Who we are

Michael J. Bogart-Company founder
Michael spent the last twenty years helping children, teenagers and adults to envision and live healthier, happier lives. His experience in working with thousands of people from different parts of the world has taught him that there are some very basic principles that all individuals have in common for achieving their personal goals, and living a more peaceful and productive life. Michael has learned many lessons and strategies of what it takes to understand ones true purpose, and then build that purpose into a thriving, profitable entity. His ability to assess, negotiate and plan from a place of integrity and strength has proven to be the secret to his success.

Howard F. Bronson, MSJ
Howard holds a masters degree in journalism from Boston University, and has done further studies in behavioral psychology at the University of Denver. He has brought thousands of products and promotions to market. His specialty has been in finding hidden markets that deliver the greatest return on investment. He has authored eight books and co-authored three in the areas of bereavement, psychology, empowerment and creative and cost effective marketing. He currently works with The Bogart Group as a consultant, public speaker and makes media appearances, which most recently included the today show on NBC.

The Story Behind This Remarkable New Book

Authors connect in many conventional ways; by reading each other's work, through conventions, appearances etc.  But authors Bogart and Bronson met in a very different fashion. In the early Autumn of 2003, word went out across the New England airwaves that a young boy had gone missing in the Central New Hampshire woods, not far from where the natural stone image of the Old Man on The Mountain stood for so many thousands of years. Over 1,000 men and women responded and combed the cold, damp mountain woodlands, to the point of exhaustion, vowing to press on until the boy was found. Five days later, he was found. He was not alive. And at once, some of the toughest men and women you ever came across, melted, helpless, into a sea of collective tears. Bogart and Bronson were a part of that search, and became friends as they searched shoulder to shoulder through the precipitous hillsides.

All we do in this world, we do for our children. So when one child cries out, all good parents everywhere feel the pain. And when one is taken, it takes a piece of all of us, as did this bright young man. Patric (with a‘c’) McCarthy, we dedicate this book to you, and all children everywhere crying out to find their way home.

In the Spring of 2003, the Old Man on the Mountain crumbled into a rubble of shale, after standing as a seemingly eternal monument since the dawn of man. But the only thing that is truly eternal is the value of the love of our children.