Characterized by feelings of chronic worry and/or fear, anxiety disorders pose immense challenges to daily life and well-being. For instance, living with an anxiety disorder may make it difficult to explore new situations and experiences, cause an individual to withdraw… Read More ›
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The Power of Peer Support
For many people, addiction recovery consists of a variety of different things. At Avalon Malibu, we seek to provide our clients with a variety of different types of support, so that they can feel confident and be sure that they’re… Read More ›
Setting Recovery Goals
Everyone’s recovery is different. However, there are some things you can do to put your best foot forward. Setting recovery goals is one of the best things you can do to set yourself up for success. If you’re ready to… Read More ›
Mind-Body Practices for Daily Wellbeing
If you’re looking to improve your daily wellbeing through mind-body practices, then this blog is the perfect place for you to start. Let’s go over some of the things that we recommend at Avalon Malibu when our clients want to… Read More ›
How to Manage Trauma Manifesting as Body Pain
Many people are familiar with the lingering effects of trauma on mental and emotional health. Yet, fewer people are familiar with the connection between trauma and chronic pain. Those with trauma manifesting as body pain may endure a wide range… Read More ›
Mental Health Journal Prompts
Journaling can be a powerful tool, and it’s one that we use here at Avalon Malibu. It can help you examine your own thoughts and evaluate how you’re doing. In this blog, we’re going to go over some mental health… Read More ›
Speaking to Your Job About Your Mental Health
Mental health can be complicated. If you’re going through a difficult mental health period, then you may be wondering if you should tell your job. In this blog, we’re going to discuss this topic. However, it’s important to keep in… Read More ›
Tips for Mental Health Advocacy
Mental health advocacy is a big topic. In this blog, we’re going to go over some of the ways that you can advocate for mental health topics. At Avalon Malibu, we’re big believers in the importance of advocacy work. Let’s… Read More ›
How to Work Towards Building Self-Esteem
Addiction recovery is a life-long journey. It is commendable to seek help for your addiction and to leave behind what you know to recover. At Avalon Malibu, we know there can be a connection between low self-esteem and addiction. Therefore,… Read More ›
Relapse Prevention Strategies
Learning about various relapse prevention strategies is important, especially if you’re new to recovery. In this blog, we’re going to go over some of the top relapse prevention strategies that you can use. We recommend a variety of different strategies… Read More ›