Post by new guest blogger Steph Lasch, LMT, CFT This is my first blog entry for the WIBB. I’m truly excited to be providing quality content here and talking about some of the things I’m passionate about, besides being a massage therapist. I love talking about business, finance and operations in the spa &...
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Tags: AMTA, budgeting, business planning, career longevity, Ethics, finances, massage business, massage therapists, success
Posted in Business, Education & Seminars, Health & Wellness, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff, Practice Management, Social Media | 1 Comment »
Please allow me to wax a bit poetic. On the eve of Valentine’s Day and also in the wake of a very visible entertainer, Whitney Houston’s untimely death, I am really reflecting on how important it is to live in the present moment and to tell all those we love, how much we love...
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Tags: compassion, compassionate touch, Ethics, massage therapists, motivational inspiration
Posted in Education & Seminars, Ethics, Self care | No Comments »
Lao Tzu said “From caring comes courage.”I discovered deeper meaning to this famous truth in, of all places, the Rock and Roll Capital of the World. I had the great fortune to spend some time with an intimate group of dedicated and committed massage therapists and other healthcare providers to learn more about communicating...
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Tags: alzheimer's and dementia, communication, continuing educatioin, courage, marketing, motivational inspiration
Posted in Business, Chronic / Acute Conditions, Education & Seminars, Massage Therapy for Older People | 3 Comments »
6 of the WIBB gals, Cherie Sohnen-Moe, Angie Patrick, Ruth Werner, Tina Allen, our newest blogger, Stephanie Beck and I participated in a very lively and thought provoking Hot Topic roundtable at FSMTA tonight. Quality not quantity describes the attendance -tough to go up against martini parties! But the greatest part of the event...
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Tags: ABMP, AMTA, Continuing Education, educational standards, FSMTB, massage therapy foundation, NCBTMB, NCBTMB; FSMTB, success
Posted in Education & Seminars, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff, MTBOK, Research | 2 Comments »
If you missed the 1st ever American Massage Conference, you are forgiven. If you don’t circle April 2012 in San Diego on your calendar-you need your head examined! All other conference organizers-please take notice-the bar has been raised!
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Tags: ABMP, American Massage Conference, AMTA, Continuing Education, FSMTB, massage therapists, NCBTMB, success, WIBB
Posted in Education & Seminars | 7 Comments »
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” ~Jane Howard I am thinking back over the MA Chapter 51st Annual meeting I participated in last weekend, and in doing so, I realize that our meetings, events...
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Tags: AMTA, business planning, Continuing Education, marketing, massage therapists
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I went to a symposium on starting a clinical massage program, and a Massage Therapy Foundation Grant Recipient reunion broke out! I had the great fortune to attend the In-Depth Perspective on Starting Clinical Massage Programs, organized by Lisa Santoro, at Boston Medical Center on March 5, 2011. The presenters included pioneers in our...
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Tags: business planning, clinical massage, Continuing Education, grants, marketing, massage therapists, massage therapy foundation, oncology, research
Posted in Body Techniques, Business, Community Service, Education & Seminars, General Massage, Health & Wellness, Marketing / Office / Staff, Massage Therapy for Older People, Patient Education, Research, Self care | 8 Comments »
There is an awesome quote that I found by a relatively unknown author named Noela Evans ,“Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.” Resonate or recoil? This is a topic I think about quite often as I work with folks who are uncomfortable...
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Tags: branding, business planning, drive, marketing, Massage, self-promotion, success, WIBB
Posted in Body Techniques, Business, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff, Other Topics, Practice Management | 1 Comment »
One of the most important time management strategies that I have discovered on my professional path is developing the habit of analyzing and filtering my daily/weekly/monthly tasks and projects into 2 main categories: important and urgent. Items are not usually in the same category. It is a constant struggle to walk...
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Tags: business planning, marketing, Massage, massage therapists, motivational inspiration, productivity tools, scheduling, time management, WIBB
Posted in Business, Education & Seminars, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff, Practice Management | 5 Comments »
Here is a really great tool and opportunity to strategically leap into 2011 by reflecting on your 2010 story and making some fabulously charged waves in to 2011. Each day the site Reverb10 will create and post a Prompt for you to consider and post/blog or tweet out about. I intuitively know that creatively...
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Tags: balance, marketing, motivational inspiration, success, vision
Posted in Body Techniques, Business, Education & Seminars, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff | No Comments »