RECOMMENDED READING LIST:
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill
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
The Everything Guide to Codependency
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism, 2nd Edition
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
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
RECOMMENDED 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
HELPFUL 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
CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC PLACES +RESOURCES:
- Yoga West
- Nine Treasures Yoga
- 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