A love note for the bodyworkers of the world

Dec 16, 2024 | Massage

It has been a great pleasure to be a bodyworker for the last 20 years. I have managed to do what many colleagues have not, namely create a sustainable business offering deep, therapeutic massage that addresses actual pain and dysfunction and do it day after day, week...

How And Why I Became A Bodyworker

Nov 4, 2024 | Massage

After college, I joined the peace corps. I wish I could say I joined the Peace Corps out of an autistic urge to help others, one that I felt deep within my heart but that isn’t true. I joined because I wanted to travel and didn’t have the money to. I joined because I...

Evolution of Massage Therapy

Sep 6, 2024 | Massage Trainings

What could this massage therapy industry evolve into and what is my role? We had a new client come in yesterday. She had a terrible experience with another massage therapist and really needed her next person “to be good.” She was not messing around, she did her...

The Plight or the Potential of a Massage Therapist

Jun 21, 2024 | Massage Trainings

Full Disclosure: I asked Jordan, one of my employees to share her experience working and training with me. When I met Jordan 8 or so months ago, she looked tired.  When I learned she was so tired after only 1 year of full time work, I felt sad for her.  An opportunity...

Let’s Talk About Tipping

May 1, 2024 | Massage Trainings

America has turned into a tip happy culture. Seems like everywhere you look people want you to tip. I recently went to a comedy show and went up to what looked like a concession stand that any teenager could do at a movie theater and got water and popcorn and was...