Dominique sent us an email as a newer Massage Therapist who is absolutely in love with this profession. She is currently living in Virginia with her fiancé but is originally a big city girl from New York. Dom has a very interesting back story that led to her Massage career starting with a challenging childhood including a mysterious disability, to a super supportive family that recognized at a very early age that she was talented in writing and story telling. Dom pursued a career in journalism and her first celebrity interview was actually a CANADIAN! But Dom also had another talent and once again her family felt she should pursue it. Listen to Dom’s story and fall in love with massage all over again.

Vivian joined us on the phone to give us some inside information about what colleges are doing to get in-class courses happening again. She is an employee at Mohawk College and could only really give us insight into their protocols but it is really a good indication as to what school will look like for most Massage Therapy students this fall because the program directors from various colleges work together to ensure the safety of their staff and students. Vivian explained how students were handled during the shut down, and how they are going to move forward. As a practicing RMT, and educator, Vivian is passionate about the Massage Therapy profession and is both hopeful and positive about future RMTs.

We had Lindsay on our couch a while back talking about Sport Massage and she was eager to come back for a collaboration for her podcast Lattes with Lindsay. She wanted to have an open round table discussion about the characteristics of an entrepreneur, how to get started as a self employed organization, and what it really means to be an entrepreneur. We didn’t know where this episode would take us but it was a very real and honest discussion about the pros and cons of entrepreneur life, the ups and downs, and all of the twists and turns that can and will happen if you have a true entrepreneurial spirit. Listen to Lindsay’s take on a day in the life and use this real life experience as a valuable lesson in what it means to be the captain of the ship. Also be sure to check out her podcast!

This episode is both an entrepreneur segment AND a where are they now segment. Mary is a former student of Mark’s who has been incredibly successful in her 7 year career as a RMT. She has kept in touch with us over the years and constantly expresses her gratitude to Mark for playing a key role in her creating the life she wanted. Mary is far too humble. Listen to her journey and it will be easy to see that Mary has the grit and the hustle of an entrepreneur and she made this all happen. She’s the owner of a beautiful and successful clinic, Pillar of Health that exists solely because of her entrepreneurial spirit and hard work. We are happy she FINALLY agreed to rap with us and it was a major love fest. There’s something about Mary...

We travelled back to Hamilton to One Wellness Group Family Massage Therapy Clinic to hang out with our friends Scott and Monica who are two of the awesome RMTs behind the Canadian Massage Conference that has been running for 13 years. With all of the uncertainty 2020 has brought, we weren’t sure we would get a conference this year but have no fear; Scott and Monica wouldn’t leave RMTs and future RMTs without a glimmer of hope. These two have so much passion for this profession and have been huge promoters of Massage Therapy education over the years. They have the best in the business on board to deliver the conference and trade show this year in a virtual format. They are super excited to share their new platform with all of us and thanks to their amazing sponsors, they are actually hosting 2 events, August and September, at a very affordable price and even a free student day! Listen to learn how this works, how to get involved, and just to be inspired by some great people.

Isidora is a Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor, Pilates Instructor, and podcast host! She invited us to be on her podcast, Bent over Wellness, and we couldn’t resist based on the name alone! After having so much fun recording with her, we had to have her on our couch! As always, we didn’t know where the conversation would go. Izzy surprised us and opened up about her past struggles with addiction and how yoga was a part of her recovery. As a recovering alcoholic, Izzy  feels it is super important to be open and real about her own journey because of the possibility that it may help even one person to take the steps they need to get on the road to recovery. We appreciated the raw conversation and hope you enjoy getting to know such an awesome person and therapist.

John is one of our most loyal listeners and loves getting involved in the conversation. He often sends us feedback about episodes and has found value in many of our guests. When COVID hit, he was checking in on us and even giving Amanda cooking tips! We promised him that when we were back in action that we would invite him in to rap about whatever he wanted...so that’s just what we did! Listen to John’s story about his first few years as a Massage Therapist And working for Massage Addict,  and his career path prior to getting into this profession. This super fan is super interesting and it didn’t hurt that he came with a cooler full of Corona!

Ron reached out to us because he wanted to talk assessments. We are big fans of assessments and love hearing about different approaches to assessment. Ron pointed out how Massage Therapists have a unique advantage in the assessments process based on the amount of time we have with our patients and clients and our exceptional palpation skills. As a RMT with many years of experience, and an educator, Ron feels that RMTs should really hone in on our fundamental skills and work to enhance those rather than adding modalities and we couldn’t agree more. His assessments approach is using simple principles like muscle testing and palpation that all RMTs are capable of to provide the best care to our patients and clients.

Sean listens to our podcast and felt that he had valuable information to share with our audience...and who are we to deny a passionate RMT a platform to share knowledge?!? Sean began his career working at a popular Massage Therapy chain in the USA and quickly gained the respect of owners and corporate that he bypassed the chain of seniority and was given a role with more responsibility. Through this he also realized how much he didn’t quite fit in at this type of establishment. In a non- unprofessional hour episode, he shares some pretty unprofessional stories about his former place of work and it’s easy to figure out why he chose to branch out on his own. Listen to Sean give insight into his experience with a Massage chain, and some valuable advice for Massage Therapists.

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