Are you wondering why our 21st century modern age of information is still struggling with addictions, abuse and wars? Would you like to know the "F" word that causes all of our personal and global problems throughout history and even today?

We have succeeded in landing people on the moon. Satellite television, worldwide web, and cell phones have brought people on earth closer together than ever before. The information available on the internet is mind boggling. Millions of dollars are spent on protective services. The questions still remain, "Why are so many people still engaging in so much home, neighborhood, and world violence?" "Why is the war on drugs a losing battle?"

Is there a simple answer? Yes, there is! Medical research has advanced our abilities to find the PHYSICAL CAUSES of diseases, prevention, and treatment. Have you read any research about emotional causes of disease, addictions, abuse and wars? Imagine how advanced our society would be if we spent the same amount of research funds identifying, preventing and healing the emotional causes of our problems.

For over 27 years, I did research in my counseling office. I was fascinated to discover that when I asked every child and adult the same questions, I always received similar answers. Their age, educational backgrounds, religions, or interests may have been different, but their responses were not. I learned early on that I could predict the causes of their problems before they walked into the office. We are unique but our basic needs, wants, and issues are not.

All human beings basically want and need love, respect, and kindness, and to believe that they are good enough, important, worthy, lovable, attractive, and intelligent. Everyone wants to feel they are a good person and they deserve health, happiness, and success. All these positive decisions and feelings create high self-esteem. People who achieve this level are truly successful in every area of their lives because they feel good about themselves.

I also discovered that there are only two basic primary emotions, fear and love. All other emotions are based on these two. For example, anger is a secondary emotion. When people are angry, they are covering up their underlying fear which can also be described as hurt or powerlessness.

How do you know whether you are feeling fear or love? It is very simple because love feels good and fear does not. Compassion, kindness, generous, safe, and proud are love based feelings. When people are experiencing those positive feelings, they will not hurt anyone else or themselves. In fact, they are likely to be healthy, responsible, and peaceful local and global citizens.

Guilt, resentment, greed, shame, and feeling unsafe are some examples of fearful emotions. Individuals who are experiencing negative feelings are likely to be unhealthy and hurt themselves with personal abuse or addictions (extreme behaviors that help them avoid feeling their painful fears). These people are also likely to act out their pain on others by bullying, hitting, rape, or physical or, emotional abuse. Fearful leaders and followers are likely to strike out at other and engage in war.

Sadly, young boys who express their fears or cry are often called sissies and humiliated or punished. Ironically, they have learned to hide this normal feeling even from themselves and express fear destructively with anger and aggression.

I loved offering co-ed group therapy. After I counseled a man or women in front of the supportive group, people were amazed how both sexes had the same basic fears and needs. With the process I developed, HART: Holistic And Rapid Transformation, I was able to quickly guide people to the CAUSES of their problems and resolve them.

By now you have probably guessed that the "F" word that causes problems, addictions, abuse, and wars is FEAR! Since this is not common knowledge, and we are not taught in school or home how to recognize and constructively deal with our fear based emotions, this major CAUSE of our problems often goes unnoticed and unresolved.

As a result, most people are not dealing constructively with their fears. Instead they are acting out their pain on others or themselves. The solution is to love ourselves and feel peacefully powerful, which will lead to peace in our homes, neighborhoods, countries and the world. In order for that to happen it is vital for everyone to heal their emotional wounds, release their fears, and "love themselves to peace!" That is my mission and I believe is the key to health, happiness, success and world peace.