Dr. Irene Bernard7 days ago2 minTime to Love MeI was watching the first episode of the fifth season of This Is Us as Randle explained to his sister Kate that he spent his entire life c...
Dr. Irene Bernard7 days ago3 minTear Down Them Walls, Boundaries Are BetterI love Romantic Comedies. They are great coping tools. Many of them probably seem too predictable to some, but I love the idea that love ...
Dr. Irene BernardNov 163 minExpiration Dates and Grace PeriodsLately I’ve been thinking about expiration dates and grace periods. One was created to provide us an optimal period to use certain produc...
Dr. Irene BernardNov 83 minI know because I must Know. It is my Purpose.You might call me a geek, but I love the Matrix movie trilogies. I can literally quote the dialogue along with the characters. When the f...
Dr. Irene BernardOct 243 minFake I.D., Masks, & MasqueradesWhen I was young people often mistaken me to be older. I was a serious adolescent with a raspy voice, long legs, and big hips. I enjoyed ...
Dr. Irene BernardOct 182 minSecrets Make You SickThe Twelve Steps and the Anonymous community were a valuable resource on my road to healing. It was in the safety of those rooms that I l...
Dr. Irene BernardOct 82 minFragile: Handle with CareEveryone of us are members in a variety of groups that help us form multiple relationships. Each of these relationships has the tendency ...
Dr. Irene BernardOct 12 minFriends, Family, & Other Familiar FoesFamilies have been under attack for centuries. What started out as the traditional nuclear family, with heterosexual parents and at least...
Dr. Irene BernardSep 72 minPlease Acknowledge I'm NoteworthyWhile making notes for a blog post, the individual letters of the word pain began to speak to me, “Please Acknowledge I’m Noteworthy.” Th...
Dr. Irene BernardAug 242 minBreathe...We continue to feel the effects of the historical COVID-19 Pandemic. It seems to have ushered fears from Spring 2020 well into the Fall o...
Dr. Irene BernardAug 93 minSeen and Not HeardI was raised in an era where we were taught, "Children are better seen and not heard." As we grew older and had children of our own, the ...
Dr. Irene BernardJul 252 minAnger:My Weapon of ChoiceAnger, a powerful, complex, default emotion. It is this emotion that we default to for more comfort and ease. It’s easier to be angry tha...
Dr. Irene BernardJul 192 minTricks, Triggers, & TrapsLife is full of intentional and unintentional tricks, triggers, and traps. Some imposed by those we know and love, others by strangers, a...
Dr. Irene BernardJun 292 minLife is A ProcessThe word process intrigues me for some reason. By definition it means a series of actions or events taken in order to achieve a particula...
Dr. Irene BernardJun 141 minThe Recovery RoomWhen we think about recovery rooms , a picture of a hospital room with starch white walls, and minimum decor comes to mind. The medical d...
