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Moments when ‘everything’s going to be ok’ isn’t true

Erin Benson
Human Parts
Published in
10 min readApr 15, 2021

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Everything is going to be okay.

We whisper it to our children when they skin their knees or have a fight with a friend. We proclaim it to those who have lost their job, their partner, their health. We post it on…

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Erin Benson
Human Parts

I write about trauma, grief, mindfulness, mental health, and the complexities of being human. My new book is now available on Amazon at https://qrco.de/bdXvYK