Olivia has been a Registered Massage Therapist since she found out she was pregnant with her first child and now she’s the mother of teenage daughters! Throughout her career she’s had experience with many types of patients and now with more time to focus on her own self care and her career, she’s bringing her dream to life of working with both infants and palliative patients. Coming this spring, her new mobile business will be in full swing and she will be providing treatment to some of our most...
Mar 19, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Kalynn Lea is a Registered Massage Therapist and has recently added Hypnotherapy to her practice. She became certified in Rapid Transformational Therapy and came on to educate us about this therapy, how it works, and what it can do for her patients. She also has a very cool story about her journey from growing up in a small town, to traveling the world, and working on yachts with the rich and famous. Listen to a cool story from another therapist who’s doing some unique stuff in the profession. C...
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Liz is a Registered Massage Therapist in Alberta but is originally from Ontario. In her practice lately she has been treating a lot of front line workers who have made comments about the mental health of children. It got Liz thinking about the impacts on our littlest people with everything happening in our world today and printed her to do some research. As much as we keep hearing “kids are resilient” the statistics she found and stories from those working with our kids tell a very different sto...
Mar 05, 2022•54 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Jennifer is a Registered Massage Therapist in Ottawa and has discovered the value in understanding hormonal cycles to optimize your health. She wanted to hang out with us over zoom to share what she has learned and how it has improved her way of living. She was worried that Mark may not have much to add to the conversation but to her surprise, he agreed how valuable this information is and that any person, especially those of us working with bodies, should have an understanding of how all bodies...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Amanda is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Ohio and has been in practice for 11 years and been teaching for almost half of that time. She wanted to be a guest because she’s so in love with the profession of Massage Therapy and feels so passionate about education and continuing education. We had a great talk about the discrepancy in education between states and between countries, about how she’s going to incorporate her nursing education, about a type of therapy to treat migraines, and how this bu...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Becca is a new Massage Therapist here in Toronto. She came to hang on our couch to tell us about her journey from being an event photographer working late nights at parties schmoozing and living it up, to getting heavily into self discovery and self care and making a drastic career change. Becca is now a Registered Massage Therapist, body positive yoga teacher, Fascial Stretch Therapist, and Thai Massage Practitioner. She has an inspiring story and has learned some lessons along her journey. Lis...
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Ria sat on our couch to tell us her story about getting into Massage Therapy, how her career developed over the last 15 years, and how some recent circumstances brought her to the decision to go inactive this year to figure out what’s next for her in this profession. The pandemic definitely played a role in her decision but it was not the only factor in her choice. Listen to hear a real story from a real therapist about how you can love a career but still need to take a step back to make sure yo...
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Ready for the rest of Nicki’s unpopular opinions? Here’s the rest of our recording where Nicki shares more of her opinions that she considers unpopular but we will let you be the judge. Listen to us speak more about some issues concerning our profession and life in general and give our two cents! Will you agree? Listen and we shall see… ConEdInsitute.com 2rmtsandamic.com
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Welcome welcome to Nicki’s unpopular opinions! We had Nicki come by in spring of 2021 to give us her most unpopular opinions about the Massage world. She’s back with a recap of those opinions and so many more that we had to make this a 2 part series. In this episode we talk about money, passion, policies, and many more topics that Nicki sees online. She feels like the lone wolf sometimes when she sees discussions in Massage Therapy groups as her opinions seem to differ from the majority. Turns o...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Michelle is a Registered Massage Therapist and clinic owner in Markham, Ontario and a listener of our podcast. Since our listeners are the most interesting people we ever have on the couch, we knew Michelle would have some stories to tell. In this episode we talk about her journey to becoming a clinic owner when she bought Solace Massage Therapy, the transition from colleague to captain of the ship with her long time coworkers, how she used the covid lockdown to learn new skills, and how she got...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Celine decided to take a Reflexology course after having an experience with this type of therapy and thought it might be cool to learn something that truly challenges her biases. During the course however, she really felt that certain claims were being made that could possibly be interpreted as harmful if directed at the wrong people. We invited her to come in and we reopened the discussion about alternative therapy and if and when practitioners are making claims that are harmful or misleading t...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Mandy is a British Massage Therapist living in Miami and her new Massage Memoir, “If These Hands Could Talk, The Girl Who Touched The World” hit Amazon’s Hot New Releases at #1 in November and we got the pleasure of being her first podcast to talk about her book. Mandy’s British sense of humour is sprinkled throughout the book from her witty chapter titles to handling the saddest of stories about her 25 year career massaging rock stars, cancer patients, Military men and women, and everyone in be...
Jan 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Lily is a Registered Massage Therapist in Toronto and a colleague we have yet to have behind a mic. We invited her in to speak about a recent unprofessional encounter with some clinic owners that left her scratching her head. We talked about her experience in the profession thus far, what she might do if she won the lottery (spoiler alert: she doesn’t even play), her opinions on some of Mark’s rants, and anything and everything that comes up when RMTs get together. Listen to hear the experience ...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 68
Tara is a Registered Massage Therapist who recently recovered from a pretty serious covid infection. At one point she was feeling like she might not make it. After recovering, she came out with a new lease on life and decided to start living life differently and achieving goals. She tells us her story of getting into massage school as a single mom and making sacrifices, to her recent battle with covid and how it forced her to clean out her physical and mental space and make changes. A woman who ...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 67
Nic comes from the world of yoga and is now a Registered Massage Therapist who has been practicing for a few years. In her short career she has learned a lot and has a lot to share about massage and yoga. We have some mutual friends and colleagues who have been on the podcast and Nic wanted her turn to sit on the couch behind a mic and drop some knowledge. We talked about everything from being stalked (!!), dangerous claims from alternative health practitioners, censorship, and of course some in...
Dec 10, 2021•2 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Lynn joined ConEd Institute for a Record Keeping course and during the class discussions, she was mentioning some of the issues that registrants in Ontario have been having with their peer assessment. We have spoken on this subject before but it seems that many of our listeners are finding that the process has changed and not for the better. So Lynn came on to talk about her recent experience and what she thinks should be done differently. Listen in for more about the peer assessment process. Co...
Dec 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 65
Listen to the most open and honest conversation from a retired Paramedic who spent almost 2 decades saving lives. Tracey tells us all about what it’s really like in the life of a first responder and why she didn’t feel it was the right fit for her. She was super honest about the mental toll it takes on a person and the lack of support for their mental health. Of course she also shared some funny stories because in a career like that, a sense of humour is a survival skill. Now, a Registered Massa...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 64
Ashleigh came into our life by chance it may have seemed or was it meant to be? Did the universe know we all needed each other? You be the judge. Ashleigh is a Reiki master and soon to be RMT. She invited us into her practice space and gave Mark his first Reiki treatment. Listen to hear about Ashleigh, learn about Reiki, and hear us recap Mark’s session. The three of us discussed what Ashleigh observed in Mark, what Mark felt during the session, and how he was feeling in the following hours and ...
Nov 24, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 63
Terra is a Registered Massage Therapist, Manual Osteopathic Practitioner, Yoga therapist, soon to be lactation consultant, and fellow educator with such an interesting and inspiring story as well as a wealth of knowledge and experience. We have worked with Terra at the Canadian Massage Conference for the past 3 years and she was one of our speakers at the B3 Conference that we hosted in March of 2021 raising $4300 for Food Banks Canada. We were super excited to have Terra on to learn more about ...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Erin and Fanaye are business partners and owners of a successful Physiotherapy and Massage Therapy studio in Toronto. They have been having a difficult time hiring Massage Therapists since they changed their business model from a subcontractor model to an employee model. We had a discussion about different business models, managing expectations, what RMTs are looking for from a clinic, and why we think clinic owners are having trouble building their dream team. ConEdInstitute.com 2rmtsandamic.co...
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 61
Danielle is a Registered Massage Therapist who has had a very successful career that she has built based on her own hard work, merit, making connections, saying yes to opportunities, and holding firm on her own convictions. Danielle was an excellent student when she attended the University of Toronto for physical education which led to her having a close relationship with her professors who were more than happy to help her out. She was advised to attend Sutherland Chan by a sports med professor ...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 60
Ed is a Registered Massage Therapist and Sport Fellow with a ton of experience with the Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association (CSMTA). Ed’s story starts on a tobacco farm and is an inspirational tale about meeting the right people, putting in the work right away from student to RMT, seizing every opportunity, and being a rare therapist who can say he’s still working for the same organization years after becoming registered. We got to talk about some of the cool places sport massage and w...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 59
Elysia has been a Medical Massage Therapist in the US for 20 years, has been to 10 colleges, has 8 degrees, is an Equine Massage Therapist, and an empowerment coach, with or without horses…just to name a few of her credentials. Elysia joined us to talk about her story of getting into massage, why she enjoys working with animals, how her own injuries had her pivot away from treating the animal to working with humans and their animals, and how important it is for us to understand energy. Listen to...
Oct 27, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 58
Nancy and Amanda have had a few email exchanges over the last couple of years when Nancy listens to an episode that she has opinions on. We wanted Nancy to have her turn behind the mic to give us her story and how she came to be the type of therapist she is and what she has learned along the way. Nancy has had some very unique experiences and has really immersed herself into learning about herself, what her therapeutic style is, what her patients need from her, what she needs to learn to best se...
Oct 20, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 57
Part 2: Recorded on October 8 - As a follow up to our discussion on September 28th with another colleague about some of the hot topics humans are facing today, we invited James to come sit on our couch to offer a legal perspective. James is a former RMT who just finished his studies to become a paralegal and he offers us his insight into what our rights are as Canadians and how these issues have been weighed out by our government to stay within the confines of the law. James is not offering lega...
Oct 14, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Part 1: Listen to a recording we did on September 28 with a colleague to discuss some of the polarizing issues we are facing today. The 3 of us tried to go back and forth to look at the facts and arguments of each side to see why there is so much divide surrounding some of these hot topics. We will be recording another episode in a couple of days with a therapist who thinks very differently than this RMT as we believe it’s always important to hear and present all sides of a debate. Our interest ...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Yvonne is an Ontario Massage Therapist who recently reached out to us after a confusing conversation with the practice specialist about some of the new standards. After reaching out for clarity, she was left confused and came to us for help. Welp… we may not be able to help but we were more than willing to sit behind the mic and talk her through some of the confusion. With a women’s health focused practice, Yvonne felt some of the wording surrounding breast massage needed clarification and this ...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 54
Sean is a Registered Massage Therapist, Manual Osteopathic Practitioner, Educator, Clinic Owner, and family man in Keswick, Ontario. We met him at the Canadian Massage Conference where he taught courses in Cranial Sacral Therapy, concussion management, and Visceral manipulation. Aside from being a highly skilled therapist and educator, Sean Michael has a business model that we have used as an example in our business classes to encourage therapists to think outside of the box when it comes to cli...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Jeanette is a Massage Therapist, Business Coach, educator, wife, and Mama of 4. We had a very candid conversation about her journey through the Massage Therapy world and how she has gotten to where she is today. Massage Therapy is seemingly in Jeanette’s DNA and even when she was dealing with the hardest situation in her life, she wanted to use her skill set to help others who were also dealing with the heartache of having a sick child. Jeanette has taken everything she has learned through being...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Roxanne, the owner of Bliss Wellness in Orillia, was a guest at the end of 2020 after a traumatic motor vehicle accident changed her life forever. She came on the mic to tell us about her physical injuries and rehab as well as living with a brain injury as she was preparing to get back to work. Roxanne reached out again because after getting back to work, she realized that she may need to pivot her career and that her brain injury was worse than she had thought. Jack, the owner of discovery well...
Sep 20, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 51
