Debra Burdick
LCSW
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Mindfulness , ADHD, Stress, Healing Expert
Debra Burdick Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Mindfulness, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Best Sellers
- Mindfulness Skills Workbook for Clinicians and Clients, Mindfulness Skills for Kids and Teens: A Workbook for Clinicians and Clients, ADHD: Non-medicatio Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens, Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD
- Career Focus
- International expert on Mindfulness and ADHD. Award winning, best selling Author, Speaker, Business owner
Debra Burdick, LCSW, also known as ‘The Brain Lady’, is an award-winning, best-selling author of 5 books and a card deck. She recently retired from her 25 year private psychotherapy practice to slow down and continue writing. Debra specializes in mindfulness, ADHD, healing, depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep. Throughout her career she has been a pioneer in creating and teaching mindfulness skills to improve mental health. Debra originally created and used these skills personally to deal with her own chronic illness (thankfully healed). Her healing journey included learning to meditate and opening up to receiving spirit messages. Her latest published work is a digital card deck, Radical Self-Care When You Are Ill. 52 Skills and Affirmations to Help You Restore Your Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being. You can sign up for her free newsletter and learn more about her books, card deck, audio meditations and excellent resources at www.TheBrainLady.com.
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Debra Burdick Audio & Video Programs
Mindfulness Toolkit CD/mp3
http://www.thebrainlady.com/mindfulness-toolkit.html
Mindfulness Toolkit for Kids CD/mp3
http://thebrainlady.com/products/cds/mindfulness-toolkit-for-kids-mp3/
100 Brain-changing Mindfulness Strategies to Integrate Into Clinical Practice - Workshop
https://www.pesi.com/store/detail/17223/100-brain-changing-mindfulness-techniques-to-integrate
Mindfulness Toolkit for Kids and Teens - Workshop
https://www.pesi.com/store/detail/6949/mindfulness-toolkit-for-kids-and-teens-skills-to-teach
Childhood ADHD: Non-medicatio Treatment and Strategies that Change the Brain
https://www.pesi.com/store/detail/9722/childhood-adhd-advanced-non-drug-treatments-and-strategies
Meditations for Concentration
http://www.thebrainlady.com/meditations-for-concentration.html
Debra Burdick Books
Mindfulness Skills Workbook fo Clinicians and Clients
http://thebrainlady.com/products/mindfulness-skills-workbook-for-clinicians-and-clients/
Mindfulness Skills for Kids and Teens
http://thebrainlady.com/mindfulness-skills-for-kids-teens/
ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens
http://thebrainlady.com/products/adhd-non-medication-treatments-skills-for-children-and-teens/
Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD
https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Teens-ADHD-Skill-Building-Workbook/dp/162625625X/ref=sr_tnr_p_1_13922511011_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490311123&sr=8-1&keywords=mindfulness+for+teens+with+adhd
Mindfulness for Kids with ADHD
https://thebrainlady.com/mindfulness-for-kids-with-adhd/
Mindfulness Skills for Kids Card Deck
https://thebrainlady.com/products/mindfulness-skills-for-kids-card-deck-and-3-card-games/
ADHD and SLEEP. CHILDREN and ADULTS Sleep Better Tonight!
http://www.thebrainlady.com/ADHDandSleepBook.html
Special Report: My Five Proven Secrets For Overcoming Depression and Anxiety
http://thebrainlady.com/fiveprovensecrets.html
Radical Self-Care When You Are Ill.
https://thebrainlady.com/radical-self-care-when-you-are-ill/
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Rest for the Weary
If you are like most people these days, your life is full of things that need to be done. No matter how much you do, there is always more to be done. There are chores around the house and yard, cooking and cleaning, chauffeuring the kids to their activities, helping them get their homework done, going to work, and on and on. Even friends who are retired tell me they are so busy they wonder how they ever had time to work. So how do you take care of yourself and rest?
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7 Healing Steps to a New Story and a New You
As some of you know I was injured this winter. The Cliff notes version of what happened is that someone collided with me on the ski slopes which caused a concussion (and yes I was wearing my helmet) and a hole in the lining of my carotid artery wall which closed off the artery and then led to a small stroke. The doctor told me that of three people he knows of that had this same carotid artery tear, one is ok, one is a vegetable, and one is dead. Are you beginning to understand why I am so happy and grateful to be here?
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Too Depressed or Stressed to Enjoy the Holidays?
How are you feeling right now, at this time of year? Do you feel like you have way too much to do? I know I do. On top of all the tasks we usually do every day, there are gifts to buy and wrap, parties to attend (or give), h'eour d'eouvres to make, perhaps a Christmas tree to buy or put together, decorations to get out of storage, sort out and put up, electric candle lights to replace when they burn out, school or church activities to attend with our children - you know what I mean. It can be stressful and exhausting.
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ADHD: Will Counseling Help Your Child Succeed?
If you suspect or know your child has Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), counseling and/or coaching can be extremely helpful for you and your child. Please notice I said you and your child. YOU MUST be involved in this process. How you treat your child, how you react to them, the tone of voice you use, the words you say, how you nurture and support them is the most important thing you do for your child. Your child cannot change in your family system if you keep doing everything the way you have always done it.
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It’s Your Brain: Are You Protecting It?
Protecting your brain is an extremely important component of optimum brain fitness. Damage can occur in a variety of ways including obvious ones like accidents and illness. But be wary of those cleaning products and even cosmetics that we expose ourselves and our children to on a routine basis. Just think how your bathroom smells after a shower or a cleaning. Many of those fragrances and chemicals act as neurotoxins to our brain. One author calls this ‘chemical brain injury’. Do WHATEVER YOU CAN TO AVOID the following threats to your brain.
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Food for Thought
If you are like most people you want to keep your brain as healthy as possible for as long as possible. It is sobering to hear that a British study found that our brain's ability to reason and remember starts to decline as early as age 45. The good news is that we can take steps to protect our brain from decline and to maintain peak performance. It turns out that the same lifestyle habits that protect our heart also protect our brain from developing dementia.
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Five Simple Mindfulness Skills That Work
Mindfulness meditation consists of skills and methods to unplug from the busy world around you and from the busy 'monkey brain' so often experienced in today's life and particularly in ADHD, anxiety and depression. According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness meditation trains and reinforces the ability to pay attention to the present moment, on purpose which helps to increase concentration, decrease anxiety, improve sleep, improve mood, decrease the stress response, and improve physical and emotional health. The studies are compelling about the health benefits of mindfulness meditation.
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Did You Know That Stress Can Kill?
Did you know that 75-90% of all visits to primary care physicians are due to stress-related illness? We've all heard about stress: what causes it, what it does to us. But have you really thought about the stressors in your life? And have you developed healthy habits for managing stress?
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May I Have Your Attention Please?
The other day, as I waited for the elevator in my office building, I noticed a young mother sitting on the bench in the lobby. Her tiny baby was snuggled in a baby carrier on the floor and her two year old girl was busy trying to get on the elevator with me. The mom was hunched over, phone in hand, text messaging or emailing, or whatever else she might have been doing from her phone. Meanwhile, she essentially ignored her two kids. They may as well have been invisible to her as she was completely focused on her phone.
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Is Fear Holding You Back?
What is fear? Fear is an emotion that is basic to our survival and occurs in response to anything by which we feel threatened, real or imagined. It allows us to recognize danger so we can protect ourselves. In the brain, fear is triggered by a stressful stimulus that prompts a release of chemicals that causes a racing heart, fast breathing and energized muscles, among other things, known as the ‘Fight-or-Flight’ response. Fear activates our ‘Fight-or-Flight’ response so we can flee to get away from danger or fight to survive.
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What’s in Your Way of Attracting Abundance?
There are 3 major ways that we block ourselves from attracting what we desire. These include our false beliefs, fears, and core wounds. They are all related to what we have stored in our subconscious mind.
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Five Ways to Avoid 'Overwhelm'
If you are like many people these days you are feeling chronically overwhelmed. And if you have ADHD you probably struggle more than most. Feeling overwhelmed occurs when we feel we have too much to do and not enough time to do it. We fall behind and we are constantly trying to catch up and keep up with the demands on us. Phew! I felt that familiar feeling of overwhelm just writing that sentence! Here are some great suggestions for how to avoid overwhelm.
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Advanced Options, LLC
Advanced Options, LLC is the home of the Brain Power System for Outrageous Success™ which consists of 10 simple steps for success and results. Please visit us for more information.
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The Brain Lady
Feel better, think better, perform at your peak. Holistic approach to success for: ADHD, depression, anxiety, addictions, relationships, spirituality.
September 3, 2009
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Debra Burdick
Practicing mindfulness has given me a new life. Find out how here.
Mindfulness is a powerful way to rewire the brain into healthier and more helpful patterns. The research shows it changes the brain's electrical activity, blood flow and structure. I teach brain-changing mindfulness skills that help with most mental health disorders including depression anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, PTSD plus pain, stress, sleep, healing and more.
Visit www.TheBrainLady.com for free video training as well as books, CDs, mp3s and workshops that provide CEUs.
Contacting Debra Burdick
22946 Lone Oak Dr
860.460.6899
deb@TheBrai Lady.com
How to get started
For more information about Mindfulness and/or ADHD visit: http://www.TheBrainLady.com