Mentally STRONG with Dr. B

There are many different ways that people experience grief and loss. This is the first in a series of videos on grieving the loss of a child through the different types of grief. No matter what happened, you will need to feel the paid of grief. This video deals with grief from a sudden and unexpected loss. 

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 purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.

Suicide is not an option | you have a choice | #notanoption​
Don't wait until it's too late!

I want to talk to you about shifting our mindset to "suicidal" being a thought or a feeling instead of an action. It does not have to be an action. We can all come together to make Suicide NOT AN OPTION.  We need to make a decision when our head is clear, not when you are having suicidal thoughts.  I hope that you can join me in a movement for a commitment for ourselves and encourage others to also make the commitment to make suicide #notanoption​.  Make that choice today.  I am praying for you on your journey.  God Bless.  -Dr. B

Suicide prevention is all of our responsibility. Even if you have never felt suicidal, make the decision and make a commitment to yourself today that suicide is NOT AN OPTION #notanoption​. 

I want this to go viral. Too many lives are lost to suicide each year. Tens of thousands of lives. You matter! 

If you are feeling suicidal, Call 911 or National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
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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 purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.

I am nervous to be sharing my thoughts on this topic. There are so many different types of therapy and many are effective. In this podcast I will explain how Choice Mapping can be the glue that brings all the modalities together and helps standardize treatment. 

In the mentally strong medical model we want to have a place where people can go, get an initial assessment for both counseling and medication so that they can be matched with the right person and the right treatment plan. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞❗

Do you need a mental health treatment? If you do, comment below and let me know if you want to become mentally strong! 

If you find the video useful, like it and hit the bell button to receive notifications the next time I publish something worth your time. Stay 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 pathway to becoming Mentally Strong & Choosing to be Happy.  With purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.

I am nervous to be sharing my thoughts on this topic. Psychopharmacology is not currently standardized in mental health care. In this video I will explain how the system has failed us in that the way that prescribers are set up to diagnose and treat mental illness is based on clusters of symptoms in the DSM5 and not by the circuits and receptors that form the neuropathways in our brains!

Visit this link for more information about Dr. Stephen Stahl
http://www.neiglobal.com/General/StahlSM/tabid/117/Default.aspx

Dr. Stahl offers coursework in his field and all of the Mentally STRONG providers are working towards becoming Master Psychopharmacologists. 


In the mentally strong medical model we want to have a place where people can go, get an initial assessment for both counseling and medication so that they can be matched with the right person and the right treatment plan. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞❗

Do you need a mental health treatment? If you do, comment below and let me know if you want to become mentally strong! 

If you find the video useful, like it and hit the bell button to receive notifications the next time I publish something worth your time. Stay 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 pathway to becoming Mentally Strong & Choosing to be Happy.  With purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.

Mental health stigma is a problem for many people and may prevent them from seeking help. Mental health is a lifetime journey, and we will cover this topic thoroughly in this series on the problems in the world of mental health care. 

Here are two usually recommended solutions that might not work for you:

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 M𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 is the solution❗ 🎯 In this podcast, I will reveal why Choice mapping is a solution to the problem of mental health stigma. Furthermore, you will learn proven and skillful tips on how to improve your mental health.

We use Choice Mapping beyond our professional counseling sessions. We empower you to do the Choice Mapping on your own or get together with someone and do a Stronger Together session. That person can be your best friend! If you use the same language for mental health and mental strength, the amount of time you will spend with a therapist will decrease and you will save out of pocket expenses!

In the mentally strong medical model we want to have a place where people can go, get an initial assessment for both counseling and medication so that they can be matched with the right person and the right treatment plan. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞❗

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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 purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.
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Being mentally strong is a lifetime journey, choice mapping can help you get there! 

Access to mental health treatment is a problem for many people usually due to high cost and insufficient coverage. Mental health is a lifetime journey, and we will cover this topic thoroughly in this series on the problems in seeking mental health treatments.

Here are two usually recommended solutions that might not work for you:

💊 Medication
👭🏼 Short and less frequent sessions

𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧❓

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠❗ 🎯 In this podcast, I will reveal why Choice mapping and "Stronger Together" course I developed, are a better option and how they work in tandem. Furthermore, you will learn proven and skillful tips on how to improve your mental health.

We use Choice Mapping beyond our professional counseling sessions. We empower you to do the Choice Mapping on your own or get together with someone and do a Stronger Together session. That person can be your best friend! If you use the same language for mental health and mental strength, the amount of time you will spend with a therapist will decrease and you will save out of pocket expenses!

In the mentally strong medical model we want to have a place where people can go, get an initial assessment for both counseling and medication so that they can be matched with the right person and the right treatment plan. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞❗

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 purpose, Dr. B has developed the phases that were refined within the Choice Mapping System that she created and wants to share with you.
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Being mentally strong is a lifetime journey, choice mapping can help you get there! 

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Discover the idea behind "Stronger together" that I developed.

Two major things that can prevent your positive thinking:

😞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬 (the response of harm or distress that comes from losing someone)

😱 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 (the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event)

𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 "𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫" 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

Check out the Stronger Together course using this link:
👉 Stronger TOGETHER (thinkific.com)

A "Stronger together" is based on finding a person in your life with who you can be supportive and have a mutually beneficial friendship. I started thinking about this concept of "Friend as a therapist" over a year ago as we were getting choice mapping of the ground. 

Choice mapping is based on cognitive behavior therapy which is a very solid, scientifically proven type of therapy. This is a way to teach you to identify and organize your brain and make the right choices for the future. 

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲❗

Doing choice mapping with someone who will hold you accountable, and allow you to go through a choice mapping journey will make you mentally strong. It's a different thing than doing it with a therapist or a mentor. As the end product, you will overcome depression, anxiety, and stress. This mind-blowing life hack for safe-care worked for hundreds of people and for me.

Things that prevent you from utilizing my technique:

❌ Being an introvert (You have no close friends)

❌ Being hurt by close friends before (You do not trust too many people now)

If the above sounds like you, here is a piece of advice:

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧❗ Relationships are important and we all need a person to talk to about our deepest darkest feelings and not feel judged. It's a mutually beneficial friendship because you are speaking the same language and you probably already know a lot about each other.

A Personal Vision for your relationships matters much more than a New Year’s resolution. This video is a part of a series of Personal Visions. I want to share my personal vision with you and give you a few tips that will impact your relationships in a great way.  

𝐌𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮❓

Here are a few essential questions you should ask yourself:

🙄 What’s holding me back from having a healthy relationship?
🤔 How do I choose to move forward?
😧 What can I do right now?
🤨 What can I do the next time I meet that person?

I have a general vision of my personal relationship with my grown children. I want to have a genuine, mutually beneficial, healthy relationship. Unfortunately, my adult child is not speaking to me.

If there is a relationship that you genuinely want to be good, then there are some actions that you need to take that are non-defensive. 

Personal vision for spirituality is the last video in the series about personal visions and it represents your relationship with God. So far, we talked about visions of where you want to be in specific different categories in your life. In this video, I also revealed some personal issues I was dealing with and how I think God helped me even when I thought he wasn’t there. 

We all make personal visions in the beginning of the year. In choice mapping we do it more often because it’s a part of the process. First, we write that personal vision at the top, but then we go down and try to identify the barriers. 

✔️ 𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝
❌ 𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝 

I share the Choice mapping formula and my spiritual struggles because I think there are so many people out there that have given up on God because they felt some pain. They feel like God wasn’t there when they needed him!

Having a genuine relationship with God is still my vision! What can I do now? I can pray and allow myself to talk to God.

Personal vision for weight loss is a part of the series of personal visions. My new year's resolution was to lose weight. In this video I will guide you through the choice mapping journey and reveal some essential tips about weight loss and resolutions.

𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭:
✔️ somebody notices when you gain or lose weight
✔️ someone tells you that being skinny is beautiful 

Can anxiety play a role in gaining weight? Yes, it can! I eat when I am anxious so obviously, that’s playing a role. 

Do you think that getting your weight under control will make you happy?
Being happy is a whole other level. Personal vision for weight loss is a good idea, but you need to dig deep and identify the reason behind that. If you are overweight, and it is impacting your health, you should make this a personal vision. 
On the other hand, if your weight is within your control, and you feel great, keep enjoying your meals, stay healthy and stay away from unnecessary diets.
This is a whole process of a mentally strong journey and I challenge you to do the whole process because I truly believe that you are mentally strong!