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 an online group and people were interested in hearing Brandi’s story. So we invited her to come on a...
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 struggles, and find therapies that can benefit patients who have suffered this type of nerve damage. We were h...
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 documentary if a unique look into aspects of Massage Therapy that only us in the profession can relate to an...
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 Canada last year through ConEd Institute and the Canadian Massage Conference. We invited him back to a...
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 cool therapist and talk shop! Listen to Ally’s story that includes moving across the country, being l...
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 she knew worked. Her program is unique in that it does not claim that micro-dosing is the magic pill...
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, NC. As black therapists, these two incredible women realized that as only less than ten percent of ...
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… 2rmtsandamic.com | conedinstitute.com | massagetherapymedia.com...
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 although she is not a registered massage therapist, she loves the idea of continuing her education....
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 raising a family and working a full time job, Christian had to show the same dedication to educatio...
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 conversation took off from there. After a year of running her own business she felt she had more insight this...
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 society that believes there’s either life OR death, we don’t often focus on life AND death. As a deat...
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 healthcare professionals should all hear. These dudes just want to get the conversation going as this is some...
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 provider. We had no idea what a journey he would take us on. Listen to another unique story of a perso...
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 world of massage, his thoughts on things like assessment and specializing, what his practice looks li...
Tyleen is a relatively new therapist here in Toronto that listens to the show and we have been following for a while. She has a very famous voice and a quirky and fun personality that no doubt attracts patients to her. Her vulnerability and authenticity when speaking about her own mental health struggles allows her patients to connect to her and feel comfortable being vulnerable as well. Listen to her story of realizing she was in the wrong career, how she meticulously narrowed down her career c...
Sandy is a RMT who sat on our couch about a year and a half ago to share his new approach to treatment that had helped to spark a new love for therapy after 26 years of practice. He had opened up his own practice using a unique style of therapy that he hadn’t quite defined yet. We invited him back to give us an update about how his practice was going. He has done quite a shift in a year and half, closed his practice due to covid, took additional certifications, and niched down to work primarily ...
Laurie is a Massage Therapist in Nova Scotia and the owner of Sensorimotor Education. Her background as a Massage Therapy Educator inspired her to move into the world of continuing education where she could really help therapists to understand sensation, anatomy, and movement in a way that uses critical thinking and function versus the traditional methods used in anatomy textbooks and formal education. Her courses focus on functional anatomy to help therapists incorporate movement to better thei...
Joanne and Mark have many things in common as Massage Therapy educators but most notably their passion for helping people go from Massage Therapy graduate to Registered Massage Therapist. The three of us sat down to talk about where there may be a disconnect from a grad who was successful in college to having trouble with the exam. We discuss text anxiety, teaching tools, how to talk to new grads about the exam, and what has worked for these two when helping people to perform their best at exam ...
Susan is a Holistic Nutritionist, Intuitive Coach, and Live Blood Analyst who works with clients to help them understand their constitution and get to the root cause of their concerns whether it be trauma and emotions, nutritional deficiencies, heavy metal toxicity, a combination of them all, or a wide range of things that can wreak havoc in our body. In this episode we discuss how she fell in love with nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine, and how she came to use all of her skills to help...
Leslie is a LMT and the founder of the Institute for Phenomenal Touch. One of her students, Joe, was on a recent episode talking about his experience with The Massage Championships. He began his story with his training at the Institute and in describing Leslie’s training, he got us very curious about what is so unique about this style of manual therapy. Leslie was happy to come on and clear up some things such as her institute NOT being a cult, what her students have gotten from her training, wh...
Kelley and Holly are LMTs in Florida and both got their start in casino massage at the Hard Rock and the rest is history. These two have created successful careers working as massage therapists in casinos and providing treatment to some of the highest rollers in the casinos even walking away with tips larger than some of us make in an entire month. They sat down to talk with us and maybe clear up some misconceptions about working in a casino. It is therapy, it is very safe, very professional, an...
Nicki has been a guest on our couch many times sharing her unpopular opinions. She’s back and in a mission to help therapists-specifically women- make more money. Her “unpopular” opinion is that women are not asking for enough, taking care of everyone at the expense of themselves, and holding onto the narrative that it’s their job to take care of everyone without asking for too much. This episode we talk about money of course, boundaries, mindset, policies, and of course some music talk since Ni...
Joe is a Massage Therapist in Seattle and has a very unique style of treatment that has influences from his experience with martial arts but also from continuing education and watching and learning from other uniques therapists. He has also had the unique experience of both competing and judging the Massage Championships. We got to hear first hand about the judging, the categories, some fun experiences, and what has shaped Joe into the therapist he is today. Joe competed in a category called Wes...
Viktoria is a clinic owner as well as a practicing Massage Therapist and a hypnotherapist primarily working with chronic pain patients. She also works in an addiction treatment center providing pain education for her clients. Viktoria wanted to have a conversation about the use of language when it comes to chronic pain as well as the mindset of our patients and how it affects their healing. In her work dealing with patients who are heavily addicted to pain medications, she uses her knowledge to ...
Having Benita as a guest was a happy accident that turned into a very interesting and inspiring episode. We met during the Canadian Massage Conference during an ice breaker game aimed at helping the therapists connect and get to know one another. Benita felt like she already knew us from being a listener and after running into each other multiple times in different classes, demos, on the trade show floor, and finally during the International Massage and Bodywork expo, we invited her to grab a mi...
Jasmine had worked as a Massage Therapist in spas before starting up her own mobile practice. She mentioned to us that when she was employed at the spa, she had more than one encounter with a patient who didn’t want to be treated by her because she is a black therapist. We invited Jasmine in to speak about her experiences with racist patients, how she handles the situation, how the spa handles it and could handle it, and how Jasmine reacted to the experiences. It’s sad that the conversation has ...
Never have I ever met a more passionate therapist than my first interaction with John. He is a Certified Massage Therapist in California and is on a mission to build a community of therapists to exchange ideas, learn from each other, promote therapist self care, vent to, share ideas, and generally just elevate the profession by helping each other out. He’s a breath of fresh air in a world that can often be full of negativity and his leadership skills, supportive nature, and laid back personality...
Robert has many years experience in our profession and has built quite a career by constantly having the desire to learn more to better help his patients. Through research, tons of reading, and continuing education, Robert was able to develop his treatment approach which has yielded amazing results in his practice. As a true leader in the RMT community, he has worked to advance our profession by teaching what he knows, writing a book, and continuing to add value through research. On this episode...
