Laura Kauffman is a spiritual director and poet from Glenwood, Iowa. After receiving a masters in counseling from Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, she joined a private practice where she counseled for several years until transitioning to full-time caregiving for her three boys. During that time, she led and taught formational prayer groups, spoke at retreats, participated in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, and self-published three collections of poetry. Since then, she has earned a certificate for completing a two-year spiritual direction training program and has begun her own spiritual direction practice.