Jamie is a former Massage Therapist and the owner of Happy Haüs Studios, an interior design studio whose specialty is in wellness spaces. As a former Massage Therapist and wellness coach, Jamie recognizes the role that the environment has on fostering relaxation, soothing the senses, and providing a sanctuary for healing and well being. Jamie has a Masters Degree in design and uses the principles of Biophilic Design to be sustainable and connected to nature. Listen to Jamie’s journey from Cultural Anthropology to Massage Therapy and wellness to design with some twists and turns of course. Jamie also left us with some do’s and don’t’s of treatment room design. Check out Jamie’s tiered services at https://happyhausstudios.com

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Sara was brought to our couch by Joyce, a former guest, RMT, and friend who thought that we would love to hear Sara’s amazing story. Sara is not a RMT but is involved in the health and wellness realm through her healing yoga retreats that she runs to facilitate people on their healing journey. Sara is a somatic healing and neuroscience specialist who has a cool backstory that starts with her joining the military at a very young age, meeting her partner, going into academics and neuroscience, starting a family, and ultimately tying it all together through yoga. Listen to another amazing story from an amazing human.

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Liane is the organizer of the Massage Championships here in Canada and wanted to speak to Canadian therapists and educate them on what this event is truly about. For Liane who is a passionate therapist and always looking to be better, it’s about the experience of meeting and learning from therapists from all over the world, and building community and networking with other passionate professionals. This year she is hosting the Massage Therapy Summit in Laval, Quebec, that will include the Championships, a large tradeshow, and lectures for RMTs. We were joined briefly by Luisa Vargas, the 2023 World Champion to speak about her experiences and why we need to forget the word championships and focus on what matters. Check out the 2024 Massage Therapy Summit at https://sommetdelamassotherapie.ca

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Agyness is a client and a hair stylist that is on the verge of taking the leap to open her own salon. She asked us for some advice on where to get started in this new journey as an entrepreneur and since we have brainstormed with many Massage Therapists about going out on their own and clinic ownership, we invited her to the couch! Listen to a discussion about opening up a business and what needs to happen to get the ball rolling.

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Sandy is back for a third time because once again his career has taken a shift and he wanted to come talk about it. When he was first on the couch we talked about his unique style of treating, he returned to talk about a new way of assessing which levelled up his practice working primarily with golfers, and this time he’s back and working in education and giving back to the profession he’s been a part of for almost 3 decades. We talked about massage curriculum, techniques, debates about the evidence behind massage therapy education, how to be a better public speaker and teacher, and preparing students to be great clinicians. Check out an episode with a whole lotta shop talk!

Ryan is a mobile massage therapist who lives with his family on a farm north of the city. Like many others in our profession, he got into the manual therapy world after being a patient himself and going through his own rehabilitation process. He wanted to combine manual therapy with his personal training experience to help people dealing with pain or injury to get back to living. At the same time he needed to make sure he was supporting his family. He recently started a Facebook group called Male Massage Therapist Success Network for men in our profession to share ideas and help each other to do well in their career. Listen to us talk about what male therapists may face at certain jobs in terms of clients feeling uncomfortable being treated by men and some ideas of how to diminish these issues.

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Jen hung out on our couch years ago to talk to us about having a trauma informed practice and what that means. At the time she was working at a clinic that didn’t necessarily allow her to fully practice in the way she wanted to. Fast forward to 2024 and Jen is back. She has taken the leap and is now running her own practice where she can allow her patients who are dealing with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and any sort of trauma or mental health issues to have a place to feel safe and to get the therapy they need. Jen came to fill us in with how her life, education, career, and mindset have changed over the years and how this has helped shape her new practice.

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Chris is a Massage Therapist and Clinic owner who talked to us virtually during lockdown about the struggles of clinic owners during that time. He came by in person to sit on our couch and tell us about how his clinic has changed, the stuff he’s been doing to better his own practice and improve his skills for his clients, and of course some good stories and shop talk. Listen to some of Chris’ thoughts on business, continuing education, being a male therapist, and what he would do if he won the lottery.

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Alison is a RMT in Ontario and a very good friend of 2RMTs and a Mic and Massage Therapy Media. As you can imagine, when we heard that someone we cared about was going through cancer treatment, we felt helpless. Alison is doing well these days and wanted to come speak about her experiences and how her life changed completely following her cancer diagnosis. She’s a force this woman and we were super excited to have her come by for a visit and tell us her story. Listen to a very real and honest conversation about Alison’s journey.

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Sue was a guest on our podcast way back when we first started and we have watched her go through numerous career shifts which included going inactive as a RMT. She is planning a possible comeback to practice and I’m sure many people would be excited to get her hands in their fascia again! Sue says she is not the same person we interviewed in 2018 so we invited her to give us an update on her life and wow. This turned into an emotional chat about life, death, grief, change, evolution, and all the things. Come on a journey with 3 RMT friends catching up.

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