Ilene Berns-Zare PsyD

About

Ilene Berns-Zare, PsyD, PCC is a life and leadership coach, educator, and speaker. She writes about navigating personal and professional life with resilience, meaning, mindfulness, and well-being. Dr. Berns-Zare is committed to empowerment through learning, personal/professional development, and integrative well-being. She sees her writing, coaching, and speaking as offering a lens through which people can view fresh perspectives to ask life's important questions and access their own answers, strengths, and possibilities. She has PsyD and MA degrees in psychology, MS in Human Resource Development, and a BS in Education/Natural Science. Her professional coaching credentials include a PCC from International Coach Federation and CMC from MentorCoach. With an interest in the subtle life force energies that infuse daily living, she also has a Reiki Master certificate.

Recent Posts

12 Simple Ways to Increase Your Productivity

These tools could help you strengthen productivity in your day-to-day routine.

Why Is Gratitude So Good for You?

While you may not be able to change your circumstances, you do have influence over what you focus your attention on.

How We Can Communicate Across Differences and Build Bridges

Conversations across differences and and contrasting viewpoints can be quite challenging. These strategies may help you communicate more calmly and effectively.

Does Your Cup Feel Half Full or Half Empty?

Refill your cup: Reclaim some time and space in your life to renew and reinvigorate yourself.

Are Resilience and Spirituality Connected?

Renew your perspective as you navigate life’s vulnerabilities and challenges.

Living With Life’s Impermanence

Life is filled with impermanence. How can we let our losses call us to be higher, wiser, and more resilient versions of ourselves?

How Awe Helps Us During Difficult Times

Awe-inspiring experiences can increase our well-being and satisfaction with life. We can experience this in simple moments of everyday life.

Choosing Less: An Astounding Way to Have More

Do you want to experience greater happiness and satisfaction? Managing what you want could help you be happier with what you already have.

Negativity or Positivity? It’s Up to You

Negativity and unpleasant emotions are easy to generate, but in many circumstances, other options are available.

If You’re Feeling Lonely, You’re Not the Only One

Social connections really matter. What can you do to help reduce feelings of loneliness and experience more connection?