Anatriptic Alchemy's Podcasts

6. Massage Math

In this episode, Xerlan goes over some of the issues pertaining to compensation, payment methods, and systems that new massage therapists need to know about before they enter into employment (or not!).

5. Clarifying Initals

This episode goes over the alphabet soup of initials that are used in the profession and that schools may use that may confuse and confound some. 

4. Collective wishes

What do massage therapists wish they knew before they went to massage school, what instructors wish the students understood, and what massage therapists wish they knew about the profession before they started.

3. Who is Doing Massage

In this episode, Xerlan Deery, BCTMB, LMT discusses who is doing massage - a deeper dive into the environment of the massage profession. 

2. Refining your options

In this episode of "The Future is in Your Hands", Xerlan Deery, LMT, BCTMB explores three very important issues: What do you really want to learn, where do you want to learn it, and whom do you want to learn that from. There is a cornucopia of considerations that you may not have thought to ask about before undertaking your journey to become a massage therapist. There are no correct answers - only answers that are right for you, so relax and listen. The future is in your hands.

1: Clarifying Intentions

In this first full-length episode, Xerlan Deery, LMT, BCTMB discusses aspects of the profession of massage therapy that you may not have thought of before you decide about going to massage school. Finding the right direction, setting your focus, and realizing your parameters on exactly what your needs and desires for a profession are before launching into the world of massage therapy are important. 

Introduction

Greetings and Salutations, and welcome to The Future is in Your Hands a podcast for people who are interested in pursuing a career in Massage Therapy, or who just want to know a bit more about the profession. This is the introduction, featuring Xerlan Deery, LMT, BCTMB, who brings her 30+ years of experience as a massage therapist, a massage school owner, a massage therapy programmatic educator, a national continuing education provider for massage therapists, as well as an accomplished public speaker, consultant, government relations activist, and nationally recognized mentor, to lend a hand to provide insight about potentially entering the massage therapy profession.