In this episode, Giovanna Capozza interviews Lisa Berkovitz. Lisa has straddled the business and spiritual worlds for over 15 years as an MBA high-level project manager for Fortune 100 and 500 companies. She’s a master-level NLP practitioner, reiki master, and a master-level coach to executives and entrepreneurs. She has extensive experience drawing out the life’s work of some of the world’s most visionary, passionate, and accomplished change makers. Tune in as Lisa walks us through her journey from being in corporate America to leading a life of spirituality. She will define what empathpreneurs really are and provide us a quick exercise that will help us listen to our inner self and find peace.
Giovanna introduces Lisa Berkovitz
Lisa has been in the business and spiritual worlds for over 15 years
She has worked with Fortune 100 and 500 companies, executives, and entrepreneurs
Lisa’s journey, like others, is evolving
When she was in the corporate world doing project management, she advanced quickly
She came to a point where she became TOO passionate about human potential
She ended up at a self-mastery retreat in Costa Rica
She was in personal development for years until the last 2 years before leaving Corporate America
She discovered the spiritual path after she experienced a heartbreak
When she got to the self-mastery retreat, she had a vision of traveling the world, supporting human potential
She quit her job for this vision and a lot of people didn’t understand
Her spirituality deepened
She freelanced and found out that she was gifted at listening between the lines
Lisa used this gift for 6 years while coaching executives
She discovered her ability to hold space for another person and shape it into something
Lisa comes from the perspective that we know what’s right for us, at all times
For Lisa, it took trust and a knowing that led her to follow the path that felt right to her
At that time, Lisa didn’t think that this journey would be as long as it has turned out to be
Delaying following a path makes the wakeup call louder
Life gives us signs – listen and act early
Lisa engages in deep listening to understand people
Deep listening never fails her to hear clues for what is true for that person
Lisa senses what aliveness is
She listens to the soul’s blueprint through understanding energy
The biggest challenges Lisa sees in her mentees include:
Trusting their own guidance
Letting the mind lead
Letting it be more fun and easy
Lisa is a big proponent of getting quiet
If there isn’t time and space to listen internally, it’s difficult to hear the soul’s truth
Giovanna shares her spiritual hygiene process
Asking “for it to speak to you” – depends on the mentee’s belief system
Lisa always starts with basic energy tools:
Take a comfortable seat
Gently close your eyes and bring your awareness in
Turn your eyes towards yourself
Start with 3 slow deep breaths
Relax your eyes, your scalp, your brain
Make your 3rd breath the deepest breath
Release and give your body permission to completely relax
Turn your attention to the silence
Imagine yourself standing in a place in nature
Imagine your bare feet touching the ground in that place
Allow yourself to connect to the earth
From the base of your spine into the earth
Let yourself feel held by the earth and let any energy that doesn’t serve you draw to the magnetic pole of the earth
See how you feel
In this space, you can hear yourself and your truth
Nourish yourself with silence and ask yourself in that space
The answer will come or trust that it will come at the right time
Empathy is a very significant quality that impacts a lot of things in your life
Lisa’s way of coping with energies when she was young was through isolation and avoidance
It’s a challenge to manage energies
Empathy became a hindrance for Lisa in her entrepreneurial journey
She had a teacher who taught her to manage her energy in a different way
There’s no energy that
