2 Massage Therapists and a Microphone

We originally asked Reza to come on the podcast to talk about running a Massage Therapy franchise as a non- RMT. But this was back in February at our free education and networking event at ConEd Institute before we knew anything about COVID-19. Once clinics started closing, Reza needed time to get his thoughts together and think of a plan B for himself, for his clinic and his staff. He reached out...

We Invited a former client, Chris, who is a career bartender currently employed at a high end hotel bar in Toronto. We have heard from multiple RMTs about the effects on our business with the lockdown and wanted to hear from an industry we felt must be getting hit pretty hard- the hospitality industry. Bartenders cannot work and most are on EI or collecting CERB like many of us, and similar to us,...

Concerns surrounding police power during and possibly after the COVID-19 state of emergency have been circulating following some questionable acts by law enforcement. We have heard reports of police officers ticketing people for not following physical distancing guidelines, and most recently we have heard that personal information of those who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 will be avai...

Samantha set an intention to be a guest on more podcasts in 2020 and the universe (and an awesome mutual friend) brought her to us. Samantha is a teacher by trade but found that she wasn’t loving her career and after having her own children she decided to start down the path of entrepreneurship. Samantha is the founder of Fempire Builders which is a coaching service specifically for female entrepr...

We invited Colette to be a guest on one of our bedroom session episodes after she posted online about her landlord saying she has to pay full rent for her clinic space after giving her a break on one month. Being that we are so unsure how long we will be locked down and out of work, Colette was a little disappointed that her landlord wasn’t willing to help her out further. Since this happened, muc...

Being quarantined ain’t so bad when you get to have a late night remote recording session with two other Massage Therapy podcast hosts who rock the mic! We had so much fun talking to Krista Dicks of The Radical RMT podcast and Sue Ruhe of Love Your Cells podcast. The 4 of us decided to tell some untold stories from therapists who have either told us secrets off mic, sent us messages, or just in co...

We had Troy on the phone talking about all the things he does in our industry. He studied Massage in Colorado, has been involved in published Massage Therapy research, and teaches continuing education. Troy has some strong opinions about the quality of Massage Therapy education and what he thinks needs to change. He is also very involved in pain science and research and tells us where he thinks Ma...

The reason for the bedroom sessions can be perfectly explained in this episode. We had Julia on the phone who is not only a nurse at a busy downtown Toronto hospital, but she has also had COVID-19...or as we referred to it in the episode..f*cking Corona! Julia started having symptoms that at the time weren’t the common coronavirus symptoms so she wasn’t too concerned. About a week into having symp...

We had an episode last year called “Do you even Float?” where Amanda and a friend tried floating for the first time and spoke about their experiences and Mark told us all why he would never do it! This time we brought in an expert! We had Tracy, the owner of Thera Float and Massage on the phone to talk about the history of floating, the benefits, what type of clients benefit from this therapy, wha...

We had Ravinder on who is an energy healer and is the founder of Soul Work Method where she facilitates individuals in finding what their soul’s purpose is here on this planet. She has been following stories not shared in our mainstream for almost 2 decades and has another story to share with us about what is going on in our world energetically at the moment as it relates to COVID-19 and our isola...

As Registered Massage Therapists here in Canada, we all learn “Swedish” Massage techniques and from what we are learning from speaking to Massage Therapists from other countries, Canada has some of the highest education for Massage Therapists. We had a fellow Massage Therapist email us to talk about his Massage journey. Jonothan is originally from Australia, studied Massage Therapy in New Zealand...

Our episodes are about people and their stories and we are always looking to have guests who are passionate about what they do, unique in some way, interesting to talk to, and a person we would want to hang out with! In comes Dylan Crake, RMT, RKin, both onto the RMT scene and onto our podcast...virtually of course! In her short career as a RMT, Dylan has created a niche working with seniors which...

John came through our doors last year to prepare for his licensing exam to become a Registered Massage Therapist- a career that would allow him the flexibility to continue pursuing his original passion- running. John is a triathlete who was just recently in Florida training for his race for Team Canada in the summer. Turns out, the timing meant that he had to get back to Canada an go into self iso...

As well all navigate through this unprecedented and uncertain climate of dealing with a global pandemic and being forced out of work, many of us are going through a wide range of emotions daily and doing what we think is best for ourselves and our families. We wanted to have a clinic owner on to speak about what comes along with being a small business owner. Chris, a clinic owner, took on a great...

Suzie is one of the undercover heroes that we wanted to highlight for our listeners. This relatively new RMT, formerly a Social Worker, has a soft spot for people who have suffered some major trauma(s) and has created a unique career out of it. Suzie left Social Work because her own mental health needed a break and had a plan to be a Massage Therapist in a tropical climate! Instead, her career too...

We invited Tiffany on to discuss the tough decision that many of us have had to make to close our doors to comply with social distancing. This recording happened 2 days after the CMTO sent out the first email recommending that we stop any non-essential massage therapy treatments and before receiving the directive from the Chief Medical Officer. At that time, some clinics were choosing to remain op...

We invited Nina to our office for an Unprofessional Hour  which happened to be the day that the CMTO sent us all the email saying we should halt any non-essential Massage Therapy treatments. With all of the panic and uncertainty already going on in the world, and the new panic and uncertainty that was about to come from thousands of self-employed, small business owners shutting their doors, w...

Wanda reached out to us to talk about going back to work as a Massage Therapist post injury. At the very start of her career she had a serious injury but wasn’t ready to give up on Massage Therapy yet. She tells us about the accident, what she had to do to recover, and how it felt going back to work. Now 10 years into her career, Wanda has also added a second stream of income by deciding to join a...

We had Jaime come into our office just to rap about what it’s like to have a career as a Registered Kinesiologist. Jaime is super passionate about making connections with her clients and helping them to incorporate movement in their life to feel better. She’s a firm believer in exercise is medicine and describes herself as your last resort Kinesiologist. She says many people find her when they hav...

Being a Massage Therapist has to be the coolest career in the world. We have flexibility in our schedule and work environment, the ability to work with so many different populations, and the opportunity to help people physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually...AND we get paid to do it! We follow a lot of RMTs who do cool stuff and have had many on the podcast. Christine Parker, RMT has b...

It might be an annual episode to have Nicki, RMT and world traveller on our couch when she touches back down in Toronto after another adventure in new countries! This is Nicki’s second visit with us to talk about her fabulous life as a self employed RMT who works 10 months of the year and takes time each year to explore new countries and have massage in those countries! Nicki wants to visit 50 cou...

Have you ever had to tell a client that you could no longer be their therapist? We had a RMT reach out to us because of this exact situation. We hadn’t really had much experience in discharging clients for reasons other than they no longer needed treatments from us or issues were beyond our scope of practice,  so we wanted to have this discussion. Under what circumstances can you discharge a...

Two of our past guests recently took the plunge out of their comfort zones in their clinic jobs to open their own clinic and wellness studio...and we couldn’t be more proud! Ashley and Omar met in Massage school and became fast friends. Over a decade later and they are still BFFs and now business partners! Listen to them talk about how they met, their unique friendship, how Level Wellness was born...

We were so fascinated with the work Dr. Kate is doing in her practice that we couldn’t resist having Ryan in to chat about his unique practice. Ryan is the lead practitioner at a clinic here in Toronto, Avenue Acupuncture. He practices Traditional Chinese Medicine and is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a focus on degenerative eye disease. Wait what?! You mean there’s a guy who can naturally sl...

Check out this update we did with Rico and Mel from the Unprofessional Hour: Student Edition released September 19, 2019. We caught up with them right after they received the news of their success at the licensing exam and were awaiting their registration to becoming RMTs in Ontario. Listen in as they rap about the preparation and nerves that come with doing an OSCE- Observed Structured Clinical E...