Confronting Burglars

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 25th Sep 2023

Many years ago, when I was living in the UK, a neighbor from a few doors down told me that he’d disturbed a burglar/intruder in his house the previous night/early morning. The first thing to note about this incident is that nighttime residential burglaries are statistically uncommon. Most break-ins to houses occur during the day when the homeowners/residents are out at work, leaving the house unoccupied (commercial burglaries are more common at night, when offices and other buildings are empty). Signs of occupation, such as cars on a driveway, lights, and the TV on etc., are usually a deterrent to...Click To Read More

Trauma Bonding

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 18th Sep 2023

When we look at other people’s lives, we often simplify the decisions they have to make, i.e., their choices seem obvious to us. We don’t understand why a friend we have is having trouble deciding whether to take a better paying job with more benefits (better healthcare, more time off, opportunities to work from home), or stay at a job they hate, and have been complaining about for years. The choice seems obvious. However, we fail to recognize that change and uncertainty are things that human beings avoid like the plague and/or the emotional attachments our friend may have to...Click To Read More

Consistency

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 11th Sep 2023

One of the things that many people find boring/tedious about traditional martial arts is their focus on what appear to be small or insignificant details e.g., a block should see the arm finish in an exact position, or when moving a foot, it should only move so far, and no farther forward etc. Trying to manage all of these seemingly small details can be mentally exhausting and may seem to be unachievable. Without constant practice, focus and discipline, it is. For some this process is appealing i.e., the striving for perfection is an inviting challenge, and for others the payback...Click To Read More

Lucy Letby & Female Serial Killers

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 4th Sep 2023

Overall, men are somewhere between six and seven times more likely to kill than women, outside of domestic settings (around 23% of killings in partner-related homicides are committed by women – usually after themselves being physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused by their partner over a long period of time). When it comes to serial killers, female offenders are extremely rare, and of those we know of, in almost half the cases they committed their crimes with a male partner/counterpart. Earlier this month, nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of the murder of seven babies, in the UK hospital (Countess of Chester...Click To Read More