Choosing Happy 365 guides everyday people toward well-being, mindfulness, and real life fulfillment. Through counseling, workshops, and retreats, Positive Psychology Practitioner Amy Nardi helps you find what is best within yourself — and use it.
Serving individuals, couples, families, friends, groups, and businesses. Sessions offered in person at 36 Forestburgh Rd, Monticello, NY or via Zoom.
One-on-one guidance rooted in Positive Psychology. A realistic approach to everyday problems — with tools you actually take home with you.
Public workshops throughout the year covering well-being, meditation, character strengths, and more. Also customizable for private groups and companies.
All-inclusive retreats filled with kindness, laughs, exhales, personal growth, and love. Lodging, meals, activities, and supplies all included.
"Hi, my name is Amy Nardi and I am a Positive Psychology Practitioner. As a PPP, I use the science of Positive Psychology to guide those in need to better understand themselves, the choices they make, and how to live their happiest life."
Upon graduating from FIT, Amy built a career in the fashion industry. After 12 years in fashion she chose to be a full-time mom while also volunteering for philanthropic causes and managing the family business — a decade of personal exploration and growth.
"I am grateful to have overcome a multitude of hardships throughout my life and am able to use my experiences to empathize and offer firsthand guidance to my clients."
✦ NY State MWBE CertifiedThrough interactive, engaging workshops and seminars, Amy brings positive psychology tools to students, faculty, companies, families, and private groups. Here's a taste of what's on offer.
Learn coping skills and practices to find peace through sadness and grief, no matter how much time has passed.
Real, practical tools for overall happiness, drawn from the science of Positive Psychology.
Simple tricks — easy 3-minute meditations — for anyone who's ever thought "I can't clear my mind."
Dive into your own thoughts and shift the conversation with the voice in your head toward health and growth.
Identify your character strengths and understand how to utilize them in your daily life.
Understanding gratitude and all we have to be grateful for — a cornerstone of well-being.
Create your own PERMA formula for lasting well-being.
Build yourself up with a personal maxim you can return to on the hard days.
Choose whether personal struggles hold you down — or become fuel that pushes you forward.
Lodging, meals, activities, supplies — and a laid-back space to put yourself first for a weekend. A glimpse of what you'll walk into.











Public workshops and retreats are held throughout the year. Email for full dates and to reserve your spot.
A weekend where you put yourself first. Workshops, crafts, laughs, welcome gifts, arts & crafts, lodging and meals included.
Multi-day experience with workshops, a gallery reading with spiritual medium Alissa Smith, and all-inclusive lodging, meals, activities.
For tweens & teens and their moms: bond-building exercises, games, crafts, talent show, and workshops to strengthen your bond.
If you'd benefit from these services but can't afford the rates, the Sparkle Fund is here for you. Honoring Trish Piren — who lit up every room she entered, who really listened, who genuinely cared — may her light continue to shine by helping others to sparkle.
Apply by emailPositive Psychology is the science of well-being — studying what makes life worth living. As a PPP, Amy guides clients on how to find what is best within themselves to enhance their experiences of love, work, play, and overall life — as well as teach the skills to overcome obstacles as they arise.
Individuals, couples, families, friends, private groups, and businesses. Specialized work for women, children, tweens, teens, parents, seniors, retirees, and schools.
Private counseling is $100 per hour, or 4 sessions for $350 (for up to 2 people). Rates for more than 2 clients provided upon request. Retreats and workshops are priced per program — email for a full menu.
Both. In-person sessions are held at 36 Forestburgh Rd, Monticello, NY. Zoom sessions are available too — whichever works for you.
Yes. As an MWBE-certified business, Choosing Happy 365 offers a wide array of programs for students, faculty, parents, and guardians — from interactive workshops to full professional development days.
Contact Amy for a complimentary phone evaluation. She'll create a personalized happiness plan from there.