2 Massage Therapists and a Microphone

Dr. Kerry D’Ambrogio has graduated from programs in Physical Therapy, Osteopathy, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, and has taken over 300 continuing Education courses. We had him come in from Sarasota, Florida to assist him in making videos to get his courses online and he stayed to hang out on our couch to tell us about his experiences that have led him to being an International educator. As a y...

Leigh is a Registered Massage Therapist, Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher trainer, business owner, death doula, and Retreat organizer among many other things. Her career in the world of massage and bodywork had offered her many experiences and allowed her to have lateral growth, keep her mind stimulated, keep her passion for her work, and the opportunity to help others in our profession to learn to ma...

Cheryl is an experienced Massage Therapist now living in a more remote community where she is building a home. Over her years of practice she has seen changes to the profession and is passionate about making a positive impact on the next generation of therapists as well as the veterans. She has decided to venture into a new project where she plans to produce a magazine for Massage Therapists by Ma...

We have been trying to get Miranda to come sit on our couch for some time now. She’s been a listener for a while, engages with us behind the scenes and gives her two cents about our episodes, has attended the Canadian Massage Conference with us, taken ConEd classes, and hangs with us at our free networking events. It took so long because despite Miranda having many opinions, she’s quite introverte...

Michelle is a Massage Therapist in Ontario who has shifted her entire practice to the floor! She’s done such a 180 that her clinic looks nothing like it did a couple of years ago. Through online networking and taking courses, and obtaining coaches and mentors, Michelle had a light bulb moment that Massage Therapy could be whatever she wanted it to be and she finally realized that she could have th...

Samantha was an accountant in her former life before she decided to leave the corporate world and become a Massage Therapist. Since becoming a Massage Therapist, she’s noticed the at there’s a great deal of confusion at times when RMTs in Ontario have to deal with our provincial sales tax. Samantha to the rescue! Samantha developed a webinar to help clarify common questions and concerns surroundin...

Nicki has come back to talk more unpopular opinions. It’s been a few years since she has travelled so we invited her to come in, tell us about her most recent trip, and to discuss more unpopular opinions that she has about the Massage Therapy World. If you have heard Nicki’s other episodes, you will not be surprised that much of the conversation revolves around money, gender, safety, and being a b...

Fiona is a Registered Massage Therapist who is a regular contributor to Massage Therapy Media, takes courses at ConEd Institute, volunteers to be a demo body frequently, and of course, is always welcome to have a seat on our couch. After an 8 hour day, we asked Fiona if she would hang back to record an episode. We learned about her career and how it has shifted, we talked about the quality assuran...

Dr. Linda Goggin is a Functional Medicine Doctor in Washington state. She contacted us to have a chat with other people in healing arts about how she went from being a conventional Medical Doctor to practicing functional medicine. We wanted to get more information about what it means to practice functional medicine and also to learn more about a photo therapy product that she swears by which has b...

Sometimes I see or read something and it gets me thinking... This is a riff on something I saw on a social platform and how it was received. Here is my shoot from the hip reaction. This might be the beginning of a new series, "Something to think about..." Hope y'all enjoy. 2rmtsandamic.com  |  conedinstitute.com  |  massagetherapymedia.com

Brandi is a Massage Therapist in Saskatchewan who found a way to have some of her credits form her Massage Therapy diploma be recognized by a University. After becoming a Massage Therapist, Brandi decided to pursue her education further and get a degree which has opened doors for her and she’s now working on research and trying to help other therapists be able to do the same. The topic came up in...

Lou is a retired Massage Therapist with a story to tell. After getting aggressive treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer, Lou ended up with damage to his glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal  nerves resulting in both dysphagia and dysphasia. Since this realization, Lou has been on a mission to find ways to improve his quality of life, educate others, help and support those going through similar stru...

This is the title of a documentary that was the idea of an independent film maker who wanted to allow the world a view into the realm of massage therapy. Director Chandler Toffa found his subject, Jonathan, a massage therapist in Colorado, who had a very unique style of treatment and arguably an unmatched passion for this profession, making him the perfect subject for the documentary. The document...

After it was called to our attention that there were some technical issues with the original release of this episode on Friday February 24th, we got back behind the sound board and computer screens to bring this episode back to life. So here it is. Take 2.... Troy is a Massage Therapist and Massage Therapy educator. He is the founder of the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy which he brought to Ca...

Ally likes to listen to our old episodes specifically the unprofessional hour. She enjoys the banter and laughing at the things that only other therapists would understand, and overall the lighter side of things. Naturally we had to attempt to have her on for an old fashioned unprofessional hour. I don’t know if we were successful but I do know that we got to hear another cool story from another c...

Julie gave up her career as a corporate lawyer and went down the path of personal wellness and self discovery. She discovered the benefits of micro-dosing and coaching to deal with anxiety and feeling stuck in her life and career. Through this experience, she began to learn the science of micro-dosing and developed a program to help others using micro-dosing combined with other healing tools that...

Davonna is a Certified Athletic Trainer, Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy educator, and entrepreneur that we have had the pleasure of connecting with through our mutual friend, Ashley, the founder of MT Banquets, who is also a Massage Therapist and Massage Therapy educator. These two women are here to introduce the first Black Massage Therapist Conference happening October 14, 2023 in Charlotte,...

Imagine you’re out running errands and an email comes through saying that everything you have been working towards for the last few years is being taken away from you. Grace joined us to talk about the shock of her life when she was accused of something she didn’t do by her regulatory body and almost wasn’t able to continue in this profession. This is one person’s story based on her experience… 2r...

Elsa has reinvented her career a few times and over a decade ago, bodywork found her. She has been working as a holistic practitioner offering modalities such as reflexology and massage and has not looked back. She has a love for learning and helping others live a healthier life which is how she also joined a company that she is super passionate about. Her love of education is how she found us and...

Christian is a Licensed Massage Therapist in New York that has been coming to take courses through ConEd Institute for a few years and we finally got him behind the mic to talk about his massage journey. We talked about his initiative and dedication in his previous roles in the fitness industry which led to an extremely stressful event that made him re-evaluate his career path. As a mature student...

Lindsay has been on the couch 3 times now and this time she wanted to come back to spend more time talking about being an entrepreneur. Last time we all hung out, we had invited her to speak about her podcast, Lattes with Lindsay, and the conversation quickly turned to business. This time she started by posing the question that she’s most often asked, “What gives you your drive?” And the conversat...

Ashley is a Massage Therapist with a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and a Masters degree in Archeology. In recent years she has taken training to become a death doula which is being incorporated into her practice. Ashley tells us her story of a pivotal moment that made her realize that western cultures don’t do a great job at making people comfortable with the concepts of death and dying. As a s...

These two dudes came to hang out on our couch to talk about dude things…why am I calling them dudes? You’ll have to listen to find out. Josh is a Registered Nurse and the shockwave specialist @elev8temenshealth. He and Kolden found a passion for helping men with a concern that is often considered taboo. We are thrilled to be wrapping up season 5 with this very important conversation that healthcar...

Jess and his fiancé, Breanne, are the founders of AIM Online Education based out of Calgary, Alberta. These two have a very parallel career path to us when it comes to how we decided to take on Continuing Education and start ConEd Institute. Through conference circles we met and asked Jess to come and talk to us about how he got started in the wellness industry and what led to him becoming a CE pr...

Mitch is a Remedial Massage Therapist in Queensland, Australia and he came all the way to Canada to sit on our couch…kidding! Well, I mean he did make it here but the mountains in the west and the hockey may have had something to do with his Canadian Holiday. Either way, we got to have a chat with a therapist from the other side of the world and we did just that. Listen to Mitch’s entry into the w...