The Massachusetts Episode

Allissa Haines is on the podcast in my ongoing effort to chat with a fellow massage therapist from every state! She joins me from her home state in Massachusetts where she had over 15 years of experience as an LMT. Allissa is also a columnist for Massage & Bodywork Magazine and the co-founder of The Massage Business Blueprint, an online resource and community for massage and bodywork professionals. Along with her co-founder Michael Reynolds, she hosts a podcast of the same name with nearly 300 episodes helping bodywork professionals navigate business and marketing.

We chatted about...

• The Massage Business Blueprint

• Massage origin story

• Getting and maintaining a massage therapy license in MA

• Thoughts a national standard

• The state of Massachusetts during the cover crisis

• Concerns around reopening

• Keeping busy during the shutdown

• A digression on distance learning

• How does this crisis change massage therapy?

• Longevity as a massage therapist - Boundaries

• The value of the therapeutic relationship

Listen / Watch! You can listen right here, or with a podcast app of your choice. You can also scroll a bit and watch the video.

You can browse all previous episodes on Libsyn and Youtube!

**Music** "Swing House" by RKVC via Youtube Audio Library

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