Gillian is the Ontario Chapter president of the Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association and this year their conference and AGM are happening in Niagara Falls, Ontario just one month from now! Gillian came on to talk about her journey from being an athlete to working with athletes. Her entire massage career she has treated every body on her table like an athlete and so of course it was a natural progression for her. This conference has so much value for all types of therapists, not just tho...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 42
Marvin sent a very helpful email after our episode “When the Teachers Can’t Teach” explaining the dynamics at a community college and how the program set-up, the collective agreement between the administration and the union, and the program quality reviews work to ensue that how the program operates is in the best interest of the students learning. Listen to an educator with over 2 decades of experience working in a college talk a little more in depth about Massage Therapy education. 2rmtsandami...
Oct 14, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 41
Ann was hired to supervise a student massage clinic at a college in her town. She was very excited about this opportunity because she loves to teach and is passionate about improving the quality of education for future therapists. She quickly realized gaps in the knowledge the students coming into clinic had and was happy to help them fine tune their skills. What happened next was not what she expected. Due to red tape and her official job title, Ann was eventually walked out of that job and she...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 40
Join us in the vendor hall at the Canadian Massage Conference where we grabbed one of the exhibitors, the Super Patch Company, to tell us about who they are, why they do what they do, and why we should care. Kevin has worked with high level athletes and he was so blown away when he was introduced to this technology that he had to bring it to his athletes. Elsa, on the other hand, works as a holistic practitioner, and she couldn’t believe the results she got with her own injuries. This unlikely p...
Sep 30, 2023•58 min•Season 6Ep. 39
Jessica is both a RMT and LMT and was eager to come on the podcast to talk about her experiences in the Massage World. From having a random opportunity to start her massage education and career in Spain, to working as a therapist in Hawaii, treating elite athletes, becoming a RMT in BC, and competing in the American Massage Championships, Jessica has had experiences in her career that are most definitely unique. These experiences have made her a unique therapist and she’s very passionate about s...
Sep 22, 2023•57 min•Season 6Ep. 38
Jessie is a Registered Massage Therapist in Ontario and she has a plan for a new business model that can take her massage therapy career to the next level. Mark invited her to come sit on our couch to brainstorm some ideas and talk some smack of course. Listen to be inspired and possibly get a cool new idea for how you can change up your every day and create the massage career of your dreams. 2rmtsandamic.com | conedinstitute.com | massagether...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 37
Back in the winter, we learned that this year will be the first ever Black Massage Therapist Conference happening in October in North Carolina. Davonna is an educator and the founder of this conference. We had her and one of her colleagues, Ashley on an episode earlier this year. We invited Davonna back to talk about how it’s been going. We dug deeper into why a conference like this is needed, why race conversations still need to happen, and what exciting things will be happening at the first ev...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 36
Meet BetsyAnn! She’s a Massage Therapist and Structural Integrator in Montreal, Quebec who also teaches courses for manual therapists in both English and French. We met BetsyAnn in the conference circuit and she has also joined as an educator with the Canadian Massage Conference. We invited her on to talk about the fascinating careers she has had from being a soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens to a bodyworker and now educator. We discussed the transition of her careers, how she developed ...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Stephanie is the founder and CEO of the United States Organization of Licensed Massage Therapists and she also has a background in business coaching for Massage Therapists. This knowledge of business helped her to create a survey for her association to use to help business owners and therapists really figure out what they want and need from our industry and how to be innovative. We had Stephanie on when she first founded the association and she has come back to talk to us about what massage ther...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 33
Sabina has been a client and friend for almost 2 years and she came by to talk about how we met, her experience with rehabilitation and therapy, navigating the healthcare system with an injury, and how the last few years have had an impact on her health and her life. We dove into topics of spirituality, travel and wanderlust, what home means to us, and much more. Listen to some real talk from one of our many wonderful clients that make our work feel like it’s not work at all. 2rmtsandamic.com ...
Aug 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 32
Magnus and Bobbi are both LMTs and Structural Integrators in Mississippi. These two have a passion for body work and teaching and once they met, fell in love, and joined forces, they have been on the path to becoming unstoppable. Bobbi has been interested in body work since she was a small child and Magnus, a former tennis player from Sweden, had his tennis career cut short from a back injury. This led him to structural integration. The couple met professionally and had an instant connection and...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 31
As you heard in the previous episode, we are on vacation!!! Out of office, out of studio, but we prepared this episode for you. A couple of years ago we were invited to take part in an online business summit. The topic for us was discounting, but instead of giving some straight of tips about discounting, we flipped it around an spilled out 10 ideas that might work a bit better than knocking off some of the $$$ you charge for your massage therapy services/treatments. Here are various clips from o...
Aug 05, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 31
Melinda is a LMT in Tennessee who has practiced in various states as a Massage Therapist, Health Coach, and ultimately a business coach for Massage Therapists. She went from professional dancer to bodyworker and followed her opportunities to get to where she is today. In 2020, Melinda took a pause from treating and coaching and came to realize the importance of multiple revenue streams and made a comeback recently as a coach focusing on massage therapists getting creative and expanding their inc...
Jul 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Betty had a successful career in Real Estate, 4 grown children, and a wonderful life. As a former athlete, she had dealt with a lot of pain in her life and was a regular Massage Therapy patient. Once she found the right therapist for her, she became very interested in what he was doing and why while he was treating her. She would ask a lot of questions and eventually had the opportunity to work on him. That was the beginning. Betty decided to go to school for Massage Therapy later in life which ...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Mia is a clinic owner in Nova Scotia that we met at the Canadian Massage Conference in Halifax with her team of therapists. She came on to talk about her experience as a spa owner, moving around to different provinces, and ultimately owning her successful clinic now. We talked about company culture, how to build a team, firing therapists, education, and about what Mia is doing in her practice now. She has gone on to get more training in Matrix Repatterning and RAPID Neurofascial Reset which allo...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Sheena is a Massage Therapist in Ontario but she didn’t set out to become one. We invited Sheena to come and talk about her journey into Massage Therapy and how she got to where she is now. As a regular listener, we also gave her an opportunity to give her opinion on the association, Massage education, public perception of the profession, and all of the usual 2 RMTs and a Mic topics. Listen to Sheena’s opinions and a little about her life as a massage therapist. 2rmtsandamic.com | ...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Caleb is a practicing massage therapist in Manitoba and we officially met him at the Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba’s spring conference. He joined us to talk about his journey into bodywork and why this career was attractive to him, how he decided to shift his mindset about therapy, and how his seminars came to life. Caleb’s approach to treatment lies in his assessment. He built his practice from being so slow that he almost left the profession after 3 years to so busy that he’s booked ...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Sam is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner with a Masters Degree in Health Education. He came to hang out in our couch and tell us how he went from working as a kinesiologist to going back to school for osteopathy, to getting his Masters Degree, to becoming an educator, to opening a school! The Osteopathic Lyceum approaches the teaching of osteopathy in a different way and is specifically targeted to already practicing healthcare practitioners…Massage Therapists, that means you! Graduates of the ...
Jun 24, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 26
We met Miranda and Danielle at the Canadian Massage Conference in Halifax and they are both RMTs from Ontario and are listeners of our podcast. We invited them to come on together and talk about school, massage, education, conferences, and everything in between. As a surprise to all of us, we had them come by on our 5th anniversary of our podcast and so we also had some fun talking about student clinic, memorable clients, what matters when it comes to teaching, what their career plans look like ...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Sophie had a successful mobile business in Ottawa, Ontario when she made the decision with her partner to move to Vancouver, British Columbia temporarily. She hung out with us to talk about the move between regulated provinces, some of the differences she has found between working in Ontario and B.C., and most importantly, where she will call home. After making the move, Sophie and her partner realized that the overall lifestyle in Vancouver really aligns with their own lifestyle and it’s becomi...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Jessica has had many experiences as a therapist ranging from spa work, rehab work, working with athletes, training etc. She has always been an outside of the box thinker and is always planning for a future that allows for multiple revenue sources and opportunities to do the work she loves. She had a desire to continue to with with athletes, as a former athlete herself, and also recognized a need for more regulated healthcare professionals, specifically RMTs, to offer post-operative massage treat...
Jun 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Dr. Kerry D’Ambrogio has graduated from programs in Physical Therapy, Osteopathy, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, and has taken over 300 continuing Education courses. We had him come in from Sarasota, Florida to assist him in making videos to get his courses online and he stayed to hang out on our couch to tell us about his experiences that have led him to being an International educator. As a young football player, Kerry was always getting injured and he found a mentor that gave him his “a-ha...
May 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Leigh is a Registered Massage Therapist, Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher trainer, business owner, death doula, and Retreat organizer among many other things. Her career in the world of massage and bodywork had offered her many experiences and allowed her to have lateral growth, keep her mind stimulated, keep her passion for her work, and the opportunity to help others in our profession to learn to make these moves as well Leigh is always evolving and learning while staying in a profession that she ...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Cheryl is an experienced Massage Therapist now living in a more remote community where she is building a home. Over her years of practice she has seen changes to the profession and is passionate about making a positive impact on the next generation of therapists as well as the veterans. She has decided to venture into a new project where she plans to produce a magazine for Massage Therapists by Massage Therapists. She wants to be sure the content is useful, informative, in scope, and will help t...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 20
We have been trying to get Miranda to come sit on our couch for some time now. She’s been a listener for a while, engages with us behind the scenes and gives her two cents about our episodes, has attended the Canadian Massage Conference with us, taken ConEd classes, and hangs with us at our free networking events. It took so long because despite Miranda having many opinions, she’s quite introverted and deals with social anxiety. She finally agreed to come by and talk shop with us. Listen to Mira...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Michelle is a Massage Therapist in Ontario who has shifted her entire practice to the floor! She’s done such a 180 that her clinic looks nothing like it did a couple of years ago. Through online networking and taking courses, and obtaining coaches and mentors, Michelle had a light bulb moment that Massage Therapy could be whatever she wanted it to be and she finally realized that she could have the practice she wants, just like the people she’s seeing be successful online. We had the pleasure of...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Samantha was an accountant in her former life before she decided to leave the corporate world and become a Massage Therapist. Since becoming a Massage Therapist, she’s noticed the at there’s a great deal of confusion at times when RMTs in Ontario have to deal with our provincial sales tax. Samantha to the rescue! Samantha developed a webinar to help clarify common questions and concerns surrounding HST (Harmonized Sales Tax). On top of being a kick ass therapist, and an HST mentor, Samantha is o...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Nicki has come back to talk more unpopular opinions. It’s been a few years since she has travelled so we invited her to come in, tell us about her most recent trip, and to discuss more unpopular opinions that she has about the Massage Therapy World. If you have heard Nicki’s other episodes, you will not be surprised that much of the conversation revolves around money, gender, safety, and being a bad ass woman! Listen to Nicki’s take on some controversial topics and some fun too of course! Nicki ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Fiona is a Registered Massage Therapist who is a regular contributor to Massage Therapy Media, takes courses at ConEd Institute, volunteers to be a demo body frequently, and of course, is always welcome to have a seat on our couch. After an 8 hour day, we asked Fiona if she would hang back to record an episode. We learned about her career and how it has shifted, we talked about the quality assurance program, about online bullies and Facebook arguments, about the desire to give back and help peop...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Dr. Linda Goggin is a Functional Medicine Doctor in Washington state. She contacted us to have a chat with other people in healing arts about how she went from being a conventional Medical Doctor to practicing functional medicine. We wanted to get more information about what it means to practice functional medicine and also to learn more about a photo therapy product that she swears by which has been useful both for herself and her patients. Linda shares a little about how her own illness led he...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 14
