Starting and running a massage business is not an easy thing to do. So many start and try but get nowhere. Some blame it on their limiting beliefs or that they don’t have the right mindset. The whole concept of mindset is just one theory. Then there is the positive thinking way—just think positive thoughts […]
Start a Pregnancy Massage Business
Giving massage to pregnant women, from conception to birth and postpartum is one of many business models for massage therapists. If you are going to focus on that, you will need to have extra training in pregnancy massage as well as clinical massage to be able to work with women through various stages of pregnancy […]
Lessons from COVID-19
As we work our way through this unprecedented pandemic, what are we learning about the massage therapy profession? I am sure there will be more things as this virus spreads on and on. Massage schools were already struggling to attract new students before the pandemic. Schools have moved to some online classes. Could massage school […]
Massage therapists as healthcare providers
Are massage therapists healthcare providers? What does it mean to be a healthcare provider? A healthcare provider is defined as: Health care provider means a provider of services (as defined in section 1861 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395x(u)), a provider of medical or health services (as defined in section 1861(s) of the Act, 42 […]
Massage Client Relationships
Understanding massage client relationships will help you in building your massage business just as much as any marketing plan or website. In learning about client relationships and learning to develop them you will be learning about yourself and your own needs -personal and business needs. When you are doing your best work, people will […]
If we are not at the table, we are on the menu.
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu is a political saying that supposedly comes out of WA DC in about 2000 with no known origin. I first heard it said that the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education Conference (I think in about 2010) in Tuscon AZ by John Weeks, publisher/editor […]