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When Moms Talk Money and Mental Health with Amy Schultz

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.

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WTF is Up With My Sober Curiosity?

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.

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WTF is Up With Over-Giving to Our Kids

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.

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The BTS of Life Off-The-Grid with Arielle Crawford

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.

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Reimagining Boundaries Using the It’s All Me Mindset

‘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 relationships.

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The Spiritual Psychology Side of Self-Work with Anita Kopacz

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.

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When Women Remember Their Political Power with Dr. Annie Andrews

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.

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WTF is Up with Mom Triggers? | Episode 2 of WTF is Up Series

Personally, this back-to-school season was ripe with basic B mom triggers where I found myself in spirals of doubt. Why did I let the girls pick out their own clothes? Did everyone else bring supplies to the first event? Why am I so bad at this and other moms are so good? Remember that in this WTFness of modern motherhood, you can take your power back when you stop the self-judgment. It’s all an opportunity to remember that when you prioritize the things that matter to YOU as a parent, everything gets a LOT easier.

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The Abortion Story Lawmakers Need to Hear with Sarah Frick

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 she has now. It’s messy and inspiring, as all the best stories are, which is why we hope this conversation empowers you to go share yours with people open to listening.

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WTF Is Up With Time Management | Episode 1 of WTF is Up Series

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 for themselves and am I the only one who has decided I’ve managed 100% of the time I’ve had up until this moment and maybe I can just give myself more credit today and every day for how much I DO do with the time I’ve got?

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Healing from unconscious cycles of judgment in all relationships

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?”

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Meeting Your Moment of Self-Trust

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.

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Moms Demand Action for Gun Reform with Jackie Shelley

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.

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You are Your Relationships’ Common Denominator

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.

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Readiness is an illusion with Latoya Dixon Smith

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 of wisdom that present themselves.

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Calling in the coaching industry with Emily Cassel

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 of women listening.

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Understanding Childhood Trauma that Doesn’t Feel Like Trauma with Chelsea Green

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.

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Shifting the working mother narrative with Amri Kibbler of HeyMama

Gervase put back on her Champagne Society moderator hat in this conversation with new mom friend and NYC-based entrepreneur, Amri Kibler. Amri is the CEO of HeyMama and has been building a powerful community for mothers while also raising (wild) small humans, so we talk everything from the ride of motherhood and the four steps we believe mothers can collectively take to empower and improve the current state of the modern mother’s mental load and workplace bias.

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