Gary Jansen

Gary Jansen is the author of several bestselling books, including the memoir Holy Ghosts: Or, How a (Not So) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things That Go Bump in the Night, The 15-Minute Prayer Solution, Station to Station, and the multi-award winning MicroShifts: Transforming Your Life One Step at a Time, and The Healing Power of Praying the Rosary (2025, Loyola Press). His illustrated children’s book, Remember Us with Smiles, which he co-wrote with his wife Grace, won the 2023 Christopher Award in the Books for Young People category (past recipients of Christopher Award include Jimmy Carter, David McCollough, and Ken Burns).

Jansen is a Chopra certified meditation and health instructor. He is frequent speaker and has been featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, CNN.com, Coast to Coast AM, A&E, the Sundance Channel, and has appeared numerous times on the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown.