Health Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/category/health/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:28:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png Health Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/category/health/ 32 32 The Difference Between Emotional Regulation and Emotional Suppression https://heatherhayes.com/the-difference-between-emotional-regulation-and-emotional-suppression/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7477 Emotional management is one of the key skills we all need to develop over the course of our lifetimes. Feelings are a crucial part of the human experience, yet no two emotional experiences will be exactly the same. You might feel hurt and sadness in a very different way than I do, and my best […]

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]]> Across Cultures, Women Are Carrying Pain Quietly, and the Future of Wellness Depends on Whether We Respond with Shame or Support https://heatherhayes.com/across-cultures-women-are-carrying-pain-quietly-and-the-future-of-wellness-depends-on-whether-we-respond-with-shame-or-support/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:24 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7470 Across cultures, languages, religions, and economies, women are carrying pain quietly. In boardrooms and refugee camps. In gated communities and rural villages. In faith communities and on university campuses. In families with privilege and families in poverty. While the external narratives differ, the internal experiences are often the same. Women are disproportionately carrying trauma, relational […]

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]]> Nitrous Oxide Abuse in America: Rising Deaths, Neurological Damage, and the Danger of Large Tanks https://heatherhayes.com/nitrous-oxide-abuse-in-america-rising-deaths-neurological-damage-and-the-danger-of-large-tanks/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:29:11 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7465 Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, has long been used safely in medical and dental settings. In recent years, however, recreational nitrous oxide use in the United States has increased, particularly outside of clinical supervision. What was once associated primarily with small canisters known as whippits has evolved into a more concerning trend: the […]

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]]> The Ark of the Covenant: Psychological Containment, Ethical Power, and Why Uncontained Systems Collapse https://heatherhayes.com/the-ark-of-the-covenant-psychological-containment-ethical-power-and-why-uncontained-systems-collapse/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:56:39 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7279 Introduction: Why an Ancient Object Still Speaks Across millennia, cultures, and belief systems, few symbols have retained the psychological gravity of the Ark of the Covenant. Often reduced in popular imagination to a mystical relic or cinematic artifact, the Ark is far more enduring and far more relevant than myth alone would suggest. Psychologically, the […]

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]]> Realistic Expectations in an Unrealistic World https://heatherhayes.com/realistic-expectations-in-an-unrealistic-world/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7268 How do families, schools, and young people keep their footing amid filters, fame, and AI? If you scroll for sixty seconds, you’ll see poreless faces, bodies trimmed by software, bedrooms staged by design apps, and perfect routines packaged for purchase. The mirror has moved from the bathroom to the feed, where it talks back in […]

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]]> When Help Becomes a Hustle: Healthcare Fraud in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment https://heatherhayes.com/when-help-becomes-a-hustle-healthcare-fraud-in-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorder-treatment/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:11:13 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7260 Families often encounter behavioral health in a moment of fear. A child is unraveling. A partner is disappearing into relapse. A parent is terrified that the next call will be the hospital, jail, or morgue. That urgency creates a market in which bad actors can exploit need, confusion, and time pressure. Healthcare fraud in mental […]

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]]> Mentorship is not a Shortcut: Why Learning Requires Effort, Presence, and Respect for the Craft https://heatherhayes.com/mentorship-is-not-a-shortcut-why-learning-requires-effort-presence-and-respect-for-the-craft/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:26:32 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7223 In the past few years, especially at conferences, trainings, and even in airport lounges, people have approached me with the same request: “Can I pick your brain about becoming an interventionist?” I understand the longing. This field is complicated, demanding, and deeply meaningful. People want guidance, direction, and a key to understanding the path. I […]

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]]> Transactional Analysis in the DNA of Modern Therapies https://heatherhayes.com/transactional-analysis-in-the-dna-of-modern-therapies/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:21:07 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7215 How Parent–Adult–Child quietly shaped CBT, parts work, trauma therapy, and inner-child healing. When you zoom out on today’s therapy landscape – CBT, DBT, schema therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), ego-state work, EMDR, inner-child work, a pattern appears. Over and over again, clinicians are: That’s exactly what Transactional Analysis (TA) was doing in the 1950s and […]

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]]> Transactional Analysis: The “Forgotten” Theory That Still Changes How We Relate https://heatherhayes.com/transactional-analysis-the-forgotten-theory-that-still-changes-how-we-relate/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:45:08 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7208 (and how we can gently re-parent ourselves from the Adult ego state) During parts of the 1960s and 70s, Transactional Analysis (TA) was everywhere: therapy rooms, boardrooms, classrooms, even dinner-party conversations. Eric Berne’s simple but profound ideas about Parent–Adult–Child ego states, games people play, and “I’m OK–You’re OK” language gave people a shared map for […]

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]]> Gender-Responsive Interventions: From Disconnection to Open-Hearted Aliveness https://heatherhayes.com/gender-responsive-interventions-from-disconnection-to-open-hearted-aliveness/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:45:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7199 “In the face of intense yearnings for connection and in order to remain in the only relationships available, we develop strategies that keep more and more of ourselves out of connection.” Carol Gilligan (1991); Gilligan, Lyons & Hammer, 1990 At the core of gender and trauma-responsive practice lies what Carol Gilligan called the Central Relational […]

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]]> Your Mind, Your Health: Understanding the Connection Between Body and Brain in Healing https://heatherhayes.com/your-mind-your-health-understanding-the-connection-between-body-and-brain-in-healing/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7192 In 1637, French philosopher Renee Descartes famously wrote that “Je pense, donc je suis”, which translates to “I think, therefore I am.” This phrase, which was originally meant to highlight the importance of the thinking mind to human beings’ lives, has informed a widespread assumption, especially in Western cultures, that our minds and bodies are […]

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]]> Connection as Medicine: Reclaiming Relationships after Trauma and Substance Use Disorder https://heatherhayes.com/connection-as-medicine-reclaiming-relationships-after-trauma-and-substance-use-disorder/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7180 “Every person I’ve ever met in the throes of addiction has been searching for the same thing: connection.” – Johann Hari Addiction, at its core, is not about moral failure, weakness, or lack of willpower. It is about separation or disconnection from self, from others, and often from any sense of safety in the world. […]

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