Connection Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/connection/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Wed, 07 May 2025 14:36:42 +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 Connection Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/connection/ 32 32 Sustaining Human Dignity: Trauma-Responsive Systems as the Foundation for a Just Future https://heatherhayes.com/sustaining-human-dignity-trauma-responsive-systems-as-the-foundation-for-a-just-future/ Wed, 07 May 2025 14:09:12 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=6968 When we imagine a sustainable future, our minds often leap to innovations in technology, environmental conservation, and economic reform. These are undoubtedly critical, yet sustainability is not limited to carbon footprints and clean energy. It extends to the systems that hold human beings: our families, communities, institutions, and societies. Without sustaining human dignity, no sustainable […]

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]]> Gratitude and Connection: Strengthening Family Bonds this Thanksgiving https://heatherhayes.com/gratitude-and-connection-strengthening-family-bonds-this-thanksgiving/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:00:56 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/understanding-the-wellness-industry-and-the-risk-it-can-pose-to-well-being-copy/ Thanksgiving is a time of year that invites reflection, gratitude, and togetherness. As families gather around the dinner table, there is an opportunity to deepen relationships and foster meaningful connections. While the holidays can sometimes bring challenges, understanding the dynamics of family systems and human connection through psychological theories can help create a positive experience.  […]

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]]> The Importance of Accountability and Responsibility in Teens: Having a Sense of Purpose in the Family System https://heatherhayes.com/having-a-sense-of-purpose-in-the-family-system/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:38 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/influencers-and-mental-health-online-copy/ One of the most challenging things about being a parent is knowing how best to guide and support your children as they enter their teenage years. As many of us can remember from our own lives, being an adolescent is a fraught and challenging experience. During the teenage years, the chasm between parent and child […]

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]]> Influencers and Mental Health Online https://heatherhayes.com/influencers-and-mental-health-online/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:27 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/the-impact-of-influencers-on-young-adults-and-teens-copy/ We frequently stress the importance of raising awareness about mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and substance use disorders, and in recent years there has been a steady growth of social media content which seeks to discuss and provide support for mental health conditions and even to offer therapeutic advice. Certainly, those […]

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]]> The Impact of Influencers on Young Adults and Teens https://heatherhayes.com/the-impact-of-influencers-on-young-adults-and-teens/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:00:20 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/the-link-between-psychological-homelessness-and-addiction-copy/ Social media personalities have become some of the most profitable and influential figures in the United States. These influencers, who use various social media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram to create and share content about their lives, earned a collective $700m USD in 2023. According to Forbes business magazine, some of these influencers […]

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]]> Polyvagal Theory: Understanding the Mind-Body Connection https://heatherhayes.com/polyvagal-theory/ Sun, 14 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=5686 Dr. Stephen Porges, Ph.D formulated the groundbreaking polyvagal theory, which explains the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social behavior and details how chronic stress can cause pain and other physical conditions. What Is Polyvagal Theory? Polyvagal theory helps us understand the complexity of the human nervous system. Before the formulation of polyvagal theory, […]

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]]> Set in Stone: Relational-Cultural Theory and its Ongoing Relevance for Gender Equality https://heatherhayes.com/relational-cultural-theory-and-gender-equality/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:04:56 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4320 The Central Paradox of Connection / Disconnection According to the principles of Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT), the origin of most human anguish is disconnection. As humans, we need to relate to others for our all-round well-being. It’s just how we’re hardwired.  Acute manifestations of disconnection will elicit a loss of general joie de vivre followed by […]

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]]> The Importance of Healthy Connections for Mental Well-being and Substance Use Recovery https://heatherhayes.com/healthy-connections-for-mental-well-being/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 04:03:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4268 “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” – Herman Melville Recovery takes bravery because, although it is ultimately the most rewarding thing we can do for ourselves, […]

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]]> The Power of Love https://heatherhayes.com/the-power-of-love/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4260 “Where there is love there is life.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi Love is deeply important to all of us and pervades every aspect of our lives through romance, family, friendships, music, and works of art. Love has a profound effect on our mental and physical states, as we are often consumed by the powerful experience of […]

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]]> Overcoming the Drama Triangle https://heatherhayes.com/overcoming-the-drama-triangle/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4203 “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson The Drama Triangle was first described in the 1960s by Dr. Stephen Karpman to explain the different roles people assume in interpersonal relationships, particularly within areas of dispute, conflict, or “drama.”[1] The three […]

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]]> Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections https://heatherhayes.com/recovery-month/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 05:00:50 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=2486 September marks Recovery Month, an international event which celebrates the progress people have made in recovery from mental health conditions and substance abuse, in the same non-judgmental way we would celebrate someone recovering from any other sort of illness. Every year Recovery Month celebrates a different theme; this year it is “Join the Voices for […]

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]]> Our Global Voices: Unified efforts to Affect Change Across the World https://heatherhayes.com/change-across-the-world/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:25:51 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=2298 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable damage to the USA and across the globe, affecting politics, societies and economies as well as health and wellbeing. However, in spite of this there have been unified efforts to affect positive change across the world. Throughout the crisis there have been incredible, inspiring and imaginative acts of kindness, […]

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