'...And I Wept."
Any and everything can be a trigger. The definition for trigger is "...initiating a process or reaction..." A trigger is when something...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Apr 6, 2023
- 3 min
We Are Not Okay
I recently noticed that I hold a degree of angst in my body and have continued to do so for years only to be triggered and escalated with...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
Good CoDe, Bad CoDe
I describe myself as a person in recovery, a recovering codependent. It all began at the beginning. As a child, I was told I was special...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Is it Right or Wrong?
Most parents have used the phrase, "there's a right way and wrong way to do anything.” Of course, our point is that our way is the right...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- May 22, 2022
- 3 min
When Friends Break-Up
The word “friend” doesn’t mean what it used to. Today we consider the people who follow us on the various social media platforms to be...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
Pruning & Other Boundary Terms
My great aunt had a green thumb. Her house was filled with an array of plants. Plants like Venus Fly Trap, Chicken and Hen, Aloe Vera,...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
Problems, Processes, & Paradigms
A scene opens and we catch a glimpse of a desperate, co-dependent wife, scrambling to “make” her addict husband sober-up and be the man...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jan 8, 2022
- 2 min
The Blessing behind Falling
Covid 19 confined us to our homes in 2020 and we’ve been spiraling to gain some sense of normalcy since. One of our greatest fears,...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Dethrone Momma
As a clinician, I have learned the importance of doing family of origin work. It is the key element to unearthing our core beliefs about...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Pressure of Being A Man
I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with men while serving as the therapist in one of our local detox centers. That all-male group...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
Present in the Presence
If you’ve read some of my earlier posts, than you may have some insight into the process that brought me to my current career choice....
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
I Am Not Okay. Are you? (delayed post)
Just when hope appeared on the horizon with news of the arrival of the much-anticipated COVID vaccine, those of us in Tennessee, were...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
JawBone of an Ass
The 2020 Pandemic has become our new normal in 2021. Although, some have taken upon themselves to declare this year a return to our old...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Valentine's Day: V for Validation
Years ago, my friends and I started a Gift Basket business where we sold flowers, gift baskets, and balloons. Of course, Valentine’s Day...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Butterfly Effect
Years ago there was a movie entitled The Butterfly Effect. The theory, by the same name, states that the tendency of a complex system is...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
Resident Evil
There lies an immoral, wicked, sinful thing in all of us. Something vile that set up dwelling unbeknownst to many, making us oblivious to...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
About the Isms
In a book entitled a Generous Orthodoxy, Brian D. McLaren describes himself as a missional + evangelical + post-protestant +...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jan 10, 2021
- 3 min
Shattered But Not Broken
I have always been a fan of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Years ago she interviewed a group of people she determined had earned the title,...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
Tis the Season for Pruning
My first job was in a neighborhood beauty slash barber shop where the owner was an eccentric. He would mesmerize clients with his burning...
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Dr. Irene Bernard
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
Addicted to What?
After twenty plus successful years as a hair salon owner, I began to be pulled in another direction. One Sunday my attention fell on...
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