Mentally STRONG Academy: Embrace the Journey
241 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAbout Dr. B
Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D., PMHNP has been a psychiatric nurse practitioner since 2000, gaining extensive experience over the last several decades. Her medical career began as an Army Medic before attending nursing school and receiving a master’s degree as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Florida International University (FIU). She went on to receive a doctorate in Education at Nova Southeastern University. From there, she launched the first Mentally STRONG Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO which is committed to access and serves over 7,000 patients. She also founded the Mentally STRONG Academy. Today, when she’s not at the clinic attending to her patients, Dr. B dedicates a large portion of her time to speaking about mental health issues, sharing methods for processing grief, and providing tips for developing mental strength.
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ANXIETY - What is Generalized Anxiety and how do we treat it? Demystifying the DSM with Dr. B
July 06, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.45 MBWhat is generalized anxiety and how do we treat it? Anxiety is a completely normal emotion, and it is protective in that it is part of our natural "fight or flight" response. What do we do when anxiety is at a level that is impeding function? -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stres...
ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING: How to handle your reaction and collective grief
July 01, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBInjustice Grief Anxiety There are so many emotions brought up in all of us, even if you have no connection with the town or the victims. Collective grief. How can we handle these emotions when they come up? Watch to find out. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, s...
ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING: How to handle your reaction and collective grief
July 01, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBInjustice Grief Anxiety There are so many emotions brought up in all of us, even if you have no connection with the town or the victims. Collective grief. How can we handle these emotions when they come up? Watch to find out. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, s...
SENIORS and GRIEF: How to process grief and find your happy moments
June 29, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.76 MBHave you experienced significant loss? Learn how to process grief. FREE WEBINAR: You are invited to a Zoom meeting. Grief for Seniors When: Jul 13, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdeyvqTIuGtNn66quO_21xFSR17F0PkXk After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health N...
ROE vs. WADE: What is your story? Dialectical Thinking
June 28, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBRoe vs Wade Overturned Wow...and Ouch. Dialectical Thinking: I AM PRO CHOICE & I AM PRO LIFE Both can be true Have empathy and compassion, relationships are a priority. Listen to the stories. These are real women, real people. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. Howev...
KETAMINE - How to get the most out of your treatments - Dr. B Mentally STRONG
June 24, 2022 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBHow can you get the most out of your ketamine treatments? Watch this video as Dr. B discusses how to be intentional with your ketamine treatments and how to get the most out of those treatments. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway ...
AGORAPHOBIA - What is it? - How do we treat it? - Demystifying the DSM with Dr. B
June 23, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.26 MBHave you always been afraid to leave the house or is it just post pandemic? We were all forced to stay home for a long time and learn to like it and function. Agoraphobia is that fear of going out, fear of not being able to escape when you go out. Dr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM and we're in the anxiety disorder categories and today we're going to talk about agoraphobia. Oftentimes someone with agoraphobia experiences panic level anxiety when they are trying to do very sp...
IS KETAMINE SAFE? - Treatment Resistant Depression - Mentally STRONG
June 17, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBKetamine and Esketamine (Spravato) are approved for use in treating refractory or treatment resistant depression and suicidality. Have you been considering ketamine treatment and are wondering if it's safe, physically and emotionally? Is Ketamine safe? Dr. B has experience administering ketamine for different purposes over a long period of time starting when she was 17 years old in the army. Watch this video to hear all about her experiences and her opinion on whether the drug is safe for t...
LIVE COURSE: Healing Through the Mentally STRONG Method - What is it? - Dr. B - 2022
June 16, 2022 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.88 MBWatch this video if you are interested in learning more about the Healing Through the Mentally STRONG Method live course in Colorado Springs. Next Course Date: Friday, July 15th 2022 - 9 am - 5 pm Register: mentallystrong.com/events 8 CEU credits available for licensed professionals. -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as dep...
PANIC Disorder - Demystifying the DSM - Mentally STRONG
June 14, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.41 MBPANIC DISORDER - Using the Mentally STRONG Method, we would take a Thought Map and we would say: Panic anxiety, last time you had a panic attack. What was going on? What about in the past when you had a panic attack? What was going on? You know, when was the first time you had a panic attack and what was going on? Did you ever have a panic attack or even anxiety in your childhood, right? These are the questions that we would ask to kind of see what the patterns are that brings on that physic...
When Grief Gets in the Way: Mentally STRONG with Dr. B
June 10, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBWhat can you do when grief gets in the way of your Personal Vision? Listen to this podcast to find out how Dr. B handles it when grief gets in the way. www.mentallystrong.com/grief -- Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway to becoming Ment...
SOCIAL ANXIETY: Demystifying the DSM - Mentally STRONG with Dr. B
June 07, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.74 MBDo you think you have social anxiety? Does one of your best friends or someone you really care about have lots of anxiety or anticipation about going out into social settings? Listen to this video. All right Dr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM and the next one is social anxiety. I often hear people say, “Oh, I have social anxiety.” But to have social anxiety, remember anything in the DSM, the first criteria is that there's an impairment in function, like you're not doing thing...
PHOBIAS - Demystifying the DSM: Specific Phobias - 2022 - Systematic Desensitization
June 01, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes - 3.56 MBDo you or someone you know have a very specific phobia that isn't related to another diagnosis such as PTSD? Watch this video! 😱 Dr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM and today, we're going to be talking about specific phobias, which is one of my fun topics that I talk about. But just to clarify, specific phobias are around a specific thing, not associated with another disorder, so not associated with post-traumatic stress. If you have a specific fear and it’s related to being t...
Demystifying the DSM: Selective Mutism
May 24, 2022 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.63 MBSELECTIVE MUTISM – Are you wondering whether your child is showing signs of Selective Mutism? Dr. B discusses the diagnosis in the DSM-V. See below for a transcript of the video: Dr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM. Today I'm going to talk about Selective Mutism, which is also, I talked about with separation anxiety disorder, this is often a symptom of something else, but it does have its own diagnostic criteria because the treatment might be different. And it’s also super ...
SELECTIVE MUTISM: Demystifying the DSM
May 24, 2022 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.63 MBSELECTIVE MUTISM – Are you wondering whether your child is showing signs of Selective Mutism? Dr. B discusses the diagnosis in the DSM-V. See below for a transcript of the video: Dr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM. Today I'm going to talk about Selective Mutism, which is also, I talked about with separation anxiety disorder, this is often a symptom of something else, but it does have its own diagnostic criteria because the treatment might be different. And it’s also super ...
Demystifying the DSM: Separation Anxiety
May 17, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MBDr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM and we're going into anxiety disorders, which is a huge bucket or cluster of symptoms. Oftentimes, I'll be saying, we really need to be assessing and looking at what's going on because these really are not, many of them, are not isolated individual diagnosis. Okay, so the order, I'm going to just stick with consistency and go in the order of the DSM, but it's not necessarily in the order of importance or how frequently we're seeing it. But t...
Demystifying the DSM: Depressive Disorders (Depressed Mood)
May 10, 2022 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.16 MBDr. B here with Demystifying the DSM and this video is specifically on that cluster of other depressive disorders which I'm going to include, for all of us who experience depression. What can we do about that? The next several pages in the DSM talks about substance or medication induced depression. Again, anything that crosses the blood brain barrier: illegal drugs as well as even cannabis can cause depressive symptoms because it decreases neurotransmission and then there are depressive diso...
Demystifying the DSM: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
May 03, 2022 18:00 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MBDr. B here with our series on Demystifying the DSM and today I'm talking about PMDD, and if there's men listening, this is a real disorder, and it should be treated. Oftentimes many, many women experience PMS symptoms. But PMDD is to a point of really needing treatment. And even PMS, I want to empower women that even PMS can be treated. I personally take birth control pills on a constant to stop ovulation so that I do not experience those PMS symptoms. That is one of the treatments that we u...
Demystifying the DSM: Dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder)
April 26, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MBDr. B here with our series on Demystifying the DSM. So, the next depressive disorder in the series is called persistent depressive disorder or dysthymia. In the clinic environment we often don't see people with Dysthymia. But maybe they've gotten into their late 20s, early 30s, and now they're going, “Gosh, I just, I've been depressed or down my whole life.” But don't meet criteria for major depressive disorder, have never had any severe depression where they felt like they needed treatment....
Demystifying the DSM: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
April 19, 2022 19:00 - 6 minutes - 4.25 MBDr. B here with our series on Demystifying the DSM. Today I'm going to talk about Major Depressive Disorder and it's kind of ironic to only be doing a 5-minute video on what is the most prevalent diagnosis that we see in our clinic. So many people are struggling with depressive symptoms, and so I want to really help our listeners differentiate the depressive symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder. We all experience symptoms of depression, of extreme sadness, and we often use depression as an ...
Demystifying the DSM: Unspecified Bipolar & Other Types
April 12, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MBDr. B here, with our series on Demystifying the DSM. Now I'm going to sum up the other bipolar type of diagnosis. I don't personally study the DSM, and so it's kind of funny that I'm doing this Demystifying the DSM series. I personally study Dr. Stahl and his symptoms and receptors, and any professionals out there, that's who I recommend that you study from. These videos are more for our clients to understand these diagnosis, and when I'm talking to my clients, I'm very specific about “don't...
Demystifying the DSM: Bipolar II
April 05, 2022 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MBDr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM and today I'm going to be talking about Bipolar 2 which is significantly harder to diagnose and I'm very cautious and conservative in giving this diagnosis. I feel like, sometimes people have been told that they're moody, that they're bipolar by their friends or their significant other because they have extreme fluctuations in mood. But depression can cause extreme fluctuations in mood. Anxiety can cause that, and PTSD is known for causing s...
Demystifying the DSM: Bipolar I
March 29, 2022 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.41 MBDr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM. Today I'm going to be talking about Bipolar I. This is the most severe type of bipolar. Although the DSM clearly distinguishes bipolar 1, bipolar 2 and cyclothymia, I see clinically that this is more like a continuum. Bipolar diagnosis does not necessarily mean a severe mental illness, but Bipolar I - severe can be very, very debilitating and cause disability. So, it's really on this continuum. When we talk about bipolar one, this is the cl...
Demystifying the DSM: Unspecified Psychosis
March 08, 2022 23:00 - 6 minutes - 4.24 MBHi! Dr. B here demystifying the DSM and finishing up the psychotic disorders. So, we've been going over all the different psychotic disorders and the last you know 7 disorders here in this cluster are really not specifically psychotic disorders treated by psychiatrist. We have the substance abuse psychotic disorder, so this means that somebody is intoxicated, and they come in, and they're psychotic because they're intoxicated or someone who is going through withdrawal and has psychotic sympt...
Demystifying the DSM: Schizoaffective Disorder
March 01, 2022 21:00 - 5 minutes - 3.54 MBDr. B here in our series demystifying the DSM and we are on psychotic disorders. Today I'm going to be talking about schizoaffective disorder, so if you came across this just in like a search for schizoaffective disorders, it's going to be important to also look at the schizophrenia video and either the bipolar or depressive videos. Because Schizoaffective brings in those symptoms. And if I'm talking to practitioners the differential diagnosis here sometimes gets confusing, and I have seen p...
Demystifying the DSM: Schizophrenia
February 22, 2022 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MBDr. B here Demystifying the DSM and we are in the series on psychotic disorders. I don't want to lose some of my followers. Psychotic disorders are our least common diagnosed mental health concern. However, they are the most catastrophic and life changing as far as function and that really brings me to the diagnosis of schizophrenia. When somebody is diagnosed with schizophrenia, they have had psychotic symptoms for longer than six months and actively in a 30-day period. The main criteria ar...
Demystifying the DSM: Brief Psychotic Disorder & Schizophreniform
February 15, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.68 MBDr. B here with demystifying the DSM and we're in the series on psychotic disorders and I'm going to clump the next two together. Brief psychotic disorder and schizophreniform. So, brief psychotic disorder, say someone presents to the emergency room or a psychiatric hospital, or even in the outpatient psychiatric center and they are meeting criteria for psychosis. They have maybe delusions and hallucinations, but it's very important, and one of the criteria for having some of the other disor...
Demystifying the DSM: Psychotic Disorders - Delusional Disorder
February 08, 2022 22:00 - 3 minutes - 2.73 MBDr. B here with our series on demystifying the DSM. The next six videos will be specifically on psychotic disorders, so that's the second cluster in the DSM and I'm just going to go in order, not in order of how often we see them. But just in order of the DSM, so that if you are following along and trying to learn. We're just going chapter by chapter. So, in the first part of this. Psychotic disorders. It mentions schizotypal, but that's a personality disorder. And I'll cover it more when we...
Demystifying the DSM: Adult ADD & ADHD
February 01, 2022 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.88 MBDr. B here doing our demystifying the DSM of neurodevelopmental disorders and I'm ending with adult ADD ADHD. Confession, I have ADD but I also choose not to treat it with medications, so I'm going to go through why and the pros and cons and how to know if you truly have ADD or ADHD. If you were diagnosed as a child, then likely it has followed you into adulthood and that diagnosis is a little easier. With myself, I'm almost 50, and so I grew up in the age where my mom did not want to put me...
Demystifying the DSM: ADHD in Children
January 25, 2022 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.63 MBDr. B here and we are demystifying the DSM and we are going through neurodevelopmental disorders and today I'm going to talk about ADHD which is the most commonly diagnosed in children. It's very important that we don't just take a child and say, oh he's hyper, he won't pay attention. And I say “he” because ADHD is most commonly diagnosed in boys. And you know, slap that label on a child, put them on Ritalin. And I think that there's a lot of controversy around this. When a mother or parent...
Demystifying the DSM: Autism
January 18, 2022 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBAlright Dr. B here with demystifying the DSM and we are in the neurodevelopmental chapter of the DSM and I would like to talk about autism today. Unfortunately, this is a diagnosis that we are continuing to see a rise in. Lots of young children are being diagnosed with autism. What that is from is not what this video is about, but it's something that every practitioner and even parents and should all know what autism is. If you have a child with autism, what you should be trying to do and. ...
Demystifying the DSM: Neurodevelopmental Disorders Intellectual Disability
January 11, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.68 MBDr. B here starting my series on demystifying the DSM. So, the DSM is a book that we use to diagnose mental health conditions and there are several versions. We're on version 5 right now. It changes a little bit each time a new version comes out. I'm going to spend this year literally going through this and talking about how we treat these things here at Mentally STRONG And how to use cognitive behavioral thinking to grasp these disorders, right? Mental health is very different than othe...
Choosing Joy in the Holidays when You Don't Feel It - Mentally STRONG
December 21, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 MBThis is our YouTube video right before Christmas, and I've been talking about Christmas with your kids and raising mentally strong kids and finding the joy in Christmas. Well, if you're anything like me this year, it's hard, and it's been hard honestly since I lost my son Reggie in 2016. Christmas is always important to me and it's a reminder of the loss. If you're listening today and you have lost somebody. Yes, feel that grief. Feel that pain but find joy. Today I want to talk about, how d...
Tips on Kids and Holiday Traditions: Raising Mentally STRONG Kids
December 14, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBDr. B here! Talking about kids and the holidays. Last time I talked about expectations and today I want to talk about traditions. When we are trying to raise Mentally STRONG Kids and we are coming into the holidays, we might have family traditions, spiritual traditions, or things around the holidays that you want to instill in your children as important. I just want to share my story. Honestly, it took me until my late forties to really have balanced thinking around my whole life and I look ...
Raising Mentally STRONG Kids: Tips on Gift Giving during the Holidays
November 30, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.49 MBRaising Mentally STRONG Kids - Mentally STRONG Hi Dr. B here, we are officially in the holiday season and December is coming and Christmas. I remember growing up my grandmother made such a big deal about Christmas. It was her favorite holiday, and it wasn't really a religious connotation for her. It was about giving. I really think maybe her love language was giving gifts and she would start shopping for Christmas gifts even before Thanksgiving. It's like it was in in Christmas, was always ...
How to find Gratitude in Grief
November 24, 2021 02:00 - 6 minutes - 4.27 MBHappy Thanksgiving Week I’m finishing up the grief series and so I’m pulling myself together and talking about gratefulness in grief. We're going into Thanksgiving and then the holiday season and you know, finding that gratefulness and what does gratefulness do to our mental health and our mental strength? Being grateful in the midst of difficulty and pain, is a choice. And I'm not saying, to go around being fake and pretending to be grateful when you're really angry or hurting. You have to ...
Grieving a Living Loved One: Addiction
November 17, 2021 03:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MBI don't talk about my brother very often. Because I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed. I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I am trying to teach and share mental strength with so many people. And my own brother, I'm losing him to drugs. So Wayne is still here. He is very much alive. But he is choosing to continue to use substances, and I feel like I could help him, I have all these resources, but am I enabling him because he has me as a lifeline? Is he not ever really hitting rock bottom...
How to Handle Anticipatory Grief - Mentally STRONG
November 09, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MBDr. B here in my series on grief. Today's topic is on anticipatory grief, this happens the first time I experienced anticipatory grief was when my grandmother, who was a big part of raising me my closest relationship at the time was diagnosed with cancer and then the treatment wasn't working and there was this progression and the anticipatory grief of her passing and I know that a lot of people go into grief in this way, right? Maybe your family members on Hospice. Maybe they were diagnosed ...
How to handle GRIEF and GUILT - Mentally STRONG
November 02, 2021 15:00 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MBToday I want to focus on guilt around grief, you know I hear this a lot when people are talking about grief and you'll notice I'm grabbing this, these are Reggie’s ashes that I wear with me and you know, there's sometimes guilt, shame, anger around a grief and this is why it's so important when we're teaching the Mentally STRONG Method is that we help you to separate these things. I'm going to tell you about guilt today. The guilt of “could I have done something different? What did I do w...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Behaviors and Choices
September 14, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBOur behaviors and choices play a big part in our mental strength. In this, the last video in a series of 6 on the Mentally STRONG Method, Dr. B discusses how behaviors and choices impact you and how to organize and control them. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, s...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Anxiety & Worry
September 07, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 6 MBEveryone experiences anxiety to some degree, and a low level of anxiety can be helpful in keeping us productive. It's when the anxiety is overwhelming that we need to get it under control. You do have the power to control your anxiety. In this 5th video of 6 in the series on The Mentally STRONG Method, Dr. B discusses anxiety, how it impacts you, and how you can organize your brain. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of He...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Negative Thought
August 31, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MBEveryone experiences negative thought. This is the 4th video in a series on the Mentally STRONG Method. Learn about negative thoughts, how they impact you and how you can organize them. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway to becoming ...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Trauma
August 24, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MBThis is the 3rd in a series of 6 podcasts about the Mentally STRONG Method. Learn about trauma, what it is, how it impacts you and how you can organize your brain! Think, organize, choose. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway to becomi...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Grief
August 21, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MBGrief is one of the ten categories in The Mentally STRONG Method. Learn more about grief, what it is and how to organize it in your brain. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway to becoming Mentally Strong & Choosing to be Happy. With pu...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Core Connections & Triggers
August 20, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.48 MBThis is the first podcast in a series of 6 on The Mentally STRONG Method, I will be working with you through the categories, and what they mean for your life! Today I am talking about core connections and triggers. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has develop...
Making Time for Your Mental Health
August 19, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MBIn this podcast I discuss the importance of making time for your mental health! It impacts all the areas of your life, if you are struggling, take time to work on you. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new pathway to becoming Mentally Strong & C...
What to do when you feel OVERWHELMED
August 18, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.43 MBEveryone feels overwhelmed at some point in their lives, what matter is how we react to that feeling! Join me as I discuss how you can learn to think, organize and choose using The Mentally STRONG Method. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new p...
What to do with SHAME & DOUBT
August 17, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBOne of my followers recently requested a video about shame and doubt and so in this video I talk about what to do with shame and doubt. Remember to think, organize and choose; and you ARE Mentally STRONG. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However, she has developed a new p...
The Mentally STRONG Method: Special Guest Tatiana Rainey
August 16, 2021 22:00 - 3 minutes - 2.19 MBDo you want to learn to be Mentally STRONG? Dr. B and Tatiana, shares her story of success with using The Mentally STRONG Method. A simple cognitive behavioral technique that you can learn to help you to think, organize and choose. Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D, PMHNP-BC --- A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Healthcare Education has experienced unimaginable trials that have caused many feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, & overwhelming stress. However...
How to Work on a Relationship with your Father
June 27, 2021 03:00 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBHappy Father's Day to all the fathers out there, especially my own. My father adopted me when I was 9 years old and I know it was not easy, so if you are reading this Dad, thank you! In my video today I address common issues that come up in women's relationships with their fathers and how to start working on a relationship if you have grown apart. If your relationship with your father can be functional, this does not include abusive situations, then reach out and start to build that relation...