2 Massage Therapists and a Microphone

Have you ever heard of Thai Massage? The answer is likely yes. But have you heard of Chi Nei Tsang? Well maybe you have but it was new for us! Listen to us hang out with Andre, a RMT who has been practicing about 15 years. He had interest in learning Thai Massage and decided- what better way to learn than by learning straight from the source?! He tells us about his trips to Thailand to study Thai...

Another Facebook live episode of Hanging with our Listeners is ready for your listening pleasure. We chatted with Jody, who just finished Massage Therapy College in Seaside California. Jody reached out to us because she is a fellow Canuck (did I really just say that?!) from Ontario and moved to the US where she is now going to be starting her career in Massage Therapy. Listen to us talk about some...

Another episode is here where we are showing some serious podcast love to a fellow RMT who has begun sharing her passion and her knowledge of fascia primarily to the Massage community. Listen to us hang out with Sue Ruhe in her beautiful sunroom in London Ontario and talk about her Massage Therapy journey, her love of fascia and human cells, and taking a year off while going inactive to focus on h...

Another episode of conversations with clients is back...or is it? We had Kitten Monroe on the show who is actually a friend of a friend and not my actual client BUT she has some interesting perspectives on some stuff that we thought ya’ll might like to hear. Kitten has had experience being in an open relationship with a polyamorous partner. Listen as she talks about the boundaries of these types o...

Welcome back Rebecca! Via Facebook Live, Rebecca is  back again to talk about Money Mindset in our industry. As a  Massage Business and Success coach, Rebecca want to change the money mindset many therapists have which she describes as a disease in our industry. We rap about the need to help people and the “shame” that can come along with that innate desire around making a decent living...

Is travelling your thing? Extended vacations? Check out this sit down we had with Corrie, a Registered Massage Therapist from Sarnia, Ontario. She has managed to mix her career with her passion for travel. Listen in as she raps about not wanting to have a home base for her practice- locums throughout Ontario, working in Lake Louise, Jasper, Australia, Yoga Teacher Training in India, and all of the...

The Unprofessional Hour is back!!! Check out this sit down we had with Franc, a mobile Massage Therapist in Toronto. Franc showed up with a crew on a day that our AC was down due to a car accident outside of our office...you can probably hear us sweatin!! Listen in as we rap about what it's like working as a mobile therapist and some of the strange stuff that comes with it, Franc's decisions to ma...

We had a really amazing talk with Angela Pereira, a Registered Kinesiologist and the owner of First Line Education , a Continuing Education company for movement therapists. Angela shed some light on the scope of practice of kinesiology, the different career paths a kinesiologist could take, and how Kinesiologists fit into this world of complementary alternative therapy. As the former president of...

Check out this sit down we had with 2 of the 4 owners of a Massage Therapy clinic in Brampton, Ontario called RMT Movement Inc. We have all had the dream of opening a clinic with our classmates and close friends...these kats did it- 4 classmates who rock'n rolled through school together, studied together, partied together. Listen in as we rap about their friendship, working with your wife, develop...

We had a sit down with a former student Jenelle who is a Registered Massage Therapist and Real Estate Agent. Listen in a we catch up with Jenelle as she talks about her journey as a Massage Therapist, doing practical interviews, entrepreneurship, and real estate tips on finding a location for your clinic- things to look for in an agent and understanding some of the hidden costs of leasing a commer...

We had a sit down with a former co-worker and now owner of her own on clinic in Thornhill, Ontario. Listen in as we rap with Joyce about the internal itch of wanting more than working for someone else, even when the work seems almost perfect. She rolled the bones and took a stab at opening a multi-disciplinary clinic. We talk about some of the common struggles of start-up and the highs and lows al...

Podcasters supporting podcasters! We did a Facebook Live with another cool RMT that likes to shoot the sh*t with other RMT’s just like us...only maybe better- there’s alcohol! We are talking about Dominique Labre who is the creator and host of The Spirit of RMT podcast where he invites RMTs to sit down and have a conversation with a specially prepared drink that he has made just for them! This is...

Happy Birthday to us! 2 RMTs and a Mic turned 1 this week! A year ago we had a crazy idea to start a podcast and we ran with it! Over the past 365 days we have recorded 127 episodes, had the chance to meet so many interesting people and learn about their stories, learned a lot about what people are doing in the industry, about new research, technology, entrepreneurship, different modalities and tr...

In honour of Pride Month, we did a Facebook Live with Michael Quinichett who is a certified Massage Therapist in Sacramento California. Michael has found a niche for himself in the industry by appealing to LGBTQI clients as well as specializing in working with plus sized bodies. Michael knows what it’s like to feel marginalized as a larger gay man and wanted to create a safe space for clients of a...

Who's ready for another episode of the Unprofessional hour? We hung out with an awesome and hilarious RMT who is anything but unprofessional but she knows how to have fun! Listen to us rap about symmetrical glutes, the need for female RMTs to learn some self defense, biting...yes I said biting, and even Keanu Reeves! Nothing here is to be taken seriously. Don't judge us...just listen and enjoy!

Our listeners give us life! Check out this sit down with Heather Rivers, RMT who has an interesting story about getting into Massage Therapy, her intuition leading her to leave the profession, and then ultimately leading her back. She talks about the process of becoming registered, feeling like she hadn't found her "home", going inactive, and then the realization that Massage Therapy is her passio...

Check out this sit down we had with Trish, a RMT from London, Ont. Listen in as Trish raps about her Massage Therapy career, starting with her life as a student and being frustrated with her educational institution, to trying to establish herself in the Massage Therapy space. Trish gives us some of the ups and downs as she navigates her way into finding herself as a therapist - working in a big bo...

We asked Chris to come on our podcast and talk about dealing with MVA claims. Chris seems to be the man with the answers. He is often the first to respond to questions about MVA related scenarios in various Facebook groups, and when he isn't first to drop a comment, he is often tagged so he can display his knowledge on the subject. Many RMTs tend to shy away from dealing with MVA clients for vario...

A deeper look into the lives and minds of athletes. This episode of Conversations with Clients, we speak to Marissa, who based her entire identity on being an elite athlete. She played both hockey and lacrosse since she was in kindergarten and went on to play both at the varsity level. She was only 14 when she realized that something wasn’t right and spent the rest of her athletic career dealing w...

Check out this episode of Under the Sheets where we sat down with an old friend Steve. We originally intended to rap about Steve's entrepreneurial journey, but the conversation quickly got deep...we explored various components of the entrepreneurial mindset, the interplay between delusion of grandeur and steady methodology, dealing with external influences and internal struggles, and meeting (or n...

Deme, a RMT from the Greater Toronto Area reached out and asked if she can come back on our podcast to rap about her frustration with Massage Therapy job ads, interviewing with clinic owners, and being expected to work on subpar equipment. Listen in as we dissect job postings, the pros and cons of business models that view the  therapist as replaceable, talk about turning around the interview...

Check out this episode with our guest Janet, the founder of Rainbow Plate. We first met Janet when she was an instructor at a Massage Therapy school in Toronto. It’s a bit of a different type of chat about nutrition and food education especially with children. Janet Nezon, a mom of three and an educator with degrees in Nutritional Science and Health Promotion, found herself sitting on a park bench...

Check out this Facebook Live we did with Richard J. Platt, a retired Massage Therapist, Educator, and author of Massage Therapist Success Mindset - 8 Success Principles for the Massage Therapist Entrepreneur . Richard educates massage therapists on how to move past the self-doubt that keeps them stuck, and how to embody the entrepreneurial success mindset that is crucial for building a highly succ...

Check out this episode of Hangin with Entrepreneurs. We had a sit down with Janice, a RMT in Toronto. Janice runs a beast of a clinic in the east end of the city. Her clinic has been in operation for more than 20 years. Listen in to hear about Janice's start in the industry, how it started with a negative experience working in the field of finance, after which she decided to never work for someone...

Jennifer Flemming, RMT drove across the GTA to come sit on our couch. We invited her here to talk about her blog that she recently started for her clients but we ended up on many tangents as always! Jennifer told us all about her work with creating a trauma informed practice, creating a safe space for both therapist and client, setting boundaries, and how she minds her P’s and S’s in the biopsycho...