Dr. Katherine Echo Kim, L.Ac. ADS Celebrating 24 Years Integrative Stress & Pain Management | Westport, CT

50 Forgiveness Walks (In Progress) 

In October 2026, Dr. Kim began a series of 50 Forgiveness Walks in CT.

Why am I walking?

• I started the walks to recognize two personal and professional milestones: my 50th birthday and the 25th anniversary of becoming an ADS (Acupuncture Detox Specialist, Jan 11, 2002). 
• After being in the clinic so much over the past 2.5 decades, I am taking my healing practice outdoors, to walk in nature. 

Why 50 walks? 50 walks is symbolic, one for each year of life so far. While walking, I am reviewing the past 50 years of my life as well as any people, situations, or events that I can forgive. My intention is to enter my 50's feeling lighter, freer, and healthier.

I questioned if I was too busy to do this or if it would be a good idea. I advised myself to focus on my job, patients, family, or find a funner hobby. A part of me said that this walk wouldn't matter. A more trained voice warned me: Forgiveness is a private concern. Don't expose yourself. Maintain professional boundaries. Never show people that you have personal "stuff" to forgive. 

I laced up my shoes and started walking anyway. Let's just try it. I tested it by walking my dog. Fifteen minutes into the first walk, I committed to the 50 walks.

Other than "go on 50 walks while focused on forgiveness", I didn't have any further plans, 49 mapped out routes, scripts, or a schedule. 

Soon questions emerged:

• What should I do while on 50 forgiveness walks?
• How do I forgive someone or something? What's the method?
• What is forgiveness? What is it not?
• Who or what do I need to forgive? Should I make a list?
• Where do I learn more about forgiveness?
• When do I know for sure if I've forgiven successfully, or partially?
• Is there anything that I can't forgive or should never forgive?

I am walking to explore forgiveness and sharing the journey.
I ordered a stack of books on forgiveness and started reading forgiveness research. I am in the process of figuring out what I know about forgiveness first, in my own way, on my schedule. 

How you ever done anything like this before?
Yes. In 2002, I co-organized the World Peace Walk, a 300-mile walk by a group of peace activists, that traveled from the the World Trade Center to the Pentagon in response to 9/11.

50 Forgiveness Walks
(Updated weekly)

1. Oct 25 2026
2. Oct 26
3. Oct 27
4. Oct 28
5. Oct 30
6. Oct 31
7. Nov 1
8. Nov 2
9. Nov 3
10. Nov 4
11. Nov 5
12. Nov 7
13. Nov 8
14. Nov 9
15. Nov 10