When a person is starved for physical intimacy, they may make an emotional leap in a massage setting, confusing physical intimacy with sexual intimacy. Strong, clear boundaries help create functional professional relationships that last.
Impostor syndrome can be viewed through a wider lens that includes a pandemic and the systemic, intentional disenfranchisement of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. It’s helpful to ask yourself a few questions.
As a mobile massage therapist, you need to make thoughtful decisions about which clients you’ll accept. Watching for red flags and following your gut can help keep you from entering a dangerous situation.
All businesses must comply with Title III of the ADA. There is also an ethical consideration—it is good and right to do everything we can to make massage accessible to everyone, and that includes people with disabilities.
The traditional and accepted processes of conducting and publishing research are deeply flawed. Researchers are dissuaded from being truly curious and are manipulated into publishing their findings in incomplete and misleading ways that don’t serve honest inquiry and discovery.
Many troublesome situations with clients, such as late arrivals and last-minute cancellations, can be prevented by letting your clients know upfront what your policies are.
As massage therapists, we have chosen to be a particular kind of human. The kind who puts the safety and health of the people we serve ahead of our own preferences and politics.
