we are living in a perfect storm for more child sexual abuse and this storm has been brewing

and brewing over all of humanity here's a pathway that leads to this type of abuse power

and this is where we get to the Epstein list and there are players in this world who have power

that most of us cannot even imagine.

And power becomes like an addiction.

Just like an alcoholic needs more and more and more and more and more and more to get that fix that they're going for.

People with tremendous power stops feeling powerful.

And they need more power and more power and more power to feel that hit.

That's so like a drug.

For many perpetrators, that's where sexual abuse isn't really about sexual proclivity, sexual desire.

Because the sexual act, sexual gratification is not really the primary motivation, the primary driver.

Domination is. Control is. Lording a godlike power over another being.

Hello, welcome to emotional badass where Moxie meets Mindful. I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower,

life coach and psychotherapist. And on today's

episode, we're discussing America being a breeding ground for the Epstein list. So quick

announcement, y'all, we're doing our very first online book club for this first book club selection we're

reading man search for meaning it is one of my favorites it's by victor frankle to find out more

info head over to emotional badass.com slash book club and we're going to go on to this very

important and uncomfortable topic about the Epstein list.

Now, I'm speaking here from much-lived experience as a victim who grew up and eventually pressed charges against my adoptive father.

So more a victor than a victim.

And from over 20 years of professional work as a therapist, helping trauma survivors leave

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