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Smiling but Spiraling

D’Layne Benson
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    Author of Smiling But Spiraling, weekly notes for women who are resentful, exhausted, and tired of being everything to everyone. I’m a registered nurse obsessed with dismantling over-functioning and getting you out of survival mode.

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