Posts Tagged ‘ boundaries ’

I must admit that country music is not my favorite music genre, but in 1978 the Kenny Rogers’ version of The Gambler hit the charts and the chorus of that song has stayed with me for 34 years! If you’re gonna play the game, boy You gotta learn to play it right You’ve got...
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I feel like I might have written about this before but it is so important to me; I will risk repeating myself.  Make no mistake about it. Your clients are trainable.  I am not talking about the kind of training you see in the photo.  That is meant as a joke, really.  But in...
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   A few days ago I was going through security at the airport, on a great high after sharing a fantastic infant massage teacher certification course.  As I’m making my way through the line, I automatically take off my shoes, then unpack mycomputer and push everything onto the belt.  Just as automatic, I walked right into...
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On June 5, 2011, Newsweek posted an article titled Hotel Confidential, highlighting a poll of 400 married businessmen. “Three percent said they’d made a pass at a hotel worker (more than half were rebuffed), and 2 percent had sex with them.” The article didn’t specify what percentage of these were massage therapists, but they...
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I never would have thought I would utter the words: Can Attractiveness Hurt Your Business? But after two related instances I have to wonder. 1. We held a birthday party for a friend at our house. We surprised her by starting off the afternoon with a massage by my regular therapist. After he left,...
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Another celebrity is in the news. On January 3, 2011, the NY Daily News posted an article about football player Brett Favre being charged with sexual harassment. Favre, the Jets and Lisa Ripi (Jets massage therapy coordinator) are all being sued by two massage therapists, Christina Scavo and Shannon O’Toole, because they claim they...
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Granted we have lots of obstacles and stereotypes we need to conquer every day. And the media and politicians certainly don't help us!
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I had a new client today. I traveled to her home and in the interest of saving time, I emailed her the paperwork and asked that she complete the intake form before I arrived.  Her condition was tricky and I spent some time researching her condition before arrival.  My day was quite full today...
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You are responsible for keeping track of time during a massage appointment.  There is no excuse for losing track of time or running over for an appointment.  Doing so screams unprofessional, poor boundaries and inconsistency. Many therapists think they are doing the client a favor by giving “extra time” during a massage.  Many therapists...
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