Have you ever smiled in public while secretly replaying the same painful memory in your mind?
The betrayal.
The disrespect.
The apology you never received.
Resentment is one of the heaviest emotional burdens a person can carry—yet many strong people carry it quietly for years.
On this powerful episode of Girl Talk Mental Health, host Virginia Dale Manning, Licensed Professional Counselor and author of Set Apart sits down with Ja’Keya Kellom, LPC to unpack the hidden psychological and spiritual cost of resentment.
Because resentment doesn’t just affect your emotions.
It affects your peace, your relationships, your physical health, your faith, and your ability to move forward in life.
Many people believe holding onto resentment protects them.
But the truth is:
Resentment is often the emotional prison we build to avoid feeling the pain of what happened.
In this deeply honest and empowering conversation, we explore:
✔ Why resentment is so difficult to release
✔ The psychological cycle that keeps people emotionally stuck
✔ How unresolved pain turns into bitterness over time
✔ The difference between forgiveness and reconciliation
✔ How to finally release emotional weight without dismissing your pain
If you’ve ever felt trapped by anger, bitterness, or the memories of how someone hurt you, this episode will give you practical wisdom, emotional clarity, and spiritual insight to begin healing.
Because freedom isn’t pretending the pain didn’t happen.
Freedom is refusing to let the pain define your future.
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More About Je’Keya Kellom, LPC
Ja’Keya Kellom, MA, LPC, is a faith-centered behavioral health leader, counselor, and doctoral student in Counselor Education and Supervision with over ten years of experience serving individuals and families across community mental health systems. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Ja’Keya currently serves as the Director of Mobile Crisis at Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) , where she oversees mobile crisis services and the organization’s Crisis Call Center, ensuring timely, compassionate, and equitable behavioral health response for individuals experiencing mental health emergencies.
Ja’Keya’s professional experience spans child welfare, psychiatric hospitals, schools, community-based programs, and crisis intervention settings. Throughout her career, she has remained committed to mentoring and supporting emerging mental health professionals while strengthening systems of care that improve access to services for underserved communities. Her leadership focuses on building responsive crisis systems grounded in compassion, connection, and dignity.
Driven by a passion for mental health awareness and stigma reduction, Ja’Keya is dedicated to inspiring youth, empowering communities, and promoting culturally responsive care. Guided by her faith, she approaches both leadership and clinical work with empathy, respect, and a deep commitment to serving others. Outside of her professional work, Ja’Keya values time with her family and serving in her church, which remain central sources of purpose and inspiration.
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.
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