She Rises (The Original)

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

This week, Simone di Felice discusses the text to Scarlatti's "O cessate di piagarmi", focusing on phrasal doubling, the double consonant [∫], and some spelling rules for the letter 'c'.

For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.

This week, Simone di Felice discusses the text to Scarlatti's "O cessate di piagarmi", focusing on phrasal doubling, the double consonant [∫], and some spelling rules for the letter 'c'.

For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode, Giovanna interviews Kendra Cunov, co-founder of Authentic World. Kendra has been teaching, facilitating, and most importantly, practicing authentic relating and integral circling for the last 15 years. She works with organizations, leaders, and coaches who know that connection, truth, and integrity are points to success. Listen as Kendra talks about the true meaning of authentic relating, the interpersonal activities that create opportunities for genuine connection, and the benefits of investing in both solo and interpersonal experiences.

Today’s guest is Kendra Cunov

“Kendra is one of the most powerful coaches & leaders I know. If you are looking to deepen your personal relationships, grow your business, build your team, or improve the communication and leadership skills of your team leaders, you would be well-served to work with Kendra. Her guidance has supported me in scaling my events, while simultaneously creating even deeper and more intimate experiences for our participants. Her impact is magical.” – Rich Litvin, Author of The Prosperous Coach & 4PC Founder

Kendra is the co-founder of Authentic World

She works with people who know that connection, truth, and integrity are points to success

She has consulted for companies like GenenTech and the staff at 4PC

Learn more about Kendra on her website, KendraCunov.com

Giovanna has known Kendra for a year now

Sometimes, even Kendra thinks about how she came into her position right now

She was born into a Zen Buddhist Monastery

She went back to the monastery and lived there for 3 years as an adult

The monastery was her life

At 5, Kendra and her mom left the monastery

When they moved, her memories became sharp and clear

Kendra thinks that intentionally surrounding herself with people who are on the path of personal growth impacted her a lot

At 19 or 20, Kendra looked around and saw a group of people dedicated to their awakening and their personal paths

Kendra felt a part of her was already curious about this interpersonal experience

There’s a dynamic tension between our solo experience and our interpersonal experiences

Meditating solo everyday won’t improve interpersonal relationships; working on interpersonal relationships won’t build your inner stamina

The test comes when you’re in a relationship – not necessarily a romantic one

Authentic relating comes from a myriad of different communities/practices coming together

Kendra’s husband and his business partner created the Authentic Man Program – it’s where Kendra first engaged herself in this interpersonal relating

Kendra and her fiancé held authentic relating games nights

It was creating experiences for people to connect in ways they don’t do on their own

When you’re face to face with someone, you can think of your answers to that person, in that moment

“It allowed people to share to others in the way that they were longing to”

After 3 years of facilitating the game night, they started facilitating events for a dating company

The dating company worked with more middle-aged, professional people

This opportunity led Kendra to realize that authenticity works for everyone

Another key was: “You gave us permission”

Giovanna shares her experience with Kendra’s intimacy workshop last year

Giovanna believes there was the sense of essential longing that she felt was fulfilled in that workshop

Kendra feels fulfillment when people tell her how they felt with her sessions or workshops

It’s normal to feel the way you do, especially in a container

It takes a setup to play formally or informally

“Containers hold us”

Container or context is the thing that people say, “You gave us permission”

“Set people up so they know what’s happening”

Women operate on a deeper level than men

Men are single-focused

Women have dispersed attention

One game Kendra plays is Curiosity

Only one person asks, and another person answers for 3-5mins

Nothing is off limits

“The only rule is you have to be curious”

The role of the person answering is

Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

This week's Diction Tip is about the pronunciation of "-ille" (and its exceptions) in French Diction, with Dr. François Germain.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!

In this episode, Giovanna interviews Satyen Raja, a black-belt martial artist and a true Warrior Sage of sex, power, femininity, masculinity, and more. During their intimate conversation, both Giovanna and Satyen explore the disparity between male and female leadership, the importance of presence versus invitation, the fragile magnetism between the sexes, the three sexiest words a man can say to a woman, and much, much more…

Discussing The Warrior Sage

Satyen is originally from Toronto, but now lives in Vancouver

 Discussing Satyen’s experience as a black belt martial artist

Satyen felt like the world he was in wasn’t real

Satyen studied with Shaolin Monks

Satyen studied martial arts for more than 20 years to become a black belt

“It continues to be a journey of learning to master the self…and serve others”

There are many Warrior Sage influences that have shaped Satyen’s career

Currently a Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Just because you’ve grown strong in some areas, doesn’t mean you’re strong in all areas

The path of the Warrior Sage is a path of equilibrium

We all have an incessant and worrisome quantity of fear to deal with

Women in leadership versus men

 This world his highly masculine

The masculine represents the “witness consciousness”

95% of the business world is rooted in the masculine identity

The feminine energetic is the LIFE within us

Presence is masculine, invitation is feminine

Women in leadership go too far into the masculine energy, leading to exhaustion and breakdown

Reclaiming the self-empowerment is exhausting

The business world is too goal, too “crush-it” oriented

We need to better channel feminine replenishment

Discussing replenishment in greater detail

Look at your body and identify where the tension is

The core of why we have tension is because we’re infusing far too much “worth” into things that don’t actually matter

Loosen up the tension of control, let go

If you need to pick up sand from the beach and take it somewhere—how would you carry it?—too tight and you squeeze it out, too loose and it slips away

The warrior sage finds the balance

 Female Leaders Versus Male Leaders

 Female leaders need much more feminine replenishment

Love and connection are two of the highest values for every woman

It is only from the freedom and love we have NOW that we can achieve more love and freedom

“When you want what you already have, you start getting more of what you want.”

Men need to realize they are greater than this illusionary game of “win versus lose”

The money you have in the bank, and your professional success, do not equate to personal worth

Don’t fill your life with more “doing” in the search of fulfillment—it does not work

Your way of being in the world, your lack of “spaciousness,” manifests as illness and degeneration in the body

 Let’s talk about SEX

 The demand of masculine success crushes and dries out the feminine heart

 Communal enjoyment is a massive part of feminine replenishment

Generations model their approach on the success of the previous generation

 The ones who’ve made it by “crushing it”? Look at their lives behind the scenes…it’s not so glamourous

Switching gears for a woman who’s been in “crush-it” mode all day and getting into the feminine mindset is essential to the physical and emotional health of the relationship

How Satyen (and his wife) shift gears and get out of “Crush-it” mode

 Men need guy-time, women need girl-time

Men and women are like magnets—there is a naturally strong attraction, but if paired together for too-long (if denied guy-time and girl-time) the magnetism wanes

The passion and the sizzle will diminish

Treat the relationship in a “physics” manner

It’s about preserving “hey-lover” instead of “hey-buddy”

The masculine and the feminine are polarizing

Expand your art of transitioning between masculine and feminine

 Being wishy-washy isn’t sexy

The 3 sexiest words a woman can ever hear from a man are “I got this”

 Go beyond the comfort/safe-zones (assuming

In Episode 94 Jason Nedecky discusses "Where e'er you walk", one of the most famous arias from Handel’s Semele, concentrating a lot on the different forms the letter 'r' can take. 

For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.

In Episode 94 Jason Nedecky discusses "Where e'er you walk", one of the most famous arias from Handel’s Semele, concentrating a lot on the different forms the letter 'r' can take. This is the audio version of the podcast for people prefer to listen to podcasts while they’re out and about.

For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.

Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

This week, Mirko Roschkowski shows us the difference between the open and closed pronunciations of Ü in German diction.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!

A very special Diction Tip, with some amazing native-speaking guests, who explain how to pronounce the text to Rossini's Cat Duet :-)

 

N.B.We got this posted on the Facebook page for April Fools' Day, but forgot to get it posted here! Happy April Fools' Day!!