This book is as much about how we can overcome our anger, fear, depression, worry, failure, and addictions as it is about how to reinvigorate our democracy. The vital new knowledge revealed in this book can move us and democracy forward. We become kinder to ourselves and each other as we understand how emotional negativity is lodged in our psyche and how that interferes with our behaviors and emotions. This book also reveals an inner dynamic in our unconscious mind that mirrors the political clash between liberals and conservatives. This inner conflict between our self-doubt and our inner critic is a problem for us all. It operates outside the awareness of most of us, and it's responsible for much of our unhappiness and a great deal of our political discord and animosity. You'll see this inner conflict with greater clarity than ever and be astonished at how it contaminates the liberal-conservative divide. This book provides the best knowledge available about the self-defeating conflicts in our deep psyche-and how we can liberate ourselves from them. The best knowledge-what we are brave enough to see in ourselves-guides our quest for personal happiness and national harmony.