S2 E11 Why We Enter Bereavement

S2 E11 Why We Enter Bereavement Life Talk with Bern Moses Life Talk continues its bereavement series, expanding grief “tools” beyond death to divorce, separation, and loss of job or business. Moses introduces “open palm theory,” urging acceptance that people and possessions are temporary so love can be appreciated without clinging. He stresses preparing and…

S2 E10 On Death and Dying

S2 E10 On Death and Dying Life Talk with Bern Moses Life Talk continues its bereavement series, reviewing how losses and recognized lacks can create “bottlenecks” of denial, anger, guilt, bargaining, and transference that freeze progress in life and work. Moses reframes bereavement as a fear-based state and grief as a love-based action that releases…

S2 E9 Understanding Berievement and Grief

S2 E9 Understanding Berievement and Grief Life Talk with Bern Moses Following last week’s introduction to bereavement, Bern Moses explains “bottlenecks” that trap people after losses or recognized lacks: denial, anger, guilt, bargaining, and transference. He illustrates denial through perceptions of movement in a corpse and hallucinated sightings, arguing that confrontation ends denial. He describes…

S2 E8 Understanding The Importance of Loss

S2 E8 Understanding The Importance of Loss Life Talk with Bern Moses Bern Moses introduces a series on bereavement by challenging casual attitudes toward death and funeral rituals. He recounts entering the pre-need funeral business in 1979 and being overwhelmed in a casket “selection room,” triggering a delayed grief he traces to his father’s death…

S2 E7 The Good News Magazine

S2 E7 The Good News Magazine Life Talk with Bern Moses Gina hosts Bob Cox and Deanna Reed of Good News magazine, inviting unscripted questions about Bern Moses’s work. Bern recounts launching his personal-growth path after the Navy lost his pay records, forcing him into selling despite stuttering and shyness. Influenced by Earl Nightingale and…

S2 E6 The Third Tablet Part Two

S2 E6 The Third Tablet Part Two Life Talk with Bern Moses This episode introduces Bern Moses’s playful “third tablet”: five modern “CommandMINTS” (11–15) meant to strengthen personal authority. Bern urges viewers to acknowledge and celebrate their capacities, accept the authority inherent in choice and cognition, and assume the responsibilities that accompany authority. He reinforces…

S2 E5 The Third Tablet Part One

S2 E5 The Third Tablet Part One Life Talk with Bern Moses This episode presents Bern Moses’s “third tablet”: five modern “Commandments” (11–15) designed to strengthen personal authority. Bern urges viewers to regularly celebrate human capacities, accept the authorities inherent in choice and cognition, and assume the responsibilities that accompany them. He reinforces daily gratitude…

S2 E4 RePreceving Process

S2 E4 RePreceving Process Life Talk with Bern Moses This episode continues the theme of forgiveness as a practical way to recapture authority and clear emotional burdens. Bern revisits his childhood “doghouse” story, explaining forgiveness as re-perceiving painful memories through understanding that harmful behavior usually comes from fear, not love. Rather than “forgive and forget,”…

S2 E3 Forgiveness

S2 E3 Forgiveness Life Talk with Bern Moses This episode continues Bern Moses’s exploration of Command Commission, focusing on forgiveness as a critical step in recapturing authority and clearing emotional “wheelbarrows” of unresolved pain. Bern challenges common myths about forgiveness—such as “forgive and forget”—arguing forgiveness is not excusing behavior, but freeing oneself from its ongoing…

S2 E2 Regaining Esteme

S2 E2 Regaining Esteme Life Talk with Bern Moses This episode advances Bern Moses’s Command Commission by returning to the wheelbarrow metaphor of accumulated emotional burdens that limit clarity and momentum. Bern introduces practical methods to “empty the wheelbarrow,” beginning with disciplined gratitude through daily handwritten thank-you notes, showing how gratitude reshapes perception and restores…