Carol O’Dowd

MPA, MDiv, MI, CAS

Carol combines western and eastern approaches to guide individuals and groups to deal effectively with change, and manage success. For the past 15 years, she has led workshops and retreats in the United States, Thailand, and Indonesia. She is frequently invited back as a speaker. She blends her training and experience in public administration as a former city manager with her spiritual training in Japan to be ordained as a Buddhist priest. She has supplemented her degrees with certifications in Japanese Psychology, Applied Existential Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness Instruction to support her work as a Psychotherapist. Combining Eastern and Western views, she offers mindfulness and awareness training for dealing with stress, being productive, and discovering freedom and happiness.

Her workshops, talks, and the book she is writing focus on how to find freedom and escape from prisons, including the ones we create for ourselves.

Carol spent time in Indonesia offering talks to non-profits (Yayasans), leading mindfulness classes, and providing counseling in the Kerobokan Prison. She is exploring ways to provide support to the loved ones of those incarcerated. Carol is planning the publication of her book, Walking Through Walls.