Ep. 7: Using Your Voice and Education to Affect the Massage Therapy Industry with Chrissy Stites
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Why does our education as massage therapists vary so much? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a massage therapy instructor and how to incorporate that into your massage therapy business plan?
In this episode, Julie is joined by Chrissy Stites, LMT, CMCE to discuss why it is so important to continue taking classes and learning once you become a massage therapist. They also discuss how you can use your education and your voice to affect change in education standards, your community, and the massage industry as a whole.
In this episode, Julie and Chrissy discuss:
- How Chrissy became a massage therapist and later an instructor
- How to market your massage business in a small community
- Why the massage industry is more than just massage
- How to handle seasonality in your massage business
- How you can ensure quality education is being offered to massage therapists
- How you can choose a specialized modality as an instructor and create many classes from it
- Why becoming part of your client's wellness team is so important
Best piece of advice from Chrissy Stites:
Keep learning and diversify your business
More About Chrissy Stites, LMT, CMCE and Heart & Sole Massage Therapy
I have been a licensed massage therapist since 2000. I owned a wellness center in NJ for 13 years before moving to FL. I bounced around FL working at different spas before settling down to open Heart & Sole on Longboat Key FL.
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