About
Hi, I'm Benita!
I'm happy you're here.
I'm a writer, coach, mother, and space holder for women navigating identity, purpose and transition.
I guide thoughtful women - often mothers, often in regional areas - through seasons of change, so they can feel seen again... by themselves first.
MEET THE FOUNDER
I’m a Mental Projector 6/2 in human design, a Gemini, and a highly intuitive, heart-led guide who’s walked the road of identity loss and return more than once.
I’m here to guide women – especially those holding a lot – back to their spark, voice, and sense of self.
I believe in living from the inside out, not the outside in. In creating a life by design, not default. In allowing our identity to evolve, without apology.
I’m a certified Motherhood Studies Practitioner and practice with a neuro-affirming, trauma-informed lens – always learning, always evolving, always holding space with care.
Over the past 13+ years I’ve:
Coached women through transitions, burnout, matrescence, and midlife shifts
Led programs like Illuminate, North Star, and Glow, as well as retreats and workshops – for my clients and others
Been a Farm Owners Academy coach for 3 years and facilitated strategic meetings for farming families
Maybe You’re A Little Like Me…
Mum to four beautiful boys, wife to Adam
Farmer, and deeply connected to the land, but these days I prefer strategy over tractor driving
Bachelor of Rural Science (University Medal), Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Marketing and Management)
Writing my second book Seen Again (due 2026)
Self-employed since 2007
Lover of salt & vinegar chips, stationery, nature, travel, long walks and my Choc Lab Winnie
In Dec 2024 moved from Goondiwindi to Echuca Moama in for a new season of life
Why I Do This Work
Because I know what it’s like to feel invisible. To be deep in the black hole of postnatal depletion, mental illness, and identity loss, whispering “Who am I now?” I’ve carried so much for others that I forgot myself.
And I found myself wondering: “Does it have to be this way?”
The truth is, we don’t go back. We are changed – reborn – in the transition from woman to woman and mother. This is matrescence (likened to adolescence). It’s a profound biological, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual shift.
And while awareness of this transformation is growing, many women still move through it silently, feeling inadequate, unseen, and alone.
I’ve held the light and dark of motherhood, burnout, and becoming.
Finding love and acceptance for this version of me hasn’t been accidental. It’s been a slow, committed journey – one shaped by years of personal development, coaching, mentorship, studying and healing work across multiple modalities. Every day my greatest challenge, and opportunity, is the woman in the mirror.
I believe we all carry distinctive gifts waiting to be opened and embraced.
I believe in the power of vulnerability through storytelling to connect us and open space to be truly seen. I’m passionate about education, connection, and mental health – with a particular passion
for regional communities.
I’ve learned what alignment really means.
I’ve studied myself deeply – my sensitivity, my cycles, my design. And now, I help other women do the same so they can reimagine what’s possible and step into their potential on their own terms, in their own time.
I’ve also had the privilege of sharing my story more publicly – through the Sober in the Country Amplification Project and a feature in Regional Lifestyle Magazine in 2024.
I believe storytelling opens doors.
Not just for healing, but for visibility, connection, and the kind of permission that changes lives.
Feeling Seen Starts With Seeing Yourself First
My role isn’t to fix you. It’s to help you hear yourself again.
Many of the women I work with aren’t falling apart – they’re actually holding it all together. They’re competent, conscientious, and used to carrying a lot… but something inside is begging for more space, more purpose, more clarity.
That’s where I come in.
Through safe, non-pressured spaces – coaching, storytelling, and reflective experiences – I help you tune back in. We reconnect you with the spark, the self, the truth that’s been waiting patiently beneath the roles, rushing, and expectations.
This work isn’t always loud, nor easy at times, but it is deeply transformational, and ripples out across generations.
Hundreds of women supported through identity shifts, purpose pivots, and personal transitions
Trusted speaker and space-holder for coaching, retreats, and family conversations
Neuro-affirming, blends intuition, deep listening, creative practices and evidence-informed tools to create space for honest reconnection
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I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, work, and create – the Yorta Yorta people. I pay my respects to Elders past and present, and honour the deep wisdom, stories, and ongoing connection to Country.