Jodie Benveniste
Psychologist, Author, Parenting Expert & Director of Parent Wellbeing
Jodie Benveniste is a psychologist, author, parenting expert, and director of Parent Wellbeing - The place for parents. Jodie is the author of four books including the highly acclaimed Full Belly: Comfort and inspiration for pregnancy and birth and Little Bundle: Comfort and inspiration for new parents.
She has been featured on national TV and newspapers and radio nationally and in all the top parenting magazines. She is Affiliate Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide, and is Editorial Advisor for Family Fun Magazine.
Jodie brings a wealth of professional and personal experience to her work. She uses workshops, books, and speeches to guide and mentor parents. Her warmth, empathy and passion offer comfort, inspiration and insight. She is also mum to two young children.
Topic - Blissful Pregnancy
5 ways to a blissful pregnancy
1. Make your own choices
Other people may not want the responsibility of caring for your baby, but they do want to tell you how you should do it. Trust your own instincts.
2. Respect your body
Fortunately, pregnancy can teach us a new respect for our body. Our body can create, grow and birth a baby. Respect that.
3. Simplify and slow down
Eliminate the superfluous, focus on what’s important, and begin to prepare for your new life with your baby. By simplifying, we open up to a bigger and richer world.
4. Weight Gain - see the whole picture
By watching the scales we only see part of the picture. By tuning into our body’s needs for food, exercise and rest, we see the whole picture.
5. Choose comfort
Can’t find clothes to fit your pregnant shape? Some days you may feel more heffalump than sleek seňorita. On those days, perhaps comfort is enough.
