Three Mental Health Crises in Our World Today

Three Crises in Our World Today — The Flourishing Journal The Flourishing Journal Three Crises in Our World Today Identity, loneliness, and meaning look like three problems. I want to tell you why I think they are a problem of belonging. VC Victor Counted, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Regent University · Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Human Flourishing Program I have spent most of my adult life studying what makes people flourish. I have also spent most of my adult life trying to flourish. Some seasons it was easier. Some seasons it was not. What I can tell you is this. Something is hurting people in our day that was not…

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Executive Functioning and Human Flourishing

The Question That Changes Everything | The Flourishing Journal The Question ThatChanges Everything For decades, science has asked what is wrong with the way we think. What happens when it finally starts asking what it takes to truly thrive? VC Victor Counted, Ph.D. Professor · Author · Psychological Scientist March 2026 8 min read There is a question most of us have asked ourselves at some point — quietly, privately, usually in the aftermath of something we did not handle well. A conversation that went sideways. A goal abandoned halfway through. A promise to ourselves we could not keep. The question surfaces in the gap between who we intend to…

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