Tag: gratitude

How Practicing Gratitude Can Shift Your Perspective

January 8, 2024 Avalon Malibu Staff Treatment

Often, when you struggle with addiction and mental health, it can be easy to fall into negative thoughts. For example, you may think there is no way out of addiction. You could believe that you have been unwell for too… Read More ›

Learning to Live With Gratitude

September 27, 2022 Avalon Malibu Staff Mental Health

Experiencing anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues can make it easy to only be aware of “negative” things happening in your life. Living with mental illness also means experiencing cognitive distortions, which can cause all-or-nothing thinking such as only… Read More ›

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 ›

Practicing an Attitude of Gratitude

December 1, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Mental Health

Expressing gratitude is a practice of appreciating what you are grateful for in your life. Perhaps expressing gratitude may feel like it is too simple to make a difference in how you feel and perhaps seems inaccessible during challenging times.… Read More ›

Using Gratitude to Aid Your Recovery

June 4, 2021 Avalon Malibu Staff Healthy Living Recovery Emotional Happiness

Inside all of us resides a secret weapon for healing and fostering a positive mindset, known as gratitude. When you practice gratitude, you allow yourself to notice and feel appreciation for all you have in life, not limited to material… Read More ›

Stabilize Yourself in Recovery

June 12, 2020 Avalon Malibu Treatment Recovery

One of the best feelings in recovery is one of strength, gratitude, and stability. Of course, this always takes time. Whether you are seeking treatment for addiction or mental illness, it’s important to get yourself into a state of calm… Read More ›

Harnessing Gratitude in Recovery: Your Ultimate Guide

July 28, 2019 Avalon Malibu Treatment Recovery

Earlier this year, website Happier Human, which posts articles related to happiness, health and overall wellbeing, explained that gratitude is a sense of feeling happy – which stems from appreciation. When we’re feeling more grateful, we’re likely to be in… Read More ›

Can Your Psychological Outlook Affect Your Physical Health?

August 15, 2017 Avalon Malibu Recovery

How many times do we tell ourselves we can’t do something, then prove ourselves right? We set up defeatist limits for ourselves all of the time. In a moment of clarity, perhaps what some might call hope, faith, or courage,… Read More ›

Why Is Practicing Gratitude Important For Recovery?

May 6, 2017 Avalon Malibu Addiction Healthy Living Eating Disorders

The word grateful is an adjective. According to definition, it is a “feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.” Gratefulness, or gratitude, is about thankfulness. It’s a feeling as well as an action. Being grateful is more than saying… Read More ›

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

January 12, 2017 Avalon Malibu Healthy Living Mental Health

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 ›