Invisible Chains: Understand Ableism & Build Mental Resilience Season 4 Ep 6

This episode of Girl Talk Mental Health peels back the layers of mental health stigma that often hide in plain sight—especially within ableist systems. We confront how ableism affects not only those with visible disabilities but also individuals with mental health conditions who feel forced to “perform wellness” to be accepted.

Host Virginia Dale Manning is joined by special guest Alison Hayes who shares her real-life journey of navigating ableism, building emotional resilience, and reclaiming her voice in a world that often expects silence from the suffering.

If you’ve ever felt invisible, dismissed, or like your pain had to come with a smile—this episode is for you.

Whether you’re a therapist, advocate, caregiver, or just someone trying to heal and understand others better—this conversation will stretch your compassion, elevate your awareness, and strengthen your mental resolve.



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Tune in next week for more powerful mental health awareness tips—only on GTMH, where healing gets personal, and stories turn into breakthroughs.

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More About Alison Hayes
ALISON HAYES is the founder and driving force behind her coaching business, Thriving While Disabled. This book has evolved from her blog. Her business has expanded to encompass coaching, training, and educational materials that help people with disabilities navigate the many broken systems which make their lives difficult. 
The goal of her business is to empower her fellow disabled folks to know and protect their rights, recognize their worthiness as human beings, and find their own path to purpose. 
Her wish is that you can thrive while managing society’s perception and treatment of you as a person with a disability!

More About Virginia Dale Manning
A voice of FAITH for the strong but silently struggling.

Virginia Dale Manning, LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with over 18 combined years of experience in education and mental health therapy. She is the CEO of GinMan Consulting and Counseling Associates, PC, a therapeutic corporation and the founder of Girl Talk Mental Health Show, a show that empowers and impacts conversations about mental health by exploring healthy ways to manage stats, stereotypes, stigmas and societal norms about mental health while addressing the 6 dimensions of wellness. 

As a powerful and authentic mental health and wellness advocate, she stands firm against the lack of education and empowerment concerning mental health. Her mission is to share knowledge and the keys to help overcome life’s common challenges.

As a 4x author, she passionately motivates, inspires, guides and supports others to live their best life. Her latest riveting trauma memoir, Set Apart: The Journey to Find Hope in Times of Shame. Loneliness and Death is available on Amazon.

She is the mother of four outstanding adult children & the granny of nine adorably awesome grandchildren. She enjoys cooking, traveling and family time. She lives each day of her life purpose driven & dedicated to living a life according to God’s will.

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