Benita Bensch

Benita Bensch is an Australian author, coach and speaker. Her writing and work explore identity, transition, purpose and visibility. At the centre of this is a focus on the creative life, storytelling, and the often invisible narratives that shape our sense of self.

Through her writing, workshops and online offerings, Benita helps women reimagine and re-author their personal narratives. Her work is grounded in a commitment to illuminating and guiding women and mothers in rural and regional areas back to their inner truth. She believes that being seen begins with a deeper connection to who we truly are.

Benita is a certified Motherhood Studies Practitioner with over a decade of coaching experience. Her work draws on  narrative therapy principles. She has written two books Seen Again: Light on Matrescence (2026) and The Art of Trying: An intimate account of my journey to conceive (2019). She is a contributing author in issue 3 Anthologia: A Collection of Stories For Every Woman, issue 2 Anthologia: A Collection of Stories by Women and Matrescence: Becoming Mother.

Benita lives and farms near Moama, New South Wales, with her husband and four sons, where she finds joy in reading, learning, singing, walking, travel and farm life.