Is what's ailing our society, what' ailing ourselves? "If we heal ourselves, we heal society." says author David Elliott. David Elliott believes that the five major symptoms of our personal malise (and societal ) - being exteme, being aggresive, addiction, ego and stubborness are indications of, in fact reactions to - a profound lack of self-love. They're all efforts to fill up the empty holes inside. Healing is a buzzword in comtemporary America, along with other psychological terms, such as closure, co-dependency, and emotional intellegence. But just what is healing as a psychological/spiritual phenomenon?