Remember a few months ago when we reached out to invite you to support Healwell in joining C-TAC, The Center to Transform Advanced Care? Healwell is now a C-TAC member and we’re really looking forward to attending the upcoming annual...
As many of you know, Healwell recently ended its affiliation with Amazon’s “Smile” program. We have heard from some of you and we are deeply sorry that our message did not land as we intended. We are deeply grateful to every...
When I began my training in palliative and end-of-life care, I watched peers laugh and roll their eyes about the inevitable question, “How can you do that kind of work?” Inwardly, I chuckled to myself because I knew that the...
Wednesday morning I woke up feeling off, just a little tired. It was easy to think I just didn’t have enough sleep. A few hours later, when I felt achy all over and developed a headache, I started to get...
Do you know about C-TAC? Chances are good that you don't. Most massage therapists probably wouldn't think twice about C-TAC even if they had heard about them. The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) is dedicated to the ideal that all...
Healwell turns 10 this week. It’s an anniversary that is much sadder than I would have envisioned when we announced, in January, that we were having a big, in-person party to celebrate with and for the Healwell community. Friends and...
In the time since early March, we have been brought face-to-face with two serious diseases. One, COVID-19, is spread through droplets. The other, racism, is spread through ignorance and fear. Both spread easily and often without notice and both result...
The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards convened a task force a few weeks ago to put their giant-sized brains together to outline some real guidelines for massage therapists practicing in a variety of settings for safe practice during COVID-19. These...
I have been a massage therapist since 2005. If, in pre-COVID-19 times, you were a massage therapy consumer, thank you. You have helped make my life and work deeply meaningful. I will speak, for the first and last time in...
At Healwell, we have gotten a number of questions from therapists all over the US asking if their liability insurance (through ABMP or AMTA) "covers" them in the event that they get COVID-19 or one (or more) of their clients...