and the most beautiful notes of happiness , " preston said . " it 's been wonderfully healing . kelly preston and john travolta are still celebrating the november birth of their son , benjamin , and now the proud mom is opening up about how scientology has influenced both her birthing style and her choices as a parent . but it 's still every day . it took preston told today 's natalie morales . in an interview with ' today ' host natalie morales , the actress discusses the " silent birth " technique commonly employed by scientologists , a practice where " everyone attending the birth should refrain from spoken words as much as possible ... chatty doctors and nurses , shouts to ' push , push ' and loud or laughing remarks to ' encourage ' are avoided . " i never thought that would be me at all . but it 's been , i think , a really nice gift for a lot of people throughout the world .