Support Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/support/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png Support Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/support/ 32 32 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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]]> Happy Anniversary, AA! – 86 Years Supporting People with Alcohol Use Disorder https://heatherhayes.com/happy-86th-anniversary-aa/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:09:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4333 Founded in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the original and arguably most well-known of all the 12-step programs.  AA was formed to help those with a dependence on alcohol get and stay sober and, in its own words, “Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a […]

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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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]]> 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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