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You Survived… But At What Cost? Season 6 Ep 26
What if the strength everyone praises…
is actually the wound no one sees?
In this deeply honest and eye-opening episode of Girl Talk Mental Health, your host Virginia Dale Manning, LPC-S sits down with Kerri Francis, LPC to unpack the unspoken cost of growing up in survival mode.
This isn’t just about trauma…
This is about the kind of survival that looks like success on the outside—but feels like exhaustion, anxiety, and emotional disconnection on the inside.
If you’ve ever:
• Been “the strong one” in your family
• Learned to suppress your needs just to keep the peace
• Struggled to rest without guilt
• Felt like you’re always bracing for something to go wrong
…this conversation is for you.
💔 Because survival mode doesn’t just protect you…
It programs you.
And what once kept you alive…
may now be quietly keeping you stuck.
What’s one way survival mode showed up in your life that you didn’t recognize until now?
👇 Drop it in the comments—I’m reading every one.
👉 Watch now. Heal what you’ve been carrying.
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More About Kerri Francis, LPC
Kerri Francis is an LPC in Katy, TX. She specializes in trauma therapy using EMDR as the primary modality. She is also a Certified Grief Professional.
Kerri is a graduate of Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State University). She graduated in 1996 with her Masters of Education in Counseling and Guidance and has been licensed since 2001.
Her career has taken her down many avenues including working for 2 major insurance companies; working as a director for multiple geriatric partial hospitalization programs; Director of Utilization at an inpatient psychiatric facility; and then in 2017 ahe went into private practice. She presently works for a group practice called Greater Houston Counseling Services in Katy.
Kerri is a widowed mother of 4 and enjoys spending time with them as well as with her siblings, nieces, and nephews. She is a self-proclaimed "metalhead" and goes to as many rock concerts as she can.
More About Virginia Dale Manning, LPC-S
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 8 dimensions of wellness.
As a powerful and authentic faith- centered 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 at bit.ly/setapartbook.
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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