Our listeners love it, when A Journey With Bernie & Chip takes full advantage of the wisdom of the years and that's exactly what this episode does so abundantly. It's a one-hour chat with Hilary Langford, who at 75 years of age has most certainly experienced the fullness of life. She was born in India where she spent the first 7 years and even though that was 68 years ago, she can still recognise how those early years impacted her life to this day. Professionally, she has been a dynamo, wher...
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 71
As a boy, I used to love stories of Mother Teresa and the depth of her compassion she gave to 'the poor'. I struggled to believe that such a Saint could even exist. Today, A Journey With Bernie & Chip with superb film maker and producer, James Lingwood, will offer you a male equivalent. In this episode, you will meet Father Joe Maier, an Irish-American Priest of the People, who for more than 50 years, has lived with and served the Klong Toey slums of Bangkok providing vulnerable children alt...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 70
This is an outstanding episode. You are about to experience Life through a Camera Lens ... the Lens of Producer and Director James Lingwood. I asked Google to share with me what it knew of James and in reply, it first sent me this comment ... "There is no doubt that James pushes the envelope a lot further than most people. Throughout the years, I have worked with a lot of people in the production business, and I have not found anyone more professional, focused or creative than James. I have work...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 69
The learning and the offerings from this episode with Narelle Gatti start with her rural upbringing. Listen to Narelle and you will hear over and over again a recurring theme that simply says ‘toughen up sister … shit happens … and move on’. It is the country way. However, one would have thought that when an individual at the age of 42, is officially declared so 'visually impaired' that all she can see are blurred shadowy movements, that they would experience ‘loss’, a little bit of ‘why me’ and...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 68
The value of people like Ben Hosking and Tim Alexander (Episode 61) is that they help one to understand why your capacity to assert and your confidence to stand up for what is right is an essential contribution to a world of peace and equity. Furthermore, you can't help but notice hnotice that in people like Ben and Tim, they exhibit such a strong, balanced persona. They instinctively know what is important, and what is trivial. They simply don't sweat the 'small stuff'. This of course means the...
Mar 01, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 67
The name Viktor Frankl is forever attached to the profound book ... MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING. If you haven't read it, then you have missed out on the greatest of life lessons. It is a wisdom bible. It is compulsory reading. To purchase the book, simply go online and type in its title or watch this video ... MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING BY VIKTOR FRANKL (youtube.com) It was Victor Frankl who said, "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts, comforting others...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 66
This episode is a paradox. We explore possibilities of finding more love for self, life and people with one of the great Australian Muay Thai fighters of our time ... Dane ‘Daddy Kool’ Beauchamp and he certainly lived up to his reputation. Dane in this episode was very 'Kool'. It's so easy to speak about his record in which he won more than 80% of his fights and his achievements in winning Australian and Intercontinental belts are folklore, but his famous victories are not the real story. As Dan...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 65
What a joy it is to bring Louise Bennet back to you, although as you will learn in this episode, the host of the show errs on a number of occasions by Freudianly calling her Louise BENEFIT!! Well, was it a humble mistake or was Bernie sincerely giving Louise a new identity that summarises what she truly gives us? Afterall, your feedback from previous episodes suggests that Louise B has already brought incredible worth to over 8000 listeners. While this episode only covers one more additional poe...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 64
Episode 60 will tell you the story of a girl, who was sexually traumatised between the ages of 11 to 13. It will explain how her experience inspired a constant feeling that the world was unsafe. The only way, that a teenage Louise Bennet could cope was to combat that feeling by becoming EVERYONE'S PROTECTOR. The problem was that Louise's friends and romantic interests didn't want a Protector. Consequently, her relationships often ended in strain, stress and struggle. She even blames the demise o...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 63
There is a little bit of Mother Teresa in this episode. It was she who understood that through physical suffering, one can enhance their spiritual strength. Consequently, it is exactly how her 'Missionaries of Charity Sisters' live. To call them 'minimalists' would be an understatement. They virtually live as the 'poor', so that they can understand and fully respect the very people they serve. In addition, living without 'worldly conveniences' inspires them to find their happiness and joy from w...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 62
As we journey towards becoming a more loving human being, every story offers a new consideration. This episode with International Krav Maga expert, Tim Alexander, will be forever remembered for giving us the notion that Love and Aggression not only can co-exist, but in fact may be blood relatives! If we are to inspire greater peace across the human race, Tim would suggest that without the ability to defend and assert, your capacity to love may even be rendered useless. You may have heard the ter...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 61
It's not very often that you meet AN ANGEL OF JOY. We're talking of someone who may be divinely blessed. One thing is certain. Louise Bennet is a rare human being. As you listen to this episode, you will find it hard to believe how this single mother of the gorgeous 4-year-old Evie could be so joyous, so sustainably happy and so accepting of the vagrancies of life. Louise Bennet is the fullness of life personified, and it is not a brave fascade. It is her discovery ... her mindful and purposeful...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 60
I travelled to Kathmandu, Nepal last December to trek the incredible Langtang Valley. If you have ever seen the Netflix documentary called 'AFTERSHOCK', you would know this region's incredible story during and following the Earthquakes of 2015 ... Watch Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake | Netflix Official Site . I also had another mission ... to participate for the third time in the 10-day silent meditation retreat known globally as VIPASSANA ... Vipassana Meditation (dhamma.org) . Su...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 59
Dear Listeners, As we approach the end of 2023, Chip and I have nothing but thanks and gratitude to you, our listeners, for taking this Podcast to another realm. Thousands of listeners per week, SUBSCRIPTIONS and FOLLOWSHIP increasing substantially, now YouTube visual … https://youtube.com/@AJourneyWithBernie?si=NduAt9X-g3D5rIlM … and 52 countries around the globe are embracing their Friday episode of A JOURNEY WITH BERNIE. We are so appreciative to an incredible array of guests whose stories an...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 58
Incredibly, Donna-Leigh Perfect is a profound advocate of GRATEFULNESS. In the lead up to this podcast, I asked Donna-Leigh 'For what are you grateful in your life NOW', she simply inferred, 'I am grateful for the adventure of life. I wake up every morning not knowing what might unfold in any one day ... not knowing how life might tease me in the next 24 hours ... This makes life exciting ... a beautiful engrossing adventure.' This means that her fear of what life has in store is greatly diluted...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 57
John Coutis is the most colourful character ever to grace the airwaves of A Journey With Bernie , (mind you JJ in Episode 34 comes a very close second). He uses the F word frequently. He strongly advised me to stop going too DEEP before we had started the podcast and he will tell you the listeners to embrace being offended. 'It builds resilience and creates a thick skin ... get used to it'. This is the way of the inspirational John Coutis. For all of his 'in your face' nuances, it's ever so easy...
Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 56
What do you get when 3 successful Business Coaches come together to discuss the way they see the world, life and performance? You get the magic of Episode 55, a wonderful exploration of inspiring possibilities facilitated by Bernie with Ralph and Sandra Gartner, Founders of Essentia Coaching and Consulting: www.essentiacoaching.com.au It was always going to be that way when you consider that in Sandra and Ralph, you have a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, two Graduate Diploma...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 55
This episode is one of our very BEST. The background is dark. The primary topic is evil, ignorant and sinister. The victims are children. Yet, the forces that have rescued 13500 children from child exploitation and sex trafficking is one driven by immense LOVE, PURPOSE and relentless COMMITMENT to right this injustice. Open up the website of Destiny Rescue and you will read a remarkable story of Tony Kirwan who overheard a man in Thailand gloating about sex with a child. Picturing children of hi...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 54
Reena Augustine is a unique woman of the world in her early 30's. She certainly is not the norm. As a woman of Indian origin, she reminds me of one of the sisters from Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. They are walking love. Reena is similar, but with two differences. The prayerful life of the Sisters tends to calm them a little. Reena is exuberant and mightily enthusiastic! Secondly, the Sisters have chosen a life of love for one man ... Jesus. Unlike the sisters, Reena doesn'...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 53
There are two love stories in this episode. First of all, it is the story of two people, one of whom was restricted by her perception of her Father's inadequacies and the other burnt by personal chaos endured as his life unfolded. Together, they found ways to liberate each other from painful pasts and create what is a dedicated, evolving and perhaps extraordinary love. You will learn methods and processes from Neville Stone and Justine Baker that assist any loving partnership to cope, to tolerat...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 52
When I first met Robert Wall just hours before the podcast recording, my immediate impression was ‘Wow’, there is wisdom in this soul! As the podcast discussion unfolded my initial impression was entirely validated. You can look forward to understanding different disguises of the ego and how it erodes your happiness and peace. Robert’s ancient story of philosophical masters, who taught us that the final Gateway to the Gods can only come by knowing thyself was enthralling. But what does that mean...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 51
There are two stories here. The first is a service to you our listeners. Why not celebrate our 50th episode by announcing that A JOURNEY WITH BERNIE has gone VISUAL. You called for it. You got it and YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED. There is no doubt that when you can see the impressions on the faces of our guest and host, it just adds value to the communication experience. Simply search for A JOURNEY WITH BERNIE - EPISODE 50 on YouTube and you will see all the studio action. You deserve this and we are d...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 50
Revisit Episode 36 with Chad Foreman and you will hear of a super-competitive, ambitious young man with a McEnroe temper who dreamed of being a Wimbledon Champion. To further his game, Chad was introduced to meditative practices that so intrigued him that he eventually changed paths to become a Buddhist Monk. It was that wise Chad, who delivered a single line in Episode 36 , that was a paradigm shifter for so many of our listeners ... "love is the fragrance of emptiness". There was so much value...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 49
This is a remarkable love story. It is about a young woman discovering how to love herself fueled by ‘love in action’ from her partner Josh and a huge on-line community of followers and consequently renewing her love for life. However, it hasn't always been this way. Listen to Episode 18 and you will hear of the same Bella Cameron, who just 12 months ago was UNLEARNING from a society and success culture that led her down a pathway with which she could not cope. In fact, it nearly destroyed her. ...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 48
One of the great surprises in A Journey With Bernie comes when a previous guest insists on reversing the roles and putting Bernie K 'on the couch'. Well thanks to Chris Anderson from Episode 20, that was exactly the opportunity that arose and inspired this extraordinary interview. It's unique! It's unique because this hour allows Bernie to bring the golden lessons of all past episodes to one high impact discussion and wow doesn't he do it superbly. This is an education that just jabs away with g...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 47
Due to the changing circumstances of our guest, this episode has been removed to respect their need for privacy.
Aug 29, 2023•6 min•Ep. 46
When Andrew de Angelis asks you to leave his establishment because you're an 'intoxicated nuisance', he buys you a bottle of water and escorts you all the way down the 5 floor elevator, chatting to you about how good it will be to see you back next week!! He's the only Bouncer I know, who gets a cheeky kiss from the girls when they are leaving. Even the ones he has asked to leave thank him for the evening! Andrew de Angelis is the happiest 'Bouncer' in the World. I remind you, that this is in an...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 45
Kibera is now Africa's biggest slum with over 1,000,000 residents who earn less than US$2 per day. A family of 7, might live in 9-12 sq metres floorspace that is encased by corrugated iron walls and a leaking roof. Such families, all know Thomas Nyawir. If they knew of Mother Teresa, then surely, they would see Thomas as her brother. He, with his wife Judy, are the Founders of The Mirror of Hope , an outstanding charitable organization that sponsors Kiberian children through quality Primary, Sec...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 44
He is one of a kind. He is our editor, our producer and now he is the custodian of learning... Our INSIGHT INTERPRETER. From now on, Chip Huddy will host a new segment at the end of each episode of A Journey With Bernie . It's called CHIP'S TAKE HOME PAY and it will be his 4-minute summary of key learnings that will add even more value to your listening and learning experience. As CHIP so beautifully suggests, he will 'springboard you towards seeing key strategies and actions that can move you f...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 43
Janette Salmi is a gem. She is a beautiful jewel: a woman of class and high-level integrity. She is driven by her clear values which inspire her belief in the wholesome capacity of the human spirit. Throughout all of her SEASONS - her season as a mother of four, her season as a senior secondary school administrator, her season as an aged care nurse, she has always offered faith and belief in the dignity and respect for the individual. At times, people thought that her preference to honour 'goodn...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 42
