The holidays are painted with twinkling lights, warm hugs, and joy—but what if your heart feels heavy when everyone else seems to be celebrating?
In this powerfully vulnerable episode of Girl Talk Mental Health, your host Virginia Dale Manning, LPC-S invites special guest Nicole Hope to help us unpack the quiet emotional weight that comes with the season: grief, guilt, sadness, loneliness, and depression.
Through storytelling, compassionate truth-telling, and real-world tips, this episode will show you how to:
• Name the emotional shadows you feel
• Rebuild your sense of self-worth when you feel sadness
• Practice radical self-care that doesn’t feel like a chore
• Set boundaries without guilt
• Say yes to healing, even when the world says “cheer up”
💛 You’re not broken—you’re burdened. And you deserve care.
📩 Tune into our channel if you’ve ever:
• Said “I’m fine” with tears in your eyes
• Wanted someone to notice your silence
• Needed space to not be okay without being judged
Your healing matters. And on GTMH, your truth is welcome.
More About Nicole Hope
Nicole Hope is a Stress Fluency educator and wellness coach who helps people understand how the body and nervous system drive mental health, focus, and resilience. Through her WISER Framework and Stress Fluent method, she teaches science-backed tools that turn stress into strategy—helping people improve performance, communication, and calm. Her work blends neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and body awareness to make mental well-being practical and powerful.
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Thank you Virginia! What a delight.
Cheers, Nicole
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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