In this powerful episode of the Successful in Love podcast, inner transformation coach Gervase shares her deeply personal story — from corporate burnout and motherhood challenges to finding her purpose as a coach.
We explore what happens when a woman outgrows the life she built, the tension between ambition and marriage, and how to navigate relationships when you’re evolving faster than your partner.
💡 Topics covered:
– Why motherhood can trigger identity loss
– How to deal with relationship imbalance
– The power of the nervous system in love & leadership
– Creating emotional safety in modern partnerships
– Female ambition, fear, and patriarchal narratives
About the guest:
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.
Some facts about Gervase:
- 11+ years coaching women to align with their soul center
- Trained in coaching, focalizing (somatic modality) and hypnotherapy
- Mom of three, happily imperfect wife and entrepreneur
Gervase's social links:
Website - https://www.gervasekolmos.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gervasekolmos
Podcast - https://www.gervasekolmos.com/the-modern-phoenix
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - How did Gervase become a coach?
5:12 - How COVID changed her business
10:00 - «The social nervous system» in relationships
14:15 - How to be aligned with your partner
25:45 - How insecurity ruins your relationship
31:55 - Miscommunication as the reason to break up
38:03 - You don't need to provide for your family with just money
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About the Host
Katarina Polonska is a Strategic Relationship Advisor and a Gender Dynamic Social Scientist from the University of Oxford. She has 15 years of experience studying love, gender, and relationships.
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