What if the real story of your trauma isn’t the one you keep telling yourself in your head — but the one your body has been holding all along?

In this solo episode, G shares how trauma patterns show up in our daily lives (especially as mothers, makers, and women holding it all), and why breaking cycles requires more than mindset work. Drawing on focalizing training and the wisdom of teacher Nick Werber, she will reveal how our most obvious trauma response is often how we treat our own bodies — ignoring signals, pushing past limits, or abandoning ourselves when life feels full.

This conversation weaves together personal stories (including her own rocky “back-to-school transition”), trauma-informed practices, and reminders that your body is not a machine — it’s more like a garden that needs tending. 

When we stop abandoning ourselves and start listening to the body’s wisdom, we begin to re-pattern, restore, and rise.

Listen to this episode to discover:

• Why the most obvious trauma response is how you treat your body

• The difference between the story in your head and the story your body is telling

• How generational cycles and trauma show up in motherhood

• What I learned from crashing hard during my “back-to-school” transition (and how I found rhythm again)

• The ballerina-on-pointe metaphor: why balance is hundreds of tiny adjustments, not one rigid plan

• Why your nervous system needs seasons of rest, rhythm, and renewal — just like nature

• Practical ways to “resource as you go” so you don’t abandon yourself

JOIN US:

• Join G in Charleston to tune into your womanly wisdom, inner knowing, and soulful sisterhood: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/chs-retreat 

• Mamas- it’s time to reset, resource and rise together: Mothers Rising 6 week circle begins October 15th: https://www.gervasekolmos.com/mothers-rising 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Connect with Nick Werber - nicknwerber.comNick Werber | Integrative Coach | Instagram: @nickwerber_

• Previous episode with Nick Werber (here)

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Quotes to Share:

• “The most obvious trauma response is how we treat our bodies.” – Nick Werber

• “Your body is not a machine. It’s more like a tree that needs seasons of rest, rhythm, and renewal.” – Gervase