Place Dissatisfaction and the Spatial Cost of Unemployment

Place Dissatisfaction and the Spatial Cost of Unemployment | The Flourishing Journal The Flourishing Journal Work & Place Global Flourishing Study  ·  Employment & Place Satisfaction Place Dissatisfaction and theSpatial Cost of Unemployment The unemployed are the least place-satisfied group on earth — ranking below immigrants, the divorced, and the young. They have not moved. Their city has not changed. Something else has. Global Flourishing Study data across 22 countries illuminate what unemployment actually costs, and why income replacement is only part of the answer. Victor Counted The Flourishing Journal May 2026 9 min read 65% Unemployed satisfied with their city #34 Lowest of all demographic groups studied 84% Employed…

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Healing Our Relationships Through Bonding with God

What If God Is the Safest Attachment Figure You've Never Let In? | Victor Counted Faith & Psychology What If God Is the Safest Attachment Figure You've Never Let In? How bonding with God can rewire the wounds that keep your relationships broken Victor Counted, Ph.D. Professor & Psychological Scientist · Regent University Most of us arrive at our adult relationships carrying invisible luggage — wounds from early experiences that shaped what we expect from the people we love most. We expect to be abandoned. We fear we will be betrayed. We quietly believe, somewhere beneath conscious thought, that we are simply not enough. These are not personality quirks. They…

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