Inside the Story: Never, Not Ever – Book Club Replay

Written By Jodie Benveniste

In this special book club session, we dive into Never, Not Ever, a YA novel that explores big feelings, family secrets, and the journey toward emotional healing.

Author Jodie Benveniste, along with IFS therapists Jaclyn Long and Jessica Tomich Sorci, unpack the story through the compassionate psychological lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS)—a powerful and accessible way of understanding the different parts inside us: the ones that protect us, the ones that hold our pain, and the deeper self that can hold it all.

✨ In this conversation, we explore:

  • A parts-mapping of Tilly, the main character, through an IFS lens

  • The complex dance of mum parts and teen parts, and what happens when they collide

  • The parts we all carry, including the teen parts we’ve left behind

  • How we organize our lives to avoid vulnerability, and how this story shows a braver way

  • How fiction can help us connect - with each other, and with the story of our lives

This is a session for educators, therapists, parents, teens, YA fiction lovers, and anyone curious about how stories can heal.

▶️ Watch the replay now to explore what stirred in your inner world.

Jodie Benveniste