Michael PappafagosAs a result of early challenging experiences, the author developed a passion for healing the suffering that infiltrates much of the human experience. Following the creation of a non-profit treatment organization for children and adolescents in the 190's that remains today and the completion of a doctorate in education and psychology in the early 1980's, healing was made possible for thousands of children. This occurred using a proprietary treatment system that has proven to be remarkably effective.In the late 1980's, the author launched a national social policy initiative that was designed to prevent young people from acquiring the counterproductive symptoms (depression, suicide, addiction, crime, pregnancy, etc.) that were increasing at that time and have now become pandemic. This initiative over ten years gained fifty state citizen representation and raised considerable interest and discussion at some of the highest levels of the nation's government, media and largest corporations. The author also founded three other non-profit corporations during that same time to advance the implementation of the initiative. Unfortunately, the initiative was never nationalized as a result of its incongruence with prevailing political prerogatives.The proprietary system that has been successfully used for many decades in the author's organization is the same as that which would have been used in the national initiative and now comprises the basis of this book. The centerpiece of this system is The Five Pillars - core beliefs, core needs, primary affect, conflict disposition and love orientation - which the author has concluded are the most influential constituents of the human experience. Forty-seven years as an organization founder, CEO, business leader, author, lecturer, university instructor and healer inspired the realization that these five pillars, present but not fully discovered in every human being, largely determine the nature and quality of each person's life experience. This realization was also inspired by the author's service on non-profit boards of directors and longstanding leadership in the educational and psychological communities.This book has been written to guide and encourage all who are motivated to harness the healing power of their pillars to advance and optimize their lives, an outcome that would actualize the lifelong passion of the author. Read More Read Less