Whether you are a mother, know a mother, or you’re influencing people's lives, you know how draining extracurriculars can be. As parents or caregivers, we may find ourselves exhausted from rushing the kids around to every practice known to mankind. As children, the pressure to be in everything or even be the best at something they don’t really care about could be crushing their creative spirit or motivation to participate. This is the line we walk as parents, feeling the pull to enroll them at a...
Feb 27, 2023•28 min•Ep. 84
As modern-day women, it can be common to feel disconnected: from ourselves, our past, and our community. This feeling of disconnect can make it even more difficult to see through the heavy, winter seasons of life to the light at the other side. On today’s episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase sits down with Becca Piastrelli , author of Root and Ritual , to discuss how capitalism and instant gratification have severed us from nature and our callings, how we can reconnect to ourselves and ou...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 83
Death. Rebirth. Burning it all down. Rising from ash. What does it all mean for your life? It means experiencing discomfort and undoing, undeniable clarity, and powerful transformations. It means releasing sh*t and planting seeds for what you want more of in life. On this episode of the It’s All Me podcast, G shares her own metaphorical death and rebirth experiences in her personal life and business. Listen in to hear how the Phoenix sessions were her answer to providing the most potent, transfo...
Jan 23, 2023•43 min•Ep. 82
This isn’t New Year, New Me. This is New Year; MORE me. In this solo episode, G is explaining why sometimes we get stuck in the metaphorical birth canal between our intentions for a new season of our lives and the manifestation of said intention. This episode is about zooming in on what happens in our own processes of rebirth and bringing awareness to some common culprits and the massive opportunity we have when what’s no longer aligned for us begins to die. Listen in so you can stop staying stu...
Jan 09, 2023•29 min
Welcome to the first episode of the new year, beauties! If you love to make plans, but you’re not sure what the next step should look like, it’s time to get grounded. Listen into today’s episode as Gervase guides us through a live grounding exercise, explains what it really means to be grounded, and dives into the intuitive life strategy that she uses to help her clients embrace their full selves. In this episode Gervase dives into: [02:35] A live, guided grounding exercise [11:52] What groundin...
Jan 02, 2023•36 min•Ep. 80
You contain multitudes. Wait, what does that mean? We know that the world is vast and beyond what our human brains can comprehend, and yet we take our identities, the essence of who we are, and we try to make it fit neatly into society’s little boxes. On this episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase breaks down the natural paradox of our existence and why we should embrace it. Listen in to hear why she has made it her mission to stand for the multi-dimensional woman, and why embracing the It’...
Dec 28, 2022•23 min•Ep. 79
Somewhere along the line, popularity, belonging, and identity have become synonymous - but it’s all a lie. On today’s episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase is dropping some insight into the mix, discussing how that belief is harmful to us, our kids, and our relationships. Grab your tea and join G on the couch as she shares how this has shown up in the lives of her clients and her personal life, and what she’s doing to break the cycle. In this episode Gervase highlights: [02:04] Where the b...
Dec 19, 2022•27 min•Ep. 78
Welcome to the It’s All Me podcast, where we don’t play the game of choosing between our dream life and our kids, we choose both. On today’s episode, Gervase discusses how to ditch the ‘or’ and embrace the ‘and’ in life while tending to your root needs as an empowered, modern woman. Listen in to hear how one of Gervase’s clients from the Inner Circle mastermind experienced a healing breakthrough around her either/or mindset, and learned how to reconnect with her needs. In this episode Gervase di...
Dec 05, 2022•17 min•Ep. 77
This week on the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase invites us to sit down with fellow AMDA graduate and New York Times Featured Feminine Leadership & Business Coach Jeannine Kochuba. Gervase and Jeannine share their journeys of becoming the women they are today by embracing and healing trauma, letting go of patriarchal and societal beliefs, and awakening to their power and purpose as women and mothers. Listen in and be part of a playful and deep conversation about how you are the woman you’ve bee...
Nov 28, 2022•59 min•Ep. 76
This week, G brings one of her teachers to the pod—a fellow mom of 3 who also happens to be a Priestess, Sarah Jenks. In this conversation, G excitedly quizzes Sarah on the definitions of and historical context of layer upon layer of the internalized patriarchy of the modern woman. If you’ve wanted a deeper understanding of the Sacred Feminine, the patriarchy, the stories of Mary Magdalene or what it means to be in “ceremony,” this episode will go beyond informative and activate resonance. Liste...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 75
What is your relationship to joy? For a lot of modern women wearing multiple hats and feeling responsible for all sorts of projects and people, joy is the first thing they take off their list when life starts to feel too chaotic. On this episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase talks about reconnecting to joy without the ‘shoulds’ and shame, why doing the work to get to joy is worth having tough conversations, and how joy can be a great motivator to lead the lives we desire. After all, joy is...
Nov 14, 2022•25 min•Ep. 74
Ready to talk about money and mental health with mothers who get it? In this episode, Gervase introduces Amy Schultz, mom, co-founder and head coach at Bolder Money, a company on a mission to close the gender wealth gap through money coaching for women. Join Gervase and Amy as they talk about how financial stability affects advocacy for women in the workplace, their journeys with postpartum depression, BPD, depression and anxiety, and how they are navigating it all with an It’s All Me mindset. I...
Nov 07, 2022•49 min•Ep. 73
In this uncut series of the podcast, G is coming to you from wherever the F she finds herself (like picking up prescriptions at the pharmacy…again) to share an aspect of woman-ing that has her saying, “What in the actual . .?!” Because it’s always nice to feel less alone in the clusterfuck that is life. Listen in to hear how she is navigating the hard, the human, and the straight up WTFs of her sober curiosity, aka her journey of on and off quitting alcohol…like a woman. In this episode, G discu...
Nov 03, 2022•33 min•Ep. 72
In this third episode of the newest, uncut series of the podcast, G is coming to you from wherever the F she finds herself to share an aspect of mother-ing that has her saying, “What in the actual . . .?!” Because it’s always nice to feel less alone in the clusterfuck that is life. Gervase is dropping in from the parking lot of a hair salon to share ways to navigate the hard, the human, and the straight up WTFs of over-giving to our children. Here’s a WTF gem, straight from G herself:My goal as ...
Oct 24, 2022•16 min•Ep. 71
We’re going off-the-grid! Join us on this episode of the It’s All Me podcast, as Gervase sits down with modern day cowgirl Arielle Crawford to discuss what it’s truly like to live off grid in today’s world. Gervase and Arielle dive deep into Arielle’s reason for and journey to living off-the-grid, the stories we tell ourselves that leave us feeling disempowered as women, the power of community, and how living off the land can help you heal. In this episode Gervase and Arielle dive into: [03:15] ...
Oct 17, 2022•42 min•Ep. 70
‘Boundaries’ has become quite a buzzword over the past decade (for good reason!), but what do you really know about them? On this week’s solo episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase dives below the surface level of boundaries, covering what they can look like, how to set them from a place of love and deep discernment, and why they are the most loving action you can take in your relationships. Join G as she shares boundary examples around toxic friendships, sibling dynamics, and parental rela...
Oct 10, 2022•31 min•Ep. 69
Get ready for some serious sparkly magnetism - our guest this week is bringing the power. On this episode of the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase has a deep conversation with Anita Kopacz , delighted mother of 3, spiritual psychologist, and author of the novel Shallow Waters. Anita and Gervase discuss what it’s like to choose you and your gifts over the world’s convenience, why self-work is vital no matter what stage of life you’re in, and Anita’s vision for her work in the world with women of color...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 68
This week on the It’s All Me podcast, Gervase sits down with Dr. Annie Andrews , mom of 3, pediatrician, and a candidate running for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Dr. Annie shares her heart for service, her views on gun control and women’s rights, and her vision to make the world safer for the women and children of South Charleston and beyond. In this episode Gervase and Annie dive into: [02:05] How Annie juggles life as a wife, mom, community leader, and congressional candidate [...
Sep 26, 2022•54 min•Ep. 67
On this week’s solo episode, Gervase is digging into the programming most of us have that tells us everything is equally important. When we decide we’re no longer available to do it all, it all shifts. When we trade doing everything for ONLY doing the things in our zone of genius, the result is freedom to finally focus on what’s actually important to you. In this episode G shares: How you can start to honor your true self and edit ruthlessly all that has not been serving you. How to apply this m...
Sep 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 66
In this new, uncut series of the podcast, G is coming to you from wherever the F she finds herself (a power walk, maybe?) to share an aspect of woman-ing that has her saying, “What in the actual . . .?!” Because it’s always nice to feel less alone in the clusterfuck that is life and to hear how we’re navigating the hard, the human and the straight up WTFs of, well . . . back to school, for example. Personally, this back-to-school season was ripe with basic B mom triggers where I found myself in ...
Sep 12, 2022•21 min•Ep. 65
Trigger warning: In this episode we will be discussing abortion and sharing a story of a newborn baby’s death. Please care for your wellbeing In today’s episode Gervase is talking with newfound activist and a Charleston force for abortion rights, Sarah Frick. Sarah shares her personal and painful story of losing her first baby, Grace, at three days old and the medical complication that led to her making the choice to abort her next two fetuses before finally birthing the three healthy children s...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 64
In this complex conversation with Kerri Kelly, the author of American Detox , Kerri shares with Gervase the event that disrupted life and forever changed her as she strove to find meaning, healing and understanding of who she was and how she got to this place. In this episode we dive into: Our roles in the world and what shapes us. How our societal rules are built to uphold systems of power. The veil that clouds our ability to see the truth. Vast differences in life experience based on proximity...
Aug 31, 2022•53 min•Ep. 63
In this new, uncut series of the podcast, G is coming to you from wherever the F she finds herself (minivan, maybe?) to share an aspect of woman-ing that has her saying, “What in the actual . . .?!” Because it’s always nice to feel less alone in the clusterfuck that is life and to hear how we’re navigating the hard, the human and the straight up WTFs of, well . . . managing time, for example. Which, btw, what is time? Who is managing theirs according to whatever insane expectations they’ve set f...
Aug 17, 2022•11 min•Ep. 62
In this powerful conversation with Gervase’s colleague, friend and mentor, Jolenny Piedra, Jolenny shares her personal story of how a traumatic injury at a young age gifted her the perspective she and G both feel could change the world: From “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is this here to teach me?” They also dive deep into how to strengthen our human capacity for being in community with strangers or loved ones who trigger us and challenge us. Expect endless mindset shifts for working wi...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 61
This week, Gervase is giving you a heart to heart—with examples from her personal life, her marriage and her clients—on why you not only can trust yourself, but it’s actually critical that you do so. So many modern women are bogged down under their conditioning about what they should or shouldn’t do, and this causes a big problem when they feel a big life change stirring inside them. We intuitively know to do something that will shake things up, but we don’t follow through due to the abnormality...
Aug 03, 2022•30 min•Ep. 60
In this robust conversation, Jackie shares several pieces of good news where this fight is concerned and gives us not only hope, but also next steps. It’s a must-listen, especially for those of us who are looking to understand exactly how this affects us all, but especially people of color. This was not clearly stated in this conversation, but deserved to be: “Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by gun violence. They experience 10 times the gun homicides, 18 times the gun assault inj...
Jul 27, 2022•43 min•Ep. 59
This week, we did something special and different. We pulled a paid mini-course out of the vault and are sharing one module of it with you here on the podcast fo free. It’s meant to help you re-imagine your relationships, and it starts with your relationship to yourSelf. You are the common denominator in every relationship you have. That is incredibly relevant, and we lose sight of it so often. Listen in as G drops truth bombs left and right and reminds you (as always) to start the process of an...
Jul 13, 2022•40 min•Ep. 58
G sits down with former mechanical engineer turned boudoir photographer, Latoya Dixon Smith, for a juicy permission slip to embrace your truth and not be afraid to be fun, playful and sexy. They speak on the importance of releasing the narratives around the sh*tty things that happen to you to invite a perspective shift. Readiness is an illusion. As modern women, we have been brainwashed to believe that if we slow down, there will be consequences. Slow down and listen to the redirection nuggets o...
Jul 06, 2022•55 min•Ep. 57
G sits down with her current business coach and one of her oldest entrepreneur friends, Emily Cassel, for a juicy convo unpacking some “trends” they’ve been noticing in the coaching industry. From “word salads” to “downloads” and “codes in the quantum,” they are doing their damndest to discern, in real time, how to be regularly gut-checking whether the words we use and the way we market big concepts like femininity and intuition as coaches is ethical, in integrity and in service to a generation ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Gervase is getting publicly therapized this week with soul mate and licensed professional counselor Chelsea Green. Chelsea speaks such wisdom about how the systems that we are surrounded by as children, translate into our adult life. The conversation is sprinkled with mic drop moment after mic drop moment from the choices that women, and individuals face everyday to how we can calibrate our roles in the patriarchal society. In this episode, we talk about: The patterns we perpetuate as adults tha...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 55