2 Massage Therapists and a Microphone

LaToya is a LMT from Charlotte, NC and the owner of Hill’n Hands Massage. She was a part of the team at the Black Massage Therapist Conference in Charlotte and her and Mark got talking about the conference, her trajectory as a newer LMT, working with athletes, being a black therapist, race, where she would like to go with her career and everything in between. Mark invited her to share her story on...

Back by popular demand…it’s Nicki! We usually invite Nicki in after her travels to talk about her latest adventure and of course to share some of her unpopular (but actually popular) opinions. Well we did none of that. She hung out on the couch and we talked about life, and hard work, the state of the world, and whatever came to mind. It’s always a pleasure to have Nicki hanging out and sharing he...

Jennifer joined us via zoom to talk about returning to work after maternity leave and about workshops that she has developed to help RMTs to better support postpartum clients. The conversation opened up a door to speak about postpartum depression and anxiety, and a lot of different challenges that can arise during this vulnerable time. Check out Jennifer on Instagram @jenniferquiltyrmt for informa...

Tyleen is back and brought Stone Cold with her of course (if you know you know). She sent a really positive email about the Canadian Massage Conference this year and all that she learned. She mentioned an internal struggle when it comes to deciphering evidence and different types of treatments. We invited Tyleen back to talk about all things massage and to see where the conversation would take us....

Gillian is the Ontario Chapter president of the Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association and this year their conference and AGM are happening in Niagara Falls, Ontario just one month from now! Gillian came on to talk about her journey from being an athlete to working with athletes. Her entire massage career she has treated every body on her table like an athlete and so of course it was a natu...

Marvin sent a very helpful email after our episode “When the Teachers Can’t Teach” explaining the dynamics at a community college and how the program set-up, the collective agreement between the administration and the union, and the program quality reviews work to ensue that how the program operates is in the best interest of the students learning. Listen to an educator with over 2 decades of expe...

Ann was hired to supervise a student massage clinic at a college in her town. She was very excited about this opportunity because she loves to teach and is passionate about improving the quality of education for future therapists. She quickly realized gaps in the knowledge the students coming into clinic had and was happy to help them fine tune their skills. What happened next was not what she exp...

Join us in the vendor hall at the Canadian Massage Conference where we grabbed one of the exhibitors, the Super Patch Company, to tell us about who they are, why they do what they do, and why we should care. Kevin has worked with high level athletes and he was so blown away when he was introduced to this technology that he had to bring it to his athletes. Elsa, on the other hand, works as a holist...

Jessica is both a RMT and LMT and was eager to come on the podcast to talk about her experiences in the Massage World. From having a random opportunity to start her massage education and career in Spain, to working as a therapist in Hawaii, treating elite athletes, becoming a RMT in BC, and competing in the American Massage Championships, Jessica has had experiences in her career that are most def...

Jessie is a Registered Massage Therapist in Ontario and she has a plan for a new business model that can take her massage therapy career to the next level. Mark invited her to come sit on our couch to brainstorm some ideas and talk some smack of course. Listen to be inspired and possibly get a cool new idea for how you can change up your every day and create the massage career of your dreams. ⁠2rm...

Back in the winter, we learned that this year will be the first ever Black Massage Therapist Conference happening in October in North Carolina. Davonna is an educator and the founder of this conference. We had her and one of her colleagues, Ashley on an episode earlier this year. We invited Davonna back to talk about how it’s been going. We dug deeper into why a conference like this is needed, why...

Meet BetsyAnn! She’s a Massage Therapist and Structural Integrator in Montreal, Quebec who also teaches courses for manual therapists in both English and French. We met BetsyAnn in the conference circuit and she has also joined as an educator with the Canadian Massage Conference. We invited her on to talk about the fascinating careers she has had from being a soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadi...

Stephanie is the founder and CEO of the United States Organization of Licensed Massage Therapists and she also has a background in business coaching for Massage Therapists. This knowledge of business helped her to create a survey for her association to use to help business owners and therapists really figure out what they want and need from our industry and how to be innovative. We had Stephanie o...

Sabina has been a client and friend for almost 2 years and she came by to talk about how we met, her experience with rehabilitation and therapy, navigating the healthcare system with an injury, and how the last few years have had an impact on her health and her life. We dove into topics of spirituality, travel and wanderlust, what home means to us, and much more. Listen to some real talk from one...

Magnus and Bobbi are both LMTs and Structural Integrators in Mississippi. These two have a passion for body work and teaching and once they met, fell in love, and joined forces, they have been on the path to becoming unstoppable. Bobbi has been interested in body work since she was a small child and Magnus, a former tennis player from Sweden, had his tennis career cut short from a back injury. Thi...

As you heard in the previous episode, we are on vacation!!! Out of office, out of studio, but we prepared this episode for you. A couple of years ago we were invited to take part in an online business summit. The topic for us was discounting, but instead of giving some straight of tips about discounting, we flipped it around an spilled out 10 ideas that might work a bit better than knocking off so...

Melinda is a LMT in Tennessee who has practiced in various states as a Massage Therapist, Health Coach, and ultimately a business coach for Massage Therapists. She went from professional dancer to bodyworker and followed her opportunities to get to where she is today. In 2020, Melinda took a pause from treating and coaching and came to realize the importance of multiple revenue streams and made a...

Betty had a successful career in Real Estate, 4 grown children, and a wonderful life. As a former athlete, she had dealt with a lot of pain in her life and was a regular Massage Therapy patient. Once she found the right therapist for her, she became very interested in what he was doing and why while he was treating her. She would ask a lot of questions and eventually had the opportunity to work on...

Mia is a clinic owner in Nova Scotia that we met at the Canadian Massage Conference in Halifax with her team of therapists. She came on to talk about her experience as a spa owner, moving around to different provinces, and ultimately owning her successful clinic now. We talked about company culture, how to build a team, firing therapists, education, and about what Mia is doing in her practice now....

Sheena is a Massage Therapist in Ontario but she didn’t set out to become one. We invited Sheena to come and talk about her journey into Massage Therapy and how she got to where she is now. As a regular listener, we also gave her an opportunity to give her opinion on the association, Massage education, public perception of the profession, and all of the usual 2 RMTs and a Mic topics. Listen to She...

Caleb is a practicing massage therapist in Manitoba and we officially met him at the Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba’s spring conference. He joined us to talk about his journey into bodywork and why this career was attractive to him, how he decided to shift his mindset about therapy, and how his seminars came to life. Caleb’s approach to treatment lies in his assessment. He built his pract...

Sam is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner with a Masters Degree in Health Education. He came to hang out in our couch and tell us how he went from working as a kinesiologist to going back to school for osteopathy, to getting his Masters Degree, to becoming an educator, to opening a school! The Osteopathic Lyceum approaches the teaching of osteopathy in a different way and is specifically targeted...

We met Miranda and Danielle at the Canadian Massage Conference in Halifax and they are both RMTs from Ontario and are listeners of our podcast. We invited them to come on together and talk about school, massage, education, conferences, and everything in between. As a surprise to all of us, we had them come by on our 5th anniversary of our podcast and so we also had some fun talking about student c...

Sophie had a successful mobile business in Ottawa, Ontario when she made the decision with her partner to move to Vancouver, British Columbia temporarily. She hung out with us to talk about the move between regulated provinces, some of the differences she has found between working in Ontario and B.C., and most importantly, where she will call home. After making the move, Sophie and her partner rea...

Jessica has had many experiences as a therapist ranging from spa work, rehab work, working with athletes, training etc. She has always been an outside of the box thinker and is always planning for a future that allows for multiple revenue sources and opportunities to do the work she loves. She had a desire to continue to with with athletes, as a former athlete herself, and also recognized a need f...