of twenty-something. My time with these friends who have not experienced as many of life’s sufferings/traumas including divorce, death, and illness are very different from my older friends who are experiencing divorce (sometimes for the second time), death of their family members, and…
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