My mother had a motto regarding my father: “Even when he’s wrong, he’s right”. She lived and died by that motto and it cost her her life. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 45 my father convinced her that all doctors were quacks. She sought…
The part of the mind that a person is not aware of is often a powerful force in controlling behavior and therefore our future and the choices we make. This happened to me many years ago. For decades I had wanted to return to the small farming community in northeastern…
Sexual abuse is always about power and control. How better to have power over someone than by violating their body? The perpetrators know that, the victim rarely does. Even a great percentage of the public think that sexual abuse is about sex. Patriarchal (or matriarchal) families and religiously regimented families…
(the following is an excerpt from my book REPAIR Your Life, A Program for Recovery from Incest & Child Sexual Abuse) The quality of becoming aware includes many components. Sensibility, prudence, knowledge, visualization, feeling and foresight are a few. They are siblings in the same family, gifts given to humans…
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. – Horace Walpole Sometimes when I want to forget the bad that has happened to me, I travel back to the good, the first thirteen years of my life. Everyone has those good times, the times…
