I’ve kept this blog site up for over 12 years. I initially started this for two reasons. First, to support the people taking my mindfulness courses, as well as people seeking guided meditation resources. Second, to support my therapy clients with information about managing emotions and psychiatric symptoms.
My site was quite active for several years as I was teaching mindfulness, specifically Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), with great regularity. In addition I had an active private practice as a Pastoral Counselor, seeing up to 20 clients per week.
However, times have changed! I closed my private practice in October of 2021 and stopped teaching the eight-week MBSR program at about the same time. At present I am “kind of retired,” still helping out at a local addiction treatment facility along with teaching as an adjunct faculty member at a nearby graduated education program (Wilmington University’s MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling program). I also continue to do clinical supervision and consultation with graduate interns and some local professionals. So I am keeping busy, but leaving plenty of time for long hikes on local trails and, of course, reading.
I’ve not been writing much for a few years now as my inspiration for writing, helping people who are my therapy clients and my MBSR students, has waned. And that’s OK; there is a time for everything under the sun and it’s time for me to redirect myself to other activities.
I hope this blog site has been helpful to you! It is time to close it out, which will happen in a few days. If there is any material on this blog site that you would like to have continued access to please email me (walshjm54@yahoo.com) and I will find a way to send it to you.
So thanks for being a reader here, and my prayers and best wishes go out to all.
Peace,
Jim
James M. Walsh Pastoral Counseling 