John is a Registered Kinesiologist and owner of Kinnected Chain, a health, rehabilitation, and performance Center. John wanted to rap with us about his journey into Kinesiology and business ownership as well as his passion for working with the older adult population. John described himself as a non-academic guy in school but his career started with a love and passion for helping people and he wanted to keep learning. Listen to John tell us about his parents support encouraging him to keep trying...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Miranda is a RMT in Alberta, Canada and after building an extremely successful practice very quickly and realizing that other therapists were looking to her for advice and guidance, she decided to start offering exactly that! Strive Holistic is not only a RMT but an Online Holistic Business Consultant. She is passionate about teaching which is not new to her. She has launched her own business in the past teaching piano to children. The path to becoming a business consultant came very naturally t...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Zack has graced us with an episode in the past but promised to return when he had his website up and running and he made good on that promise. Zack was a body builder and Massage Therapist but realized that his two passions were fighting with each other and his body was paying for it. He saw a need to create a workout that would satisfy him without further perpetuating the burn out of his job as a therapist. He spent months developing a program tailored specifically for Massage Therapists that h...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Lindsay sent us an email with a very unique story about how she got into the field of Massage Therapy and we couldn’t wait to have her share it with the masses. Lindsay is a former athlete and quietly struggled with low self-esteem, being bullied, feeling isolated and not in control of her own life, and eventually an eating disorder. She began withholding food at such a young age that it became normal for her. She didn’t even realize she was sick until she was a young adult. A work injury brough...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 47
We had a very candid and honest conversation with a student from The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy (CCMH) when the news broke that this Massage College, the oldest in Canada, would be closing it's doors for good due to COVID-19. It's an emotional time for students, staff, alumni, and the Massage Community in general. We invited two staff members, Fatima and Robyn, who worked out of the Cambridge campus to talk about all of the confusion, emotions, and questions surrounding this sh...
May 27, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Frances was a term two student at The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy (CCMH). She had wanted to go to that school for 20 years and was finally in the right place in her life to do so. Then COVID hit us and pretty much brought everyone’s plans to a halt. Frances and her classmates were super impressed that CCMH made every effort to allow students to continue learning virtually while shut down and had a plan in place for reopening. Wednesday May 20, Frances and the rest of the CCMH st...
May 25, 2020•59 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Daniel is a Licensed Massage Therapist from Asheville, North Carolina who opened up his own practice with a partner straight out of school. They had the dream of having a full team of practitioners and making it a one stop for healing in their town. This year they were finally breaking through to the light at the end of the tunnel and seeing their dream coming to life and finally making some real profit. Enter COVID. Daniel is an entrepreneur and knew that during this time he wanted to continue ...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 44
We invited Dr. Don, a chiropractor in New Jersey to come on and educate the masses about a type of treatment that involves performing soft tissue work and manipulations under anesthesia. It may sound a little scary if you have never heard of this work before. Speaking with Dr. Don gave us a new understanding of the type of person who would be a candidate for this procedure, what risks are involved, and what the benefits to the patient are. This is not so common amongst our circle of manual thera...
May 20, 2020•54 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Stephanie reached out to us to talk about her unique career as a Registered Kinesiologist. Stephanie is an athlete and personal trainer but she realized through her own experiences in Curling that there weren’t many trainers or any type of exercise or manual therapists who understood the specific needs of curlers. The rest is history. She decided to create a unique practice with a curling niche. She still works with many other populations but has become the kinesiologist to seek out if you’re in...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 42
We had a repeat guest on our phone for this episode alongside her husband who happens to be her business partner. Melissa and Paul recently acquired a clinic in Toronto that wasn’t doing so well and brought it to a whole new level. They had a great team that they considered family, and the clinic was finally hitting its stride. Once they were forced to close their doors due to COVID-19, the couple had to decide if they were willing to continue to funnel money into this clinic amidst all of the u...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 3Ep. 41
We had an awesome guest call in and talk about the effects of COVID-19 and all of the restrictions on people’s mental health. Daniella is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist living in London, England with her husband and two small children. We wanted to get this out to remind people that there are many people suffering silently while in isolation right now and as a reminder to be kind. Statistics are revealing that anxiety, depression, and suicides are up but the number of people reaching out for ...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 40
We originally asked Reza to come on the podcast to talk about running a Massage Therapy franchise as a non- RMT. But this was back in February at our free education and networking event at ConEd Institute before we knew anything about COVID-19. Once clinics started closing, Reza needed time to get his thoughts together and think of a plan B for himself, for his clinic and his staff. He reached out to us again because he has also been practicing hypnotherapy for years alongside running Massage Ex...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 39
We Invited a former client, Chris, who is a career bartender currently employed at a high end hotel bar in Toronto. We have heard from multiple RMTs about the effects on our business with the lockdown and wanted to hear from an industry we felt must be getting hit pretty hard- the hospitality industry. Bartenders cannot work and most are on EI or collecting CERB like many of us, and similar to us, what will their jobs look like when they are permitted to go back to work? We talked about what res...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Concerns surrounding police power during and possibly after the COVID-19 state of emergency have been circulating following some questionable acts by law enforcement. We have heard reports of police officers ticketing people for not following physical distancing guidelines, and most recently we have heard that personal information of those who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 will be available to law enforcement. This has people asking questions about how the frontline workers are enfor...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Samantha set an intention to be a guest on more podcasts in 2020 and the universe (and an awesome mutual friend) brought her to us. Samantha is a teacher by trade but found that she wasn’t loving her career and after having her own children she decided to start down the path of entrepreneurship. Samantha is the founder of Fempire Builders which is a coaching service specifically for female entrepreneurs. Samantha talks about how differently men and women make decisions and run their businesses. ...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 36
We invited Colette to be a guest on one of our bedroom session episodes after she posted online about her landlord saying she has to pay full rent for her clinic space after giving her a break on one month. Being that we are so unsure how long we will be locked down and out of work, Colette was a little disappointed that her landlord wasn’t willing to help her out further. Since this happened, much has changed and looks like we may get some rent relief after all but we still wanted to have this ...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Being quarantined ain’t so bad when you get to have a late night remote recording session with two other Massage Therapy podcast hosts who rock the mic! We had so much fun talking to Krista Dicks of The Radical RMT podcast and Sue Ruhe of Love Your Cells podcast. The 4 of us decided to tell some untold stories from therapists who have either told us secrets off mic, sent us messages, or just in conversation. We of course got permission to use these stories and they made for a very entertaining e...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 34
We had Troy on the phone talking about all the things he does in our industry. He studied Massage in Colorado, has been involved in published Massage Therapy research, and teaches continuing education. Troy has some strong opinions about the quality of Massage Therapy education and what he thinks needs to change. He is also very involved in pain science and research and tells us where he thinks Massage Therapists needs more training and how we can change our language with our clients to ensure w...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 3Ep. 33
The reason for the bedroom sessions can be perfectly explained in this episode. We had Julia on the phone who is not only a nurse at a busy downtown Toronto hospital, but she has also had COVID-19...or as we referred to it in the episode..f*cking Corona! Julia started having symptoms that at the time weren’t the common coronavirus symptoms so she wasn’t too concerned. About a week into having symptoms she had a gut feeling and got herself to an assessment center. The next day, she received the n...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 32
We had an episode last year called “Do you even Float?” where Amanda and a friend tried floating for the first time and spoke about their experiences and Mark told us all why he would never do it! This time we brought in an expert! We had Tracy, the owner of Thera Float and Massage on the phone to talk about the history of floating, the benefits, what type of clients benefit from this therapy, what it takes to open and operate a float clinic, and how she’s handling the current situation we are a...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 31
We had Ravinder on who is an energy healer and is the founder of Soul Work Method where she facilitates individuals in finding what their soul’s purpose is here on this planet. She has been following stories not shared in our mainstream for almost 2 decades and has another story to share with us about what is going on in our world energetically at the moment as it relates to COVID-19 and our isolation. She is a regular person who is simply sharing information she has obtained from the real whist...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 30
As Registered Massage Therapists here in Canada, we all learn “Swedish” Massage techniques and from what we are learning from speaking to Massage Therapists from other countries, Canada has some of the highest education for Massage Therapists. We had a fellow Massage Therapist email us to talk about his Massage journey. Jonothan is originally from Australia, studied Massage Therapy in New Zealand where the education is quite intense as well, and met his future wife whom he moved to Sweden with a...
Apr 03, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Our episodes are about people and their stories and we are always looking to have guests who are passionate about what they do, unique in some way, interesting to talk to, and a person we would want to hang out with! In comes Dylan Crake, RMT, RKin, both onto the RMT scene and onto our podcast...virtually of course! In her short career as a RMT, Dylan has created a niche working with seniors which was not her original intent, been published in Massage Therapy Today, and was recently featured in ...
Mar 31, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 28
John came through our doors last year to prepare for his licensing exam to become a Registered Massage Therapist- a career that would allow him the flexibility to continue pursuing his original passion- running. John is a triathlete who was just recently in Florida training for his race for Team Canada in the summer. Turns out, the timing meant that he had to get back to Canada an go into self isolation and quarantine himself for at least 14 days. So while he’s just sitting around his parents ho...
Mar 27, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 27
As well all navigate through this unprecedented and uncertain climate of dealing with a global pandemic and being forced out of work, many of us are going through a wide range of emotions daily and doing what we think is best for ourselves and our families. We wanted to have a clinic owner on to speak about what comes along with being a small business owner. Chris, a clinic owner, took on a great deal of financial risk upon opening a business and now he has the added pressure of trying to ensure...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Suzie is one of the undercover heroes that we wanted to highlight for our listeners. This relatively new RMT, formerly a Social Worker, has a soft spot for people who have suffered some major trauma(s) and has created a unique career out of it. Suzie left Social Work because her own mental health needed a break and had a plan to be a Massage Therapist in a tropical climate! Instead, her career took the direction of working with severe MVA clients and offering in-home therapy to a clientele that ...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 3Ep. 25
We invited Tiffany on to discuss the tough decision that many of us have had to make to close our doors to comply with social distancing. This recording happened 2 days after the CMTO sent out the first email recommending that we stop any non-essential massage therapy treatments and before receiving the directive from the Chief Medical Officer. At that time, some clinics were choosing to remain open. Tiffany, on the other hand had made the decision to close up Affinity Wellness Center by that ti...
Mar 21, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 24
We invited Nina to our office for an Unprofessional Hour which happened to be the day that the CMTO sent us all the email saying we should halt any non-essential Massage Therapy treatments. With all of the panic and uncertainty already going on in the world, and the new panic and uncertainty that was about to come from thousands of self-employed, small business owners shutting their doors, we thought we needed some good ol' light hearted banter about the ridiculous life of RMTs to bring forth so...
Mar 19, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Wanda reached out to us to talk about going back to work as a Massage Therapist post injury. At the very start of her career she had a serious injury but wasn’t ready to give up on Massage Therapy yet. She tells us about the accident, what she had to do to recover, and how it felt going back to work. Now 10 years into her career, Wanda has also added a second stream of income by deciding to join a multilevel marketing company to sell products that she once thought she knew nothing about. As a Mo...
Mar 15, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 22
We had Jaime come into our office just to rap about what it’s like to have a career as a Registered Kinesiologist. Jaime is super passionate about making connections with her clients and helping them to incorporate movement in their life to feel better. She’s a firm believer in exercise is medicine and describes herself as your last resort Kinesiologist. She says many people find her when they have tried everything else and aren’t improving. We discussed what kins do, how clients view them, exte...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 21
