Category: Healthy Living

What Is Motivational Enhancement Therapy?

January 19, 2017 Avalon Malibu Treatment Mental Health Alternative Treatment Healthy Living Recovery

“Pink cloud” is the term used to describe the euphoric state of being sober. Pink clouds come and go. When a new person to sobriety is feeling good, optimistic, happy, grateful, and clear-minded, they are often told they are on… Read More ›

Spirituality Is A Necessity Not A Luxury

January 18, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction Healthy Living

Of spiritual matters, humans have for a long time pondered until they’ve gone mad. Where do we come from? Where do we go when life ends? We have wealth of scientific evidence regarding the ‘miracle of life’ which explains how… Read More ›

What Are Good New Year’s Resolutions For Anxiety?

January 13, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living Anxiety Holidays

One of the easiest ways to cause ourselves anxiety is to set expectations that are way too high. New year’s resolutions are often a time people do this for themselves. The start of a new year can make you feel… Read More ›

Confronting Negative Body Image Talk

January 13, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living Eating Disorders

Problematically, causal negative talk about body image during normal conversation doesn’t stay at the conversation. Instead, it follows us and impacts us on a deep level. According to Refinery29, “these comments don’t just affect the person making the complaint —… Read More ›

Help Me Help You: Helping Your Families Help You When You Have A Mental Illness

January 12, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living

Living with mental illness can be a challenge. There is hope. Learning to live with mental illness and a family who supports you is a work in progress with beautiful rewards. Be Open To Receiving Help Human to human connection… Read More ›

Is Flexitarianism A Real Thing?

January 11, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Eating Disorders Food and Nutrition

2016 was the rise of clean eating and widespread veganism. Out of the dust of limiting a diet to only healthy super foods came Orthorexia, a new eating disorder that focuses on an obsessive need to eat only healthy foods.… Read More ›

How Can I Take Care Of Myself When I’m Feeling Sad?

January 10, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living

Journal Sometimes we don’t understand why we are sad. There is a difference between feeling sad and being diagnosable depressed. The everyday kind of sadness that comes on out of nowhere really come from somewhere we just have to discover… Read More ›

How Can I Prepare To Transition Out Of Seasonal Affective Disorder?

January 9, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

Seasonal affective disorder or depression is a real mental health condition which strikes thousands of people each time the weather changes from summer to winter. Throughout the course of fall, symptoms worsen until they become a general depression. Here are… Read More ›

Treatment For Mental Health And Substance Abuse Has Hope

January 9, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living

Recovery is full of special sayings and cliches. They are small statements which serve as reminders to the bigger purpose of recovery. There is a reason for your pain. Pain has a purpose. Don’t give up. One day at a… Read More ›

Does Being Angry Mean I’m Not Mindful Anymore?

January 8, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Recovery

Mindfulness is often confused with emptiness. Mindfulness is a practice rooted in buddhism which simply asks the practitioner to grow in their awareness of their surroundings. Noticing, paying attention, and becoming aware are all mindful practice that help separate one… Read More ›