Jean Heaton

Jean Heaton is a blogger, writer, speaker, teacher, and a workshop and retreat leader. She is both the mother and the spouse of recovering addicts and has worked her own twelve-step program. Heaton is the author of Helping Families Recover from Addiction: Coping, Growing, and Healing through 12-Step Practices and Ignatian Spirituality. She is on the Pastoral Care Committee Board at Ignatian Ministries and the Board of Directors of the Ignatian Spirituality Project.
Helping Families Recover from Addiction by Jean Heaton

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  • Helping Families Recover from Addiction

Praying with the Word

Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word,...

Gratitude Like a Cinematic Slap

When the word gratitude is mentioned, I am instantly transported back to watching sitcoms during the ’70s and ’80s, when a hysterical character is slapped across the face. The...

The Audacity to Change

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on...

Tuning In to God’s Voice

I’d been a nervous wreck for days. In the next four weeks, I had several major projects due. Each endeavor was an opportunity for which I’d hoped and prayed....

Meeting People Where They Are

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on dotMagis this month will explore...

Steadying Each Other

We made our way through the crowded theater, spotting our seats in the center of a row already filled with people. Not wanting to make everyone stand up to...