Category: Healthy Living

Can Yoga Help Eating Disorder Treatment?

February 20, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction Healthy Living Eating Disorders

Clinical style check-in’s at the beginning and end of a yoga session helps the teacher understand where each client is in their day as well as their recovery. Eating disorders are sensitive, dealing with the tedious challenge of embracing imperfections.… Read More ›

Practicing Kindness In Recovery

February 17, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Addiction Healthy Living Recovery

“Be kind whenever possible,” the Dalai Lama famously said, “It is always possible.” Kindness in recovery is an essential practice. Few things are more cruel than addiction and alcoholism or the symptoms of unmanaged mental health disorders. Recovery takes tolerance,… Read More ›

Manage Your Anxiety From Morning With These Tips

February 14, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living

Living with anxiety that goes unregulated can be unmanageable. Just a few simple habits throughout the day can help reduce the impact of anxiety symptoms and make life easier by improving mental and physical health. Sleep Getting a full night’s… Read More ›

How Can I Be Closer To People When I Have A Mental Illness?

February 10, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

Trying to manage your own thoughts, feelings, and actions is work enough. You can’t focus on yourself all the time, but trying manage how other people are in relation to you is hard work too. Here are a few simple… Read More ›

3 Things You Learn In Therapy

February 3, 2017 Avalon Malibu Treatment Mental Health Addiction Healthy Living Recovery

Therapy usually comes with a negative connotation for people. Spending money on time reserved for talking about your feelings or difficult things in the past sounds unappealing. However, immense healing can occur in therapy, helping someone to feel more free… Read More ›

Meditation For Trauma Treatment

January 27, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction Healthy Living

The majority of the world’s population will face trauma in their lifetimes, with a minority experiencing the full development of PTSD- post traumatic stress disorder. However, research has found that even without PTSD those who have experienced trauma will most… Read More ›

Responding To Change With Mental Illness

January 26, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Addiction Healthy Living

George Bernard Shaw once said, “Progress is impossible without change,and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Change is inevitable. In fact, as it is philosophically said, change is the only constant we have in life. Sometimes it… Read More ›