Nicki has been a guest on our couch many times sharing her unpopular opinions. She’s back and in a mission to help therapists-specifically women- make more money. Her “unpopular” opinion is that women are not asking for enough, taking care of everyone at the expense of themselves, and holding onto the narrative that it’s their job to take care of everyone without asking for too much. This episode we talk about money of course, boundaries, mindset, policies, and of course some music talk since Nicki’s here. We also talk a little about who Nicki’s upcoming course, New Massage Therapist Took-kit, is geared toward and some of the information that might be included in the class. Check out her course info at conedinstitute.com/massage-therapist-toolkit

Joe is a Massage Therapist in Seattle and has a very unique style of treatment that has influences from his experience with martial arts but also from continuing education and watching and learning from other uniques therapists. He has also had the unique experience of both competing and judging the Massage Championships. We got to hear first hand about the judging, the categories, some fun experiences, and what has shaped Joe into the therapist he is today. Joe competed in a category called Western Freestyle which we have learned takes an extremely different type of therapist with their own style.

Viktoria is a clinic owner as well as a practicing Massage Therapist and a hypnotherapist primarily working with chronic pain patients. She also works in an addiction treatment center  providing pain education for her clients. Viktoria wanted to have a conversation about the use of language when it comes to chronic pain as well as the mindset of our patients and how it affects their healing. In her work dealing with patients who are heavily addicted to pain medications, she uses her knowledge to help them recognize how they are thinking about their pain and what their belief system is surrounding their pain. It has been eye opening for her to see the results in patients who have had pain for so long finally see some relief when the language changes, the mindset shifts, and the manual therapy can do what it needs to do.

Having Benita as a guest was a happy accident that turned into a very interesting and inspiring episode. We met during the Canadian Massage Conference during an ice breaker game aimed at helping the therapists connect and get to know one another. Benita felt like she already knew us from being a listener and after running into each other multiple times in different classes, demos, on the trade show floor, and finally during the International Massage and Bodywork expo, we invited her to grab a mic and record there on the spot. I had no idea that I was about to hear such an amazing story from yet another amazing and interesting human. Listen to meet an incredible therapist, mother, partner, friend, colleague, and SINGER…Benita!

Jasmine had worked as a Massage Therapist in spas before starting up her own mobile practice. She mentioned to us that when she was employed at the spa, she had more than one encounter with a patient who didn’t want to be treated by her because she is a black therapist. We invited Jasmine in to speak about her experiences with racist patients, how she handles the situation, how the spa handles it and could handle it, and how Jasmine reacted to the experiences. It’s sad that the conversation has to happen but we cannot stop talking about important issues until they aren’t issues anymore. But of course, in true 2 RMTs and a mic fashion, the three of us had some fun even while discussing a heavy topic.

Robert has many years experience in our profession and has built quite a career by constantly having the desire to learn more to better help his patients. Through research, tons of reading, and continuing education, Robert was able to develop his treatment approach which has yielded amazing results in his practice. As a true leader in the RMT community, he has worked to advance our profession by teaching what he knows, writing a book, and continuing to add value through research. On this episode we talk about self awareness, deciphering what continuing education to invest in, dealing with the haters, and of course Robert’s courses and book. You can find more about Robert’s work at https://www.lastsite.ca

Krista is a Registered Massage Therapist in Nova Scotia and has had a passion for safe touch since she was 5! Her passion for Massage may have even landed her in the Principal’s office in high school. She became a RMT in the early 2000’s and hasn’t lost her love of Massage one bit. Krista is now in the final stages of becoming an author with her first book set to be available in fall 2022 entitled Confessions of a Massage Table. In this book she shares client stories from her many years as a therapist…and don’t worry…Her clients are her biggest support system and have been encouraging her to write this book and giving consent for her to use their stories…anonymously of course. Listen to hear a sneak peak of some of the entertaining stuff we will get to read in this book!

Megan is a Registered Massage Therapist and founder of Slow Medicine Company in Toronto. We invited her in to talk about her company and her journey through massage. Megan is a yoga instructor and was the person who got Amanda interested in yoga many years ago with her unique style of helping her students gain more body awareness and mind body connection into their practice. We didn’t expect the conversation that developed but we got to hear a beautiful story of Megan’s unique journey from leaving home as a teen, travelling alone as a young girl, gaining self awareness, and ultimately deciding on a career as a massage therapist. Listen to a story about another amazing human who helps other humans.

We had a sit down with 2 people from the Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA). We met Heather, the Executive Director, and April, the conference coordinator, at the CMMOTA spring conference this past May in Saskatchewan. These two women really strive to provide a supportive environment for therapists and bring quality education and advocacy for their members. We have been invited back to their fall conference next month and we are so excited to work with them and the awesome therapists we will meet in Alberta. The conference is open to both members and non members so listen to hear what this association is up to!

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