We did a recording from our basement this week after a wild week that all started at the gym. This is Amanda’s story from finding out that she has endometriosis four months ago, to being told it’s stage four and you will need surgery right now. I’m sharing this because it is still mind blowing how fast this all happened, what signs I saw, what signs I ignored, and just what the human body is capable of. Listen to my story as I recover from surgery and begin a new journey with aggressive endometr...
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 22
Career evolution is a dynamic and ongoing process that varies for each individual based on their aspirations, experiences, and circumstances. Adaptability, resilience, and a willingness to embrace change are essential traits for navigating these complexities. Check out this sit down we had with Cindy. Cindy flipped her career from Banking IT to Massage Therapy. Although still pretty new in the massage world, she has done and is planning on doing some pretty cool things. Listen in a we rap about ...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 21
Joanna is a second time guest and a business coach for wellness practitioners. Her goal is for practitioners to get structure and streamline their practice in order to be successful without burnout. Her approach to coaching is unique and we love her concept of offering value to therapists with her free resources and events. From May 6-10th, Joanna will be hosting the Empowered Practitioner Event for the third time. It’s five days of sessions designed to help wellness practitioners create a resil...
Apr 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 20
Jamie is a former Massage Therapist and the owner of Happy Haüs Studios, an interior design studio whose specialty is in wellness spaces. As a former Massage Therapist and wellness coach, Jamie recognizes the role that the environment has on fostering relaxation, soothing the senses, and providing a sanctuary for healing and well being. Jamie has a Masters Degree in design and uses the principles of Biophilic Design to be sustainable and connected to nature. Listen to Jamie’s journey from Cultur...
Apr 06, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Sara was brought to our couch by Joyce, a former guest, RMT, and friend who thought that we would love to hear Sara’s amazing story. Sara is not a RMT but is involved in the health and wellness realm through her healing yoga retreats that she runs to facilitate people on their healing journey. Sara is a somatic healing and neuroscience specialist who has a cool backstory that starts with her joining the military at a very young age, meeting her partner, going into academics and neuroscience, sta...
Mar 30, 2024•56 min•Season 7Ep. 18
Liane is the organizer of the Massage Championships here in Canada and wanted to speak to Canadian therapists and educate them on what this event is truly about. For Liane who is a passionate therapist and always looking to be better, it’s about the experience of meeting and learning from therapists from all over the world, and building community and networking with other passionate professionals. This year she is hosting the Massage Therapy Summit in Laval, Quebec, that will include the Champio...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 17
Agyness is a client and a hair stylist that is on the verge of taking the leap to open her own salon. She asked us for some advice on where to get started in this new journey as an entrepreneur and since we have brainstormed with many Massage Therapists about going out on their own and clinic ownership, we invited her to the couch! Listen to a discussion about opening up a business and what needs to happen to get the ball rolling. 2rmtsandamic.com
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 16
Sandy is back for a third time because once again his career has taken a shift and he wanted to come talk about it. When he was first on the couch we talked about his unique style of treating, he returned to talk about a new way of assessing which levelled up his practice working primarily with golfers, and this time he’s back and working in education and giving back to the profession he’s been a part of for almost 3 decades. We talked about massage curriculum, techniques, debates about the evid...
Mar 03, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 15
Ryan is a mobile massage therapist who lives with his family on a farm north of the city. Like many others in our profession, he got into the manual therapy world after being a patient himself and going through his own rehabilitation process. He wanted to combine manual therapy with his personal training experience to help people dealing with pain or injury to get back to living. At the same time he needed to make sure he was supporting his family. He recently started a Facebook group called Mal...
Feb 24, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Jen hung out on our couch years ago to talk to us about having a trauma informed practice and what that means. At the time she was working at a clinic that didn’t necessarily allow her to fully practice in the way she wanted to. Fast forward to 2024 and Jen is back. She has taken the leap and is now running her own practice where she can allow her patients who are dealing with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and any sort of trauma or mental health issues to have a place to feel safe and to get the th...
Feb 17, 2024•47 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Chris is a Massage Therapist and Clinic owner who talked to us virtually during lockdown about the struggles of clinic owners during that time. He came by in person to sit on our couch and tell us about how his clinic has changed, the stuff he’s been doing to better his own practice and improve his skills for his clients, and of course some good stories and shop talk. Listen to some of Chris’ thoughts on business, continuing education, being a male therapist, and what he would do if he won the l...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 12
Alison is a RMT in Ontario and a very good friend of 2RMTs and a Mic and Massage Therapy Media. As you can imagine, when we heard that someone we cared about was going through cancer treatment, we felt helpless. Alison is doing well these days and wanted to come speak about her experiences and how her life changed completely following her cancer diagnosis. She’s a force this woman and we were super excited to have her come by for a visit and tell us her story. Listen to a very real and honest co...
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Sue was a guest on our podcast way back when we first started and we have watched her go through numerous career shifts which included going inactive as a RMT. She is planning a possible comeback to practice and I’m sure many people would be excited to get her hands in their fascia again! Sue says she is not the same person we interviewed in 2018 so we invited her to give us an update on her life and wow. This turned into an emotional chat about life, death, grief, change, evolution, and all the...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Robin is a Massage Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist in Alberta. She has dedicated her career to educating patients, practitioners, and even doctors, about the lymphatic system and why we should care about it. She started a conference open to everyone called LymphyCon which will be happening in Calgary on March 9, 2024. Listen to Robin educate us on the difference between swelling and lymphedema, and how incorporating lymphatic work into therapy sessions helps with many other conditio...
Feb 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Nelin and Justin are physiotherapists and the owners of Myofascial Release Mississauga. They are very firm believers in the therapy they offer and have developed courses and training for manual therapists to learn Myofascial Release. Listen to the story of how these two ended up down this path and opening up a practice together. Don’t know what Myofascial release is? They do a great job helping us understand what their treatment approach is and why they have so much success with their patients. ...
Jan 27, 2024•59 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Elle is not your average business coach. She was introduced to us by one of our regular guests, Nicki, and we had to invite her on to talk about how she went from Massage Therapist, to business owner, to business coach. She has taken steps in her career that made sense and helped her to continue to move forward and grow while continuing to use her skills and she wants to help others do the same. Elle’s coaching style really focuses on growth and helping her clients figure out what their next ste...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Christina is a Certified Massage Therapist in California who honestly never wanted to be a massage therapist. Not only that, she’s also the author of the book Recovery Culture and has built a successful business working with many post-op clients in the plastic surgery world. We invited Christina to come in and talk about her unique niche and her book but ended up hearing a story like we have not heard before. Christina was guided to where she is today and her faith allowed her to trust a little ...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Janet is a RMT and educator in Ontario who has been focussed on oncology massage for ten years. She is one of the authors of the book, Oncology Massage An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care. She has spent years researching and learning to make sure she is oncology aware and can effectively work with this vulnerable population and now her goal is to share this knowledge with as many therapists as possible because everybody knows somebody who has been affected by cancer. Are you oncology aware? L...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Kelley was on our podcast last year with her colleague Holly, teaching us about the world of Casino Massage. Many of us would have never considered a casino to be a viable option to work as a Massage Therapist but they showed us how safe, lucrative, and valid of an option it really can be. Coby and Kelley met when Coby was a poker dealer and the two of them formed both a personal and professional relationship and we had them come back to talk about the growth of their company, Winning Hands LLC....
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Mel has been a guest a few times and we have followed her through school, her licensing exams, her first job, and now she’s here to kick off season 7 with us! We invited Mel to come back and talk about her journey so far now that she’s been a Massage Therapist for four years. She has been saying yes a lot and has had quite a few cool experiences in her short career. Listen to our conversation with Mel to get inspired for your upcoming year. 2rmtsandamic.com ...
Jan 06, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 7Ep. 1
We met Simone through the conference circuit. She is the founder of the Fascia Training Institute and teaches courses to massage therapists and other body workers about fascia and concussion recovery. Her path to get here was definitely unconventional. She entered a physical therapy program in the US, and is certified in concussion management. She studied science, worked with mentors, took courses in all types of therapy and body work, and learned to connect the dots to help her better understan...
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 52
Sam is the owner of the Osteopathic Lyceum and as an educator and owner of a school, he has dedicated his career to really understanding the fundamentals of education, the needs of learners, and of course the policy side of things. He listened to our conversations about massage education and had something to offer about tension between administrators and educators as well as assessment practices. We learn so much from Sam each time he comes to visit. Listen to learn something new today. 2rmtsan...
Dec 23, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 6Ep. 51
Many of you may read the title of this episode and think “ugh…not for me!” and you are exactly who we are speaking to in this episode. Heather is a RMT who left practice after only a couple of years because she wasn’t growing her dream practice and she eventually returned a few years later and realized it’s all possible. Through social media marketing, Heather has a unique and recognizable brand online and has become a trusted source for other therapists as well as her clients. As someone who un...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 50
Keeley is a RMT in Ontario and also identifies as non-binary. They have had experiences that made them realize that all people could benefit from receiving education about understanding commonly known and less commonly know sexual orientations as well as commonly and less commonly known gender identities. Their courses provide definitions and insight into the diversity that exists within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and how those of us working in healthcare can be sure we are being respectful and in...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 6Ep. 49
Ken was brought to our couch by one of our regular guests, Nicki, because she said he’s got some stories and would make an interesting guest. She was right and Ken did not disappoint. He is an illusionist who holds a very interesting (and terrifying) world record. He taught us what a card mechanic is, showed us some close up magic, and told us the story about when he almost lost everything. Last year, Ken was diagnosed with a very rare type of Guillain Barré Syndrome called Miller Fisher Syndrom...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 48
Devin and his wife decided to go back to school and become Massage Therapists together. After working at some chain spas, Devin thought he would be more successful if he and his wife had their own business. What he’s noticing now is that clients seem to prefer to book with his wife and he’s wondering how to get busy as a male therapist in the south. We invited him to brainstorm some ideas with us so he can build up a solid practice and be as busy as the female therapists in his town. 2rmtsandam...
Nov 25, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 47
LaToya is a LMT from Charlotte, NC and the owner of Hill’n Hands Massage. She was a part of the team at the Black Massage Therapist Conference in Charlotte and her and Mark got talking about the conference, her trajectory as a newer LMT, working with athletes, being a black therapist, race, where she would like to go with her career and everything in between. Mark invited her to share her story on the podcast and we loved having her. She’s a goal oriented therapist who lives and breathes massage...
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 46
Back by popular demand…it’s Nicki! We usually invite Nicki in after her travels to talk about her latest adventure and of course to share some of her unpopular (but actually popular) opinions. Well we did none of that. She hung out on the couch and we talked about life, and hard work, the state of the world, and whatever came to mind. It’s always a pleasure to have Nicki hanging out and sharing her thoughts. She also announced officially that her popular webinar is now a work at your own pace on...
Nov 11, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 45
Jennifer joined us via zoom to talk about returning to work after maternity leave and about workshops that she has developed to help RMTs to better support postpartum clients. The conversation opened up a door to speak about postpartum depression and anxiety, and a lot of different challenges that can arise during this vulnerable time. Check out Jennifer on Instagram @jenniferquiltyrmt for information about her upcoming Postpartum Lymphatic and Breast Care workshop happening November 26. 2rmtsan...
Nov 04, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 6Ep. 44
Tyleen is back and brought Stone Cold with her of course (if you know you know). She sent a really positive email about the Canadian Massage Conference this year and all that she learned. She mentioned an internal struggle when it comes to deciphering evidence and different types of treatments. We invited Tyleen back to talk about all things massage and to see where the conversation would take us. We talked about clinical experience, continuing education, holding space for people while not carry...
Oct 28, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 43
