What has ended up being one of the best changes ever made to my massage space began almost as a tussle at the last company Christmas party. Instead of a simple gift exchange, we played one of those games where everyone brings a mystery gift priced under $20. Then, everyone pulls a number out of … Continue reading My Happy Little Salt Lamp Sun
I love continuing education classes, because I love learning new things. But I have to say, they’re hard on me. I worked my days off this week so that I could afford to take the “time off” to take a class. And a class is not a vacation. For one thing, like many therapists, I’m … Continue reading CE Toxicity
In the last few weeks, I’ve begun to swear to myself never again to hire a therapist who works seven days a week–especially at three to four different jobs. No matter how much she assures me she can handle it/has handled it/wants to handle it. Not even if her practical makes me feel like whipped … Continue reading Take a Break, for Heaven’s Sake
Well, it’s been kind of tense around my house lately, largely because my honey has spent the last three months on the jury for a creepy serial killer accused of five murders. I must say, I ran out of jokes and quick subject changes when it all came down Tuesday with the death sentence. Not … Continue reading Buckets O’ Stress
At my place of business, we’ve instituted the practice of writing thank-you notes to new clients. A brief thank-you note really adds a special touch and shows clients that we are genuine both in wanting to help them and in being grateful for their business. Sounds like a fairly simple task, right? Apparently not for … Continue reading Thanks Sincerely
Okay, so no whining or anything this time, because I have been pretty busy lately. Busy enough I’m starting to get a little silly. So Saturday I did like 500 massages in 10 hours and I left the I-Pod in the car and had to play my CD player, antique that it is, all day … Continue reading Massage Music We’d Enjoy Hearing Again, Again, and Again….
When I have a client in pain, either from emotional or physical issues, I ask a lot about the pain, but I also ask other questions such as “Are you sleeping?” Often the answer is “no” or “not well” or “sometimes.” And since sleep time is the body’s healing time, not sleeping or not sleeping … Continue reading Sleepy Time
My business has been doing a lot of interviewing lately, so I’ve been doing a lot of practical massages. Or having them done to me, as the case may be. Which is not, perhaps, as delightful as it sounds. In a practical massage, I can’t just zone out: I have to listen, feel, weigh, measure, … Continue reading Practical Plotting
Saturday one of my clients was asking about aromatherapy, and I gave her a few pointers for home use and recommended an aromatherapy reference book I thumbed through at Barnes & Noble. “Wow, you really have a lot of knowledge about this,” my client said. I love those ego boosting compliments. It’s a great part … Continue reading The Coffee Joint
Miscommunication. It happens sometimes. A client recently told me about how her poor little toy poodle accidentally feel in the icy cold backyard swimming pool the other day. Rushing him into the house wrapped in a towel, she shrieked up the stairs to her husband, “Hey!! Dottie fell in the pool!” To which he called … Continue reading Connecting, Communicating, and Becoming the Drop of Water that Forms a Canyon