Tag: acceptance

Change Your Outlook With Acceptance & Gratitude

July 2, 2022 Avalon Malibu Staff Mental Health

Gratitude and acceptance have become common buzzwords in mental health and addiction treatment. What do these words mean, and how can you start to cultivate them? This article will explain how these practices can change your life and offer tips… Read More ›

Navigating Self-Sabotage

November 3, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Mental Health

Illustration of lady looking at images of herself

Self-sabotage is a common human experience, especially in the pursuit of reaching goals in your recovery and journey to wellness. The key is learning how the sabotage is related and how to deal with it. The way out of cycles… Read More ›

Acceptance is an Action Word

August 16, 2020 Avalon Malibu Recovery Treatment

Acceptance is a part of the 12-step program, and we hear “acceptance is the answer” in meetings all the time. However, acceptance is not just the illusion of not caring. Toleration is Not Acceptance When we tolerate someone, there is… Read More ›

Achieving Acceptance During the Pandemic

May 21, 2020 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

Many of us alcoholics and addicts are finding ourselves locked in quarantine with our families. This lockdown can contribute to many negative feelings as well as added stress, anxiety, and deeper depression. Despite all this, those of us in recovery… Read More ›

Changing the Discussion on Mental Illness

March 16, 2020 Avalon Malibu News Mental Health

Mental illness has many stigmas attached to it that often cause people to hide their experience. Words like “crazy”, “psycho”, and “weird” can be offensive and create feelings of shame in those that are silently suffering from a mental health… Read More ›

3 Signs You’re Starting To Accept Yourself

August 25, 2017 Avalon Malibu Alcohol Addiction

So much of mental illness in all of its forms relies on self-hatred and self-loathing. The brain is hardwired to notice and cling to negativity first, over positivity, which is why it takes so much mental training to practice positivity.… Read More ›