If you’re waiting to feel like a pro before you open your massage practice, you’re wasting precious time. Instead of waiting, think about doing the opposite: put yourself out there. Putting yourself out there means that no matter how uncomfortable you feel and/or how low your confidence is, you are in front of the people [...]
I like self experiments. But I have my failures—like the time in the 90’s when I didn’t wear my glasses for a year in an attempt to improve my distance vision. My eyesight didn’t improve and I spent a lot of time in my car lost. (Reading road signs was sort of important pre-GPS.) However, [...]
Robert was a retired business executive from corporate America who came to see me when his back acted up.At some point, he offered to be my business mentor and I took him up on it. Looking back, he helped me avoid some major business mistakes, like when I was neglecting my private practice as I [...]
Joanne had been a client of mine for many years and loved deep pressure. One day she asked: “Does your body ever hurt after doing massage?” To this day I wonder if my head actually cocked to the side like a confused puppy. Wasn’t the obvious answer: Hell, yes?! I responded with something like: “I [...]
