The Gift of Rest: Prioritizing Self-Care During the Holidays Season 4 Ep 8

The Gift of Rest: Prioritizing Self-Care During the Holidays

The holidays are supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year”—but for so many, it’s also the most overwhelming. In this heartfelt episode of Girl Talk Mental Health (GTMH), we’re unwrapping the sacred gift of rest—what it looks like to truly pause, protect your peace, and prioritize your mental health when the world demands more.

Whether you’re balancing grief, pressure, perfectionism, or just pure exhaustion—this episode is a healing reminder that rest is not a reward, it’s your right. 
Join Host Virginia Dale Manning and Special Guest Amy Stone to explore real strategies to set boundaries, say no without guilt, and make space for joy without burnout.

The Gift of Rest: Prioritizing Self-Care During the Holidays” will open your eyes to the power of pausing. From silent struggles to self-compassion, this episode is a healing space you didn’t know you needed.

✨ Watch now and tune in next week for more mental health awareness tips that help you prosper under pressure.

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More About Amy Stone
Stone is a media entrepreneur, storyteller, and founder of The Art of Imperfect Adulting - a growing media platform featuring long-form interviews that explore the messy, non-linear reality of building a life.
Amy is a journalism graduate who started her career as a freelance newspaper photographer. Driven by the desire to be able to pay all of her bills in the same month that they arrived she took a job in marketing and later client service at a tech startup in the late '90s before building multiple businesses of her own - including an award-winning family portrait studio she ran for 8 years. After closing the studio and moving through fitness and lifestyle coaching, she realized the work that mattered most to her wasn't offering her own expertise - it was creating a space where real people share real stories about the everyday choices that shape a life. The challenges of turning one show into a sustainable business moved her to create a network that supported the professional and commercial growth for all female creators.
The Art of Imperfect Adulting sits in the space between curated social media perfection and sensationalized life implosions. Amy focuses on the unglamorous, relatable decisions we all face - career pivots, relationship negotiations, identity shifts, and the small choices that compound over time. Through conversations grounded in lived experience rather than advice or spectacle, she creates authentic connection that helps people feel less alone and more equipped to navigate their own paths.
A seven-time Ironman finisher, mom, stepmom, and sourdough baker, Amy practices what she preaches: embracing the long game, learning through doing, and finding meaning in the journey rather than the destination.

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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