
The Modern Phoenix
The Modern Phoenix (formerly “It’s All Me”)
In a culture that values logic, urgency, perfection, and sameness, The Modern Phoenix walks a different path: one that honors her unique mind, body and soul.
Between information overload, the demands of modern life, and lifetimes of conditioning and “shoulds”, it can feel hard for a woman to know and listen to her own wants and needs. We’re so busy caring and doing and anticipating and managing that we forget ourselves. We hope there’s a better, more balanced, life-giving and feminine way to be a modern woman—to have regulated nervous systems, intuitive solutions to complex problems, and the distinct trust in ourselves and our choices, despite life’s curveballs, but we’re not sure where to start.
That’s where I come in. I’m Gervase Kolmos, Inner Transformation Coach and phoenix-in-evolution. I help women learn to trust themselves and be guided by their own inner authority to live with pleasure, authenticity and embodied wisdom.
This podcast is my mission and my mantra: you are light and dark, thinking and feeling, perfect and a work-in-progress. Together, we’ll unlock your intuition, tap into the wisdom and resources of your body, and navigate this confusing, demanding, gorgeous life.
So let’s burn down the stories, conditioning and beliefs that don’t serve us, shall we?
Latest episodes

Apr 24, 2023 • 34min
91: Should I Have a Baby? My Answer (and what I believe you’re really asking)
Are you teetering between a hell yes and a hell no when it comes to having children? On this episode of the podcast, Gervase explains how this is linked to self-trust, using a recent conversation with a client to explore reflections you can use to make decisions in your own life. Join Gervase as she discusses the importance of shifting from an external to an internal focus, becoming a safe container for self, and what that looks like in a world that is constantly sending mixed signals. Thinking about working with G in a 1:1 container? The first step is to book a 90-minute Soul Shift Intensive: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-soul-shift-intensive Get instant access to the free Rewrite Your Mother Story Masterclass: It's time for a new narrative for modern mothers. You’ll know how to write yours (unique to you, btw) by the end of this 2-part workshop. https://www.gervasekolmos.com/sign-up-reclaim-your-mother-story Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos

Apr 17, 2023 • 56min
90: Client Story - The Unmasking of Authentic Self with Carrie Richmond
On this week’s episode of the It’s All Me podcast, I invited client and new author Carrie Richmond to enlighten us with her journey of shedding society’s expectations of who she should be. Listen in as Carrie shares how coaching helped her unmask identities that were causing chaos in her relationships, what shifted in her life and motherhood as a result of prioritizing herself, and her experience of coming home to who she truly is. Follow Carrie: Carrie Richmond (@carriehiottrichmond) | Instagram Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos Resources: Eyes on Fire, book by Carrie Richmond

Apr 10, 2023 • 1h 3min
89: Body Grief with Jayne Mattingly
On the It’s All Me podcast, we’re all about embracing the “and” in our lives as modern women. On this week’s episode, I invited Jayne Mattingly, author and Body Coach, to share her story of embracing the “and” as she transitioned identities from a fully able-bodied woman to life in a disabled body, processing the cyclical stages of body grief, the deconstruction of internalized ableism, and her now interabled relationship. Jayne is a former Eating Disorder Coach and therapist turned Body Coach who works with eating disorder recovery centers and trains coaches to work as part of a team in the recovery process. Jayne is also writing a book titled This is Body Grief, set to be released in 2025. Follow Jane: Jayne Mattingly (@jaynemattingly) | Instagram Jayne Mattingly (@jayneimattingly) | TikTok Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos

Apr 3, 2023 • 12min
Working Through Resistance Without Bypassing the Fear
The ‘Fake it til you make it’ era is over. No more slapping on happy faces, no more ‘feeling the fear and doing it anyway’ mantra subscriptions. As modern women ready to rise and embrace their Phoenix moments, their truest selves and desires, we need to be giving resistance a seat at the table. In this episode of the podcast, G shares her personal experience of coming up against resistance right before her most recent Phoenix session, and how we can use the resistance we feel to reconnect to our purpose - and that feels pretty f*cking good. Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos

Mar 27, 2023 • 51min
Name the Thing with Mika Gadsden - Unconscious bias. Embracing Discomfort. Living a Layered Life.
Leadership just got a major facelift. Layered, spicy, and multi-dimensional woman Mika Gadsden joins G on this week’s episode of the It’s All Me podcast. Join an eye-opening, empowering conversation as they discuss coming up against invisible bias in her run for mayor, why becoming comfortable with discomfort can lead to a new wave of growth as individuals and as a community, and Mika’s definition of success as she continues her campaign. Mika Gadsedn is an organizer, media entrepreneur, and the creator of Charleston Activist Network, LLC. Mika is an activist who works to help her community overcome the impacts of the climate crisis and environmental racism and is also a 2023 candidate for Mayor of Charleston. Support her by visiting VoteMika.com. G and Mika discuss: [01:35] The beginnings of her mayoral candidacy and her fire for leadership [14:20] Embracing a layered life and pursuing your passions [26:13] Why being layered is the brand, and why we’re leaving the “shove it down” era behind [37:34] A new wave of growth [46:25] What success looks like for Mika a year from now Read more about Mika at VoteMika.com Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos Resources: VoteMika.com

Mar 14, 2023 • 29min
A Fresh Take on Wife Guilt
How many times a day do you was a wife, mother, or woman feel guilty? Guilty for asking for help. Guilty for even wanting support in the first place. WTF is up with that? Join G on today’s episode as she breaks down a guilt that is so pervasive in today’s society, unpacking why guilt may be showing up in your life, and how to release it in an empowering way so that we aren’t perpetuating our own victimhood. G discusses: [05:57] Unpacking why it’s so hard to let ourselves be supported [10:10] The truth about motherhood and how our guilt could be disempowering our partners [16:51] Inviting in a new perspective [19:10] How G continues to build agency inside of her marriage [24:34] Where to go if you have questions Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos

Mar 6, 2023 • 1h 1min
The Ripple Effect of a Legacy Mindset with Andrea Serrano
Becoming who you’re meant to be isn’t really a destination, it’s a journey, and it’s a journey filled with Phoenix moments and nudges from the Universe. It’s an ever-evolving path that requires us to learn how to tap into our zone of genius and intuition to inform our next step in life. Today on the It’s All Me podcast, I invited an amazing woman and friend, Andrea Serrano, to join us and share her own personal journey of becoming who she is meant to be. Andrea is currently living her dreams in Charleston, South Carolina as a wardrobe stylist, producer, Creative Director, brand developer, TV and event host, and small business champion. Listen in to hear how her mindset and willingness to embrace the Phoenix moments in life led her to where she is today (and be prepared to fangirl, because Andrea’s story has us dropping some BIG names). G and Andrea discuss: [05:15] Andrea’s zone of genius origin story [12:56] The powerful program running in Andrea’s life [20:59] G’s New York Phoenix moment [23:11] Mindset, discipline, and Andrea’s evolution [28:18] How following nudges from the Universe took Andrea from baker to costume shopper [35:54] Andrea’s super-human trait [39:32] The impact of having a mentor [45:00] The power of a woman’s legacy [53:49] What Andrea is currently working on in this season of becoming Get Your Tickets to The Phoenix Sessions: An in-person mini-retreat on March 11th, 2023, in Charleston, SC Details + Tickets: The Phoenix Sessions — Gervase Kolmos Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: Intuitive 1:1 Life Coaching for Women and Mothers — Gervase Kolmos Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: Gervase Kolmos Resources: Erin Kienzle The Big Leap and Super Attractor by Gabby Bernstein Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Feb 27, 2023 • 28min
WTF is up with Extracurriculars
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 young age so they don’t “fall behind” but also wanting them to be able to express themselves, find their joy, and just be kids. When G found herself beginning to unpack the “normalcy” of extracurriculars, digging into the nitty gritty questions - as she does so well - she came to realize how this topic spills over into our adult lives as well. And of course she couldn’t help but ask - WTF is up with that? Listen in to today’s episode and join G in radically changing the way that we view extracurriculars, not just for kids, but for grown ass women. In this episode, G discusses: ]00:57] G’s journey through naivete, judgment, and entering a new season of motherhood [06:01] How her zone of genius led her tot question the extracurricular norms [08:21] Feeding the spark and letting joy lead (for our children and ourselves) [17:48] Reawakening our joy through extracurriculars [19:36] Why intentionality makes all the difference with extracurriculars [21:25] The mindset shift that changed the game for G and her kids Get Your Tickets to The Phoenix Sessions: An in-person mini-retreat on March 11th, 2023, in Charleston, SC Details + Tickets: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-phoenix-sessions Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-paradigm-shift Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/ Resources: WTF is Up with My Sober Curiosity? Podcast episode

Feb 20, 2023 • 60min
Rerooting and Revillaging in a Capitalist Suburbia with Becca Piastrelli
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 our inner knowing, and how we can be the village that many of us long for. If you have been feeling alone, feeling the pull to reroot into your sense of self, or wanting to reconnect with a sense of community, you’ll want to listen in! G and Becca discuss: [2:15] Suburbia, murder, and chickens [7:04] Creating the life you want minus the BS excuses [16:51] The systems that sever us from intuition and remembering ancestral practices [28:08] Slow living and aligning your life with the seasons [37:57] The absence of “the village” and the practice of revillaging and rewilding [41:21] Becca’s advice on reconnecting in the midst of inner resistance [45:30] Gervase’s calling to reroot into her lineage [52:31] The next steps to revillaging Get Your Tickets to The Phoenix Sessions: An in-person mini-retreat on March 11th, 2023, in Charleston, SC Details + Tickets: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-phoenix-sessions Private Coaching Spots Now Open Feeling like it might be your season of inner work and G is your guide? Private coaching spots now available for her six-month VIP 1:1 coaching container! The first step is to book a 90-minute coaching intensive here:https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-paradigm-shift Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/ Resources: The BTS of Life Off-The-Grid with Arielle Crawford - It's All Me | Podcast on Spotify

Jan 23, 2023 • 43min
Roots Down, Wings Up: Tapping Into Your Phoenix Frequency
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, transformational live experience possible to lead you through your own guided rebirth. [10:45] The unavoidable death that led to her newest, most intentional event yet [25:26] A peek into the Phoenix experience and why the Phoenix sessions may not be for you [28:10] The magic of remembering connection when you’re doing inner heart work [34:28] Her personal Phoenix moment and how she rose from the ashes more alive [36:12] The deeper intention G is holding for you [40:50] Tuning into the Phoenix frequency and questions to reflect on for your journey Get Your Tickets to The Phoenix Sessions: An in-person transformational experience on March 11th, 2023, in Charleston, SC Details + Tickets: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-phoenix-sessions GATEWAY Join G’s Email List + Try Her Hypnosis for Free Download your free gift, the Trust Yo’self hypnosis track: https://bit.ly/3xKuaPv Follow Gervase Connect with Gervase on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos Visit her website: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/ Resources: The Yoni Codes podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0g4l2Axe4unyEzqnd22JSh?si=CnUPSqNpSRq29_UbHKJfLg