Category: Healthy Living

These bodybuilding drugs contain unapproved substances

February 1, 2018 Avalon Malibu Food and Nutrition Exercise Healthy Living Mental Health

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration notes that approximately 1,084,000 people in the United States have used anabolic steroids. These steroids are primarily used by bodybuilders and athletes, and are used to increase lean body mass, strength, and… Read More ›

What You Eat Could be Contributing to Your Depression and Anxiety

December 28, 2017 Avalon Malibu Food and Nutrition Healthy Living Mental Health

What most people do not realize is that the diet you consume does have an impact on your brain and how you process information and regulate your emotions. With fast-food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell, we tend to miss… Read More ›

The Worst Ways to Detox Your Body

December 22, 2017 Avalon Malibu Food and Nutrition Healthy Living Detox

Many people decide to complete an at-home detox or a “body cleanse” at home in attempt to remedy their “problem” of eating or drinking too much. Detoxification is a process by which the body naturally dispels any toxic or unhealthy… Read More ›

How Can I Survive the Holidays Alone?

December 21, 2017 Avalon Malibu Mental Health Healthy Living Holidays

A well-known and perpetuated myth is that holidays are meant to be spent in a well-decorated home with a table filled with home-cooked meals and a large group of friends and family who all love and care about each other.… Read More ›

How Can I be More Mindful This Holiday Season?

December 8, 2017 Avalon Malibu Holidays Healthy Living Mental Health

Along with the holidays comes planning, cooking, gift-buying, decorating, family-gathering, talking, driving, and much more. Many aspects of the holidays can be stressful; if you’ve recently lost a loved one or have disconnected from family, it can add even more… Read More ›

Is There Such a Thing as a “Normal” Person?

November 2, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” -Morticia Addams from “The Addams Family” The term “normal” is perceptual and subjective, and may mean something different depending on the context of the situation.… Read More ›

We Need to Learn to Accept Change

October 27, 2017 Avalon Malibu Recovery Healthy Living

Whether we like it or not, change is inevitable. From the time we are born, we are constantly changing, growing, learning. When we are younger, these changes don’t seem so scary because we are excited to try new things; we… Read More ›

Investigation Techniques for Solving your Problems

October 26, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health Treatment

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Problems surround us every day – from small problems, such as managing an angry customer at work, to larger issues, such as… Read More ›

How Pets can Improve Mental Health

October 18, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

“Friends with benefits: on the positive consequences of pet ownership” published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology posits that pet owners fare better on self-esteem, exercise, greater conscientiousness, less fear, and feel less isolated. For someone who suffers… Read More ›

Can Yoga Benefit Mental Health Recovery?

September 28, 2017 Avalon Malibu QA Healthy Living

Yoga essentially means, “that which brings you to reality”. According to a study conducted in 2016, approximately 37 million Americans practice yoga. Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice that promotes health and relaxation through controlled breathing, meditation, and… Read More ›