The Rub: a podcast about massage therapy

Send us Fan Mail As I walk I see many things. I regularly come across encampments of people who have something a bit better than what “was” but which is still shy of what I imagine is possible. They smile and wave and tell me I can stop because they’ve done it. It’s good here. They’ve achieved it. “Don’t make it so hard,” they tell me. I see them and believe that they have, perhaps, reached the place where they want to and can rest. And I like being with them I haven’t reached that place, so ...

Send us Fan Mail I don’t usually write about hope, because it is not a strategy and strategy is my jam. Like Pandora, I keep a lid on my hope. Article Footnotes: 1 The nice thing about myths is that you can read them any way you like. There is a lot of disagreement about Pandora, why Hope was at the bottom of the box, and why she closed the lid to keep it there. My read is that Hope is the thing you hang onto while all the evils that escaped the box fly around your head. 2 Ten principles fo...

Send us Fan Mail Don't let them bring you down. If you have spent even a year or two in this profession, I bet you have felt a familiar, exhausting sense of déjà vu. We keep having the same arguments about entry-level education, whether we belong in hospitals or high-end spas. We argue about franchise pay and work conditions, the definition of “professionalism,” and we wonder vaguely (but never actually measure or study!) what might be behind the staggering rate of early-career burnout. Our s...

Send us Fan Mail Why we struggle to talk about the harassment of massage therapists Content warning: The following essay contains a generalized discussion of sexual harassment and assault. Please take any precautions you may need before engaging. Click here to answer the survey: A National Study on U.S. Massage Therapists’ Experiences of Sexual Harassment and Assault by Clients You can read the full survey results about Ontario here. Previous survey results from a Canada-wide survey can be re...

Send us Fan Mail There are MANY links to references in this article, so please visit the original article to see them. We (Corey and Cal) know that generative AI is a hot button question. We think it is a more nuanced conversation than “love it” or “hate it.” This article is about transparency. It is about how we (Corey and Cal) think about the tool that is generative AI, how we use it in our work, and what we’re wary of. Critical thinking demands constant re-evaluation and the conversa...