Latest / Life Rescue with Lisa Dwoskin / How Giving Back Heals
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- Lisa Dwoskin: I'm back and we are going to start this beautiful episode on giving back, giving back and how great it makes you feel to help others. So let's take a big, long, deep breath, beautiful, positive energy in, exhale anything else that is no longer serving your highest good. I'm going to jump right into this episode because I'm very excited about it. I love to give back. Philanthropy is huge in my family. And I want to start with this t-shirt right here. I'm always talking about my t-shirts. Breast cancer. Breast cancer. This was an event that I did many, many years ago. I think about 16, 17 years ago. for breast cancer for the University of Miami. It was sponsored by Metamorphosize. There's my logo right there. So I owned a big gym, spa and health club for about 15 years. And I started it way back in 2001. And I had this event for my mother who is a breast cancer survivor. And this event was so amazing. We gave the money about $40,000 to the Breast Cancer, Bremen Breast Cancer Institute of University of Miami. And when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was very difficult for me to grasp the whole concept. was maybe, I think, 30 years old, I think about in my mid 30s. I had two small kids, mid thirties, and I was really feeling a loss of control. What could I do? So I did this event and I had flow rider come and sing at the event because his manager's wife worked for me as a esthetician doing facials. So it was just so amazing. And we had so much fun. He's saying my mom came, she got up on the stage. He's saying sugar to her and blew her kisses, made her feel better. We raised a ton of money and it was such an amazing, beautiful event that really touched my heart and made me feel good. So that's what I want to talk about today. One of the things that always bring me back to myself is helping someone else. So. All of you out there watching this episode is for all the men and the women in the planet, on the planet, in the universe to get out there today and do something good for another person. Because I'm telling you something, doing good for others makes you feel so much better about yourself and it raises your energetic vibe. Yes. It changes the whole flow of energy when you can give back and do good for others. It really lifts your spirits. So I want to talk a little bit about me and what I'm doing right now in my life. So I told you about this event, which was many years ago. And by the way, my mom just turned 81 this week and she's doing great. Thank you, God. and the universe and my higher power, all the angels looking out for her. So I'm just so grateful about that. Now what I'm doing is putting together a cancer survivorship program. And I'm so, so excited about it. I'm so passionate about it because it truly comes from my heart. My heart and soul loves to do good for others and help people. So we're in the works of doing that right now. Like I've talked about, my dad has a foundation, the DeWoskin Foundation, which is my last name. And we do everything to help cancer patients at the University of Miami Sylvester Center. We have a whole DeWoskin proton cancer center. We're now working on a children's cancer center for brain tumors and kids. how to help them with the research, the science behind it. And now I am putting together with my dad and a couple people from University of Miami, a survivorship program to help cancer patients, mind, body, and spirit. Because with a positive mind, your body will react accordingly. So I truly, truly believe that those of you out there who are going through cancer and even any disease, if you're given bad news or a bad, you know, like you have three months to live or six months to live with heart disease or cancer or whatever you're going through, you definitely can turn that around with a positive mindset. I have a very good friend who lives in Vancouver, Canada, who was told 10 years ago that he had three months to live. And with his mindset and his movement of his body and proper nutrition, fueling his body, he has defied the odds of living. So they told him three months, he's lived 10 years. They told my mom her cancer was really bad, 16 plus years, she's still cancer free and doing great. And my mom laughed her way through cancer. Even when she was bald with one like hair sticking up above her head, she was still laughing. So I'm here to tell you that you need to keep your mind positive, feed your body with good nutrition and move your body. so that it fuels your mind, your body and your spirit. Yes, so Cancer Survivorship Program is coming to you from me very soon. I'm going to direct it and help thousands of people all over the world the way I've been doing my whole life. But on a larger scale, I'm very excited about it because it goes hand in hand with life rescue. So definitely rescue. in people's lives makes my heart happy. And I want you all to help people in need and it will help you feel better. Trust me. Why giving back is so important. We live in a self-focused life, an overstimulated world. Giving shifts your focus outwardly. It creates gratitude. and perspective. And that makes so much sense because we are in a self-focused world. mean, my goodness, look at social media. Everybody's on there. Look at me. Look at my car. Look at my house. Look at this. Look how successful I am. Look how pretty I am. Look at my body, how good it looks, you know, like that's very self-focused, self-centered. We all do it from time to time, but We need to shift the focus and give to others instead of focusing so much on ourselves. It creates gratitude. I love that. Yes. When I go and work with these cancer patients or I hear people's stories, it makes me think, my goodness, I am so grateful for my health, for my family's health, for what we have in this lifetime. So give to others and you will feel much more gratitude within yourself. Sometimes helping someone else heals a part of you as well. So helping someone else will heal a part of you as well because we all have those moments when we're feeling sorry for ourselves. We're feeling down. ⁓ poor, me. I wish I had a bigger house. I wish I had a better car. I wish I had more money, more financial freedom. Okay, we all think that way sometimes, but guess what? If we're grateful for what we have at this exact moment, more of it comes to us in abundance. So be grateful for what you have and help others heal and feel that gratitude as well. I love that so much. Helping people raises your emotional state. Yes, I'm always talking about raise your energetic by breeze it when you help people it helps you change your emotional state you feel purpose you feel connection it lifts depression anxiety isolation This is so true. So feeling purpose having a mission That is so important in our lives. Connection. All of these things are so important. And when you are able to help others, you feel purpose. You feel like you're on a mission from God or the universe or your higher power, whatever. You're on a mission to help others feel good. And connecting with others is so important. People who isolate themselves away from people, away from the world. That causes depression, anxiety. Complete isolation is not healthy for any of us. Even for those of you out there who are depressed, who lost a loved one, lost a job, just went through a breakup and you're down. If you surround yourself with people and you give back to others in need, trust me, it will lift your spirits. It definitely will work. So small ways to give back. I'm not just saying give money actually like money is the last thing I'm talking about giving even though money is great to give but I'm talking about personally giving to someone, listening to someone, just sitting there and listening to someone in need. helps them and is going to make you feel so much better. Pick up the phone and make a call. Call someone that you know needs help, needs a day of uplifting, feeling good, uplifting their spirits. Pick up the phone, call someone. I know that you have someone in your life that you know needs help. So get out of your comfort zone and pick up that phone and call. and help them and lift their spirits. Supporting people emotionally is so important. Sharing knowledge, sharing knowledge. We all have a voice. We all have been through trials and tribulations in our lives, some more than others, but we all have overcome challenges in our life that will help. a person who's younger than you or hasn't gone through it. Your voice can help this person get through whatever it is they're going through. Encourage someone, motivate someone, inspire someone, do something good. There's always something, someone, somewhere out there that you can help. So think about who it is, even a stranger on the street. Go help them go up, lift their spirits. It's going to make them feel better and you feel better. Giving back doesn't have to be grand. So my father does a lot for philanthropy. He gives millions of dollars to cancer and that's beautiful. And I'm so proud of him and appreciative of what he does, but it doesn't always have to be that grand. Like the other day. I was training a client of mine and she told me her and her sister went to a breakfast with kids with cancer from Israel who are all in need and they don't have a lot of money. They don't have a lot of help. So her nurse sister and a couple of other people organize this group and they're helping these kids with cancer get through this. And what she did, it was such a beautiful story. She went to the bank. and she got a bunch of $20 bills. I think there were 30 or 50 people there. She gave each one of the kids and the caregivers $20, which wasn't such a grand gesture, but it was such a beautiful little gift to make each child feel special that they can go and buy themselves something. And the caregivers that they can go and buy themselves something. And the people were crying and the kids were crying and it was such a personalized thing that these two girls did, my client and her sister, that it makes you feel so good. So put yourself out there. Don't just write the check. Don't just donate the millions if you have it. Go out in the trenches and the grind with the people, homeless people, cancer patients. cancer kids, heart disease people, elderly people, go to a retirement home, whatever it is you can do, give of yourself time, energy and focus and it will really, really, really make a difference in somebody's lives, in somebody's life and including your life. It's a beautiful thing. We heal through connection. Purpose helps people feel unstuck. I've done an episode about feeling stuck, which so many of us do, all of us do at some point in our lives. Helping people will help you feel unstuck because you'll have a purpose. And maybe little by little helping people will help you realize what you're destined for. You never know. One act of kindness causes another act of kindness causes another, another, like a domino effect. And then boom, there you go. You have purpose. You have a path. Your, your destiny switches. Look at me. I have been working on life rescue TV. I've been a personal trainer and a life coach for the past 35 years. I owned a gym. I always has helped. people since the day I was born. Since I was a little little girl, all my friends came to me for help and I always took time to help others because it gave me such gratitude and such purpose and such meaning. And I felt like I say in my TV show life rescue, I'm on a mission, a mission to help others feel healthier and happier in life. So I did my TV show. I filmed 35 hours. I have all the footage. I'm putting together the episodes. I'm about to release the show once I find the perfect home for it. I'm doing this podcast because I love to help people. I train clients on a daily basis in person on zoom. So I do all these things. Well, In the past three months, another door opened up for me from my dad and the foundation and all the people I know at University of Miami. One, especially a doctor that I connected with that I love so much. She's an oncologist for breast cancer. So all of these doors open up when you're on the mission and you find your purpose in life. and you live it, these doors start to open up that you didn't even imagine you'd be doing. So now I'm starting a cancer survivorship program that I never even thought of doing something like that, but it all is in alignment for what I've been doing my whole life, just on a larger scale. So you never know what will come to be. by giving back and helping one person at a time every single day. Make it a mission. Go to the store and purchase something at the store and look at that person, that cash register person, the cashier or the person at the market or at the restaurant you're getting food, the waitress, whatever. Even the people that have jobs that aren't homeless people or the people in need, maybe they're suffering, maybe they're being abused, maybe they lost a loved one, whatever it is, do an act of kindness every single day to another human being and watch them smile and light up and lift their spirits. It's a beautiful act of kindness to do. for another human being. And it will turn around and help you to raise your energetic vibe. Okay, so serving others can definitely shift your life as well. When you help someone else rise up, something inside of you rises up. Double fold, you saw that? When you help someone rise up with one arm, something inside of you rises up completely. So do it. Go out and find people to help. They're all around you. Just open your eyes, open your heart, open your mind and your spirit. Fill it with love. Give back, it will make you feel so wonderful. I'm gonna go do that today. So I hope you all love this episode about giving back. And don't forget, call me, leave me a message. You can talk to me on the phone with a voice message. You can text me 754-222-4413. I really wanna hear back from all of you. Did this episode resonate with you? What did you do today? After you watch this episode, tell me your story. What did you do to uplift somebody's life? How did it turn your life around? And if there's any topics you want to talk about, please let me know. Text them to me, leave me a message about it or share your story. Whatever it is you want to do, I want to hear from you. And please also subscribe to my channel, like and share my videos so that we can help spread the word of kindness, of compassion and of love. Yes, love, peace, love and light. Namaste everybody. Have a beautiful day and I will see you next week. Bye.