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HELLO, I’M JODIE!

AUTHOR-PSYCHOLOGIST & CREATOR OF MINDFUL ROMANCE

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I WRITE THE STORIES THAT BRING YOU BACK TO YOURSELF

You're in your working-on-yourself era. Journaling. Processing. Choosing yourself, finally.

But you still find yourself stuck between trying to fix yourself with self-help or escaping from yourself through story. That's the Fix-or-Flee Trap.

I write Mindful Romance for you: stories where the characters are also in their own working-on-themselves era, so you can see how it's done, and with the Inner-Read Ritual, you can do it too

You meet the parts of yourself that have never been fully heard without it ever feeling like a self-help chore.

The book ends. You begin.

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THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND THE STORIES

Here's where the psychologist in me comes in.

A compassionate, evidence-based model called Internal Family Systems (IFS) sits at the heart of my work.

IFS helps us understand the different ‘parts’ of us, the ones trying to protect us, the ones holding onto hurt, and the calm, wise Self at our very centre.

This model transformed my own life and healing, which is why I weave it into my fiction.

Whether through my novels or online IFS therapy and coaching, my goal is to help you to turn self-doubt into Deep Self-Trust and be the author of your own becoming.

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EXPERIENCE THAT GUIDES MY WORK

I'm a registered psychologist (AHPRA) and IFS-trained practitioner with 20+ years of experience supporting families, teens, and communities through some of their most complicated moments.

I've spoken at TEDx, chaired a school board, and spent years in private practice, all of which taught me that the inner world is where everything begins, and where everything can change.

I live in Adelaide on Kaurna land with my husband, two kids, two cats, and views to the hills. When I'm not writing or seeing clients, I'm reading, sipping tea, eating dark chocolate or walking in the national park near my home, usually dreaming up the next story.

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