4 Essential Steps to Create Balance In Your Life
Are you living your life, or rushing through it? In our hectic world, it’s easy to put doing before being, to forget that living needs to involve a …
You Really Can Recover from a Bad Customer Experience
Massage therapists rely heavily on word-of-mouth marketing. Positive and negative reviews can significantly influence the decision of a prospective …
Go Ahead—Color Outside the Lines
Massage therapist Kathleen Ann Harper, CMP, an author and certified life coach via The Well-Crafted Mom, likes to color as a form of relaxation. To …
Why a Professional Handshake Can Make (or Break) Your First Impression
A good first impression starts with a good handshake. But what makes a professional handshake good—or not? It’s often said that you only get one …
The Muscle Weakness You Might Not Be Addressing and How to Fix it
"The only way to gain strength is by exercising.” I saw that line again just the other day in a LinkedIn discussion panel. We’ve all heard it, an…
Tradition vs. Science: Understanding Aromatherapy During Pregnancy
Science continues to reveal more about the nine months of pregnancy than earlier generations could have imagined. To women and their doctors in the ce…
Why Managing Your Time is Not the Key to High Performance
When I was in massage school 13 years ago, one of our assignments was to write about our ideal workday. I wrote a fantasy of leisurely riding my bik…
Wedding Season is Coming: How to Market to Brides
If you have ever been a bride or part of a bridal party, you know firsthand that along with the fun and excitement of a wedding come anxiety, tension…