About Ilene Berns-Zare
Ilene Berns-Zare is a life and leadership coach, educator, and author. Her work invites people to navigate their lives and work with greater resilience, meaning, mindfulness and well-being, including the adventures of adulthood and growing older. Ilene’s professional focus centers on inspiring people to flourish in life and work by bringing mind, body, and spirit into flow with their strengths, purpose, and potential.
Ilene has a Doctorate (PsyD) in psychology, a master’s degree in human resources development, bachelor’s in education, and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) certification from the International Coaching Federation. Her research interests span positive psychology concepts, resilience, mindfulness, spirituality, and personal/professional development, including the joys and adventures of adulthood and growing older.
Ilene writes the monthly blog Flourish and Thrive at PsychologyToday.com She is adjunct faculty in Georgetown University’s Transformational Leadership Program and a facilitator for the Wise Aging Project of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality. Ilene is a contributing author in the book Torah Without End, edited by Michael Strassfield (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022).
A seasoned life and leadership coach, educator, and speaker-facilitator, Ilene interacts regularly with people in midlife through older adulthood across multiple platforms. Her work offers lenses through which people can view fresh perspectives, ask life’s important questions, and access their own strengths, answers, and possibilities.
Ilene Berns-Zare, PsyD, PCC, CEC
Ilene is the author of the forthcoming book You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late: Weekly Inspirations for Meaning, Mindfulness and New Possibilities at Midlife and Beyond (MSI Press, March 2026).
Ilene and her family live in the Chicagoland area. In addition to sharing time with her loved ones and community of friends, Ilene thrives on love of learning, making and listening to music, yoga, mindfulness practices, writing, gardening, and creative projects.
Check out Ilene’s monthly newsletter, Flourish, and other resources.