Mentally STRONG with Dr. B
About 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. 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 strength, sharing her proprietary Mentally STRONG Method, and providing tips for developing mental strength.
Mentally STRONG with Dr. B
Latest Episodes
When High Achievement Hides Old Grief
I know firsthand what it means to hit a point where you feel you cannot carry one more thing, but real mental strength is not about pretending the past never happened. In this episode, Rich Dunning sits down with me to share how a ch...
Perimenopause and Mental Health: Why Hormones Matter
In this episode, I sit down with nurse practitioner Sharon Lemoine to talk about what self-agency actually looks like when your body and your mind are under pressure. Too many women over 45 are handed an antidepressant for anxiety, depre...
How to Stop People-Pleasing & Know Your Worth
You cannot like yourself or love yourself if you do not know who you are beneath everyone else's expectations.In this episode, I am joined by Deana Brown Mitchell to examine the addictive cycle of approval and the trainable method requir...
How Reactive Leadership Destroys Team Capacity with Gamal J Palmer
Running an organization demands extreme output, but raw grit alone will collapse your performance over time. When speed turns into constant reactivity, leaders don’t just hit their own capacity limit—they exhaust their entire executive team.