Welcome to the first season of Good News and Gratitude, a podcast from the United Thank Offering. In this episode, our host, Erin Jean, welcomes Laura Jackson as her guest. Enjoy their conversation about new year’s resolutions, cultivating curiosity, and more.

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Bio: The Rev. Erin Jean Warde (she/her) is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, recovery coach, and writer. She is the author of Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol. She offers a course, Discerning Sobriety, which helps participants bring spiritual practices and mindfulness into their relationship with alcohol. Check out her offerings around coaching, spiritual direction, and more at http://www.erinjeanwarde.com. You can explore her Substack, Gather the Inklings, which includes weekly posts and a community. In her free time you can find her watching comedy, thrift or vintage shopping, making new friends, and hanging out with her cats in Nashville.

Laura Jackson is the Executive Director of The Partner’s Path (ThePartnersPath.org), a Leadership Coach, and a Doctor of Ministry candidate in Spirituality. She specializes in studying and writing about the spiritual lives of clergy spouses. Laura is also the founder of Holy Ground Coaching and a coach at Province V’s Leadership Coaching Project. With a diverse background that includes being a chaplain, crisis counselor, trauma therapist, and spiritual director, Laura brings a wealth of experience to her practice. She is passionate about human flourishing and dedicated to unlocking joy in individuals’ lives through her work.