Americans in Crisis: Working with Massage Clients Who Exhibit Mental Health Challenges
Many Americans are struggling with challenges to their emotional and mental health, with COVID-19 and its economic and societal fallout a main dri…
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This Year, Replace Your Purpose Statement with a Purpose Commitment. 5 Steps to Deeper Meaning
At the beginning of the year, many of us look at our purpose—what it is, how to achieve it and make it real, often with a purpose statement
Between Doormat & Diva: Find the Sweet Spot Between Customer Service and Servitude
Here’s a free thought exercise for you: What words, images, memories, emotions, etc. come up when you hear the phrase “customer service”?
7 Steps for Proper Massage Therapy Table Sanitation During COVID-19
A massage therapy table and its accessories could become potentially contaminated surfaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. This business equipmen…
Massage Continuing Education Holds More Benefits for Your Career Than You Might Realize
To maintain and renew your license, you have to take massage continuing education courses—but CEs aren't just what allow you to keep working as a …
Massage and Arthritis: As Americans Age, You’ll See this Condition More Often
One in four adult Americans has been diagnosed with some form of arthritis — and so massage and arthritis is a topic that will become more importa…
Make 2021 The Year of Self-Care: 7 Ways to Set Boundaries, Self-Connect & Succeed
Self-care 2021: listen to the clues your body is giving you and don’t push yourself to the point of exhaustion
6 Items to Add to Your 2021 Business Calendar
As the 2021 business calendar unfolds, it’s important to mark down dates and deadlines to sustain a successful massage practice
Have Fun & Set Goals with a 2021 Vision Board
Our minds are attracted to stories with pictures and emotions. Experts in manifestation have found that creating a vision board can help draw our …
Feel Confident when Massaging Sensitive Areas (Abs, Pecs, Glutes & Thighs)
There are many variations of massage therapy principles and practice. One intriguing development I have witnessed is the growing trend of schools …