Inner Teen Universe
Young adult fiction, a not-your-average book club and free newsletter
About Your Inner Teen Universe
Has it been awhile since you were an actual teen? Did you think that era was over? Irrelevant? Nope.
Because our teen years stay with us. Always. There’s an emotional potency to the teen years that hit hard. Those experiences have shaped us in profound ways.
How do we reconcile our adult lives with that teen potency? We embrace it. We reconnect with that sense of pure potential, freedom, fun. And we reconcile those more difficult teen experiences.
Since I’ve rediscovered my inner teen, she’s taken me on a journey back to myself. She helped shift me out of psychology private practice and into to my first true love, writing. It’s been a revelation.
We need our inner teens to revive our inherent aliveness and they need us to value what they experienced. This is too good an opportunity to miss.
Check out my books and the book club to reconnect with your inner teen.
About Jodie
Hello, I’m Jodie Benveniste! I write young adult fiction about family dynamics, finding yourself, and falling in love.
I host a not-your-average book club, guiding us to reconnect with our inner teens (and our real life teens too).
I also curate a free newsletter, sharing insights and reflections on what it means to live truly and unapologetically as ourselves.
Beyond fiction, I've been a psychologist in private practice, trusted parenting expert, organizational consultant, academic researcher, and Chair of the Board of an Independent School.
Now, I’m most interested in harnessing the power of storytelling for self-exploration so we can all live a more heart-expanding and awe-inspiring life.
I live in Adelaide, Australia, on Kaurna land, with my husband, two kids, two cats, and with views to the hills.
About Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychological therapy that has healing at its heart. It offers a framework for true Self understanding and an evidence-based, step-by-step process to navigate through challenges.
It recognises that our inner world has a significant and synergistic relationship with what’s happening in our outer world, and that inner focus is a powerful site for change.
It addresses the underlying cause of issues rather than simply trying to manage or mitigate symptoms. We work from a place of compassion and curiosity, recognising our inner complexities and also our inner resources.
IFS was my method of choice when helping clients in my private practice and it’s also been pivotal in my own healing journey. It’s the framework through which I live my life and it features in my fiction writing.
IFS helped bring me back to my true Self and gave me the courage to become the writer I always wanted to be.
