Mentally STRONG Academy: Embrace the Journey

This 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 li...

Dr. 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...

Raising 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...

Happy 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 sayin...

I 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...

Dr. 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...

Today 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...

Our 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 h...

Everyone 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. Cris...

Everyone 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...

This 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 depress...

Grief 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.  Ho...

This 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 man...

In 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, &...

Everyone 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...

One 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...

Do 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 tha...

Happy 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 ca...

In honor of Men's Health Month we are adding to our series on Men's Mental Health. In this video I will speak with my husband, Dr. Francis Bundukamara about how men can process grief. He tells his story of the grief he has been through and gives helpful tips. www.mentallystrong.com

In honor of June being Men's Health Month, I am doing a series on Men's Mental Health. Today I am interviewing Kenny Brown on the topic of PTSD in men. Listen to his powerful story about his experiences with deployment, military PTSD and trauma from his past. There is a way to organize your brain and process trauma.  #mensmentalhealth #menshealthmonth #mentallystrong Dr. Cristi Bundukama...

You ARE Mentally STRONG! But we can ALL be Mentally STRONGer and we can do it together! I created what I call "The Mentally STRONG Method". It is a scientifically cognitive behavioral based approach that EVERYONE can learn to improve their mental strength. The method has four phases and each one serves a specific purpose to help you improve your mental strength. We are launching our firs...

Dr. B was recently featured on Our Town with Sarada Connors. Here is a clip from that feature!

I currently live in Colorado and there have been TWO major mass shootings here and very close to and also in my community in the last few months. In Boulder, Colorado at a King Sooper and also in Colorado Springs, in a family's home. This rocks me to the core, it rocks the community to the core. People want answers about why this happens. People are angry, they talk about gun laws and problem...

There is no such thing as a perfect parent, but we CAN raise Mentally STRONG Kids! Our online course is launching June 1st, pre-order now for a discount https://www.mentallystrong.com/raisingmentallystrongkids 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 feel...

Dr. B and Special Guest Charlene Walters PhD discuss our Raising Mentally STRONG Kids Course! Register Here: www.mentallystrong.com/raisingmentallystrongkids Charlene Walters, PhD https://ownyourother.com/ 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...