The Happiness Psychiatrist®: Sheenie Ambardar, M.D.

FAVORITE BOOKS:

Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill

How to Be Happy All the Time

I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression

Why Your Life Sucks: And What You Can Do About It

How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People–Their Secrets, Their Stories

Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl – A Woman’s Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

The Everything Guide to Codependency

What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Kundalini Yoga

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism, 2nd Edition

The Secret: The Power

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui: Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child

50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food

Food For Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters

The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Living Alone and Loving It

The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition: The Secret that Will Revolutionize your Relationships

Yoga Mind, Peaceful Mind: Simple Meditations for Overcoming Anxiety

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

Everyday Osho: 365 Daily Meditations for the Here and Now

FAVORITE VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS:

• Barlean’s Organic Oils Fresh Catch Fish Oil, ULTRA EPA-DHA
• Optivite (for Women) for help with PMS/PMDD
• Sublingual Vitamin B-12

FAVORITE WEBSITES FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES:

• Laughter Yoga International
• Science and Nonduality
• FindHappiness.org
• The Greater Good Science Center
• The Center for Compassion and Altruism at Stanford
• HeartMath Institute
• American Institute of Vedic Studies
• AuthenticHappiness.com
  
• AllAboutDepression.com
• Academy of Cognitive Therapy
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Psych Central
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Positive Psychology
• Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
• National Institute of Mental Health

FAVORITE PLACES IN CALIFORNIA:

• Vedanta Society of Southern California
• Krotona, the Theosophical Society in America 
• Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine Temple
• The Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens 
• Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA
• Southern California Vipassana Center
• Skylight Books