Healwell | Apr 12, 2021
This week, we consider the issue of silos and what can reasonably be called in-fighting. Massage therapy continues to demonstrate its inability to make space for the range of practitioner that exists within this broad discipline.
Resources: The Worst Things (Part 1)
Healwell | Apr 9, 2021
Follow-up to "The Worst Things (Part 1)." Resources to support self-exploration and elevation of the practice that's happening right under your own hands.
Healwell | Apr 5, 2021
Healwell’s post regarding the social media response to the Atlanta murders that took place at three spas inspired lots of dialogue. The feedback spanned a variety of themes, but there was one thread we found distressing.
Cal Cates | Mar 17, 2021
Yesterday morning, nine people were shot in Atlanta at what are being referred to as “massage parlors;” eight of these people were shot fatally. Six of them were Asian women.
Rebecca Sturgeon | Jan 12, 2021
As the Education Director for Healwell, I spend a lot of time in gratitude... Today, I want to talk to the students.
Cal Cates | Sep 14, 2020
Healwell is now a C-TAC member and we’re really looking forward to attending the upcoming annual C-TAC Summit: Improving Lives by Facing Systemic Injustice, October 28-30, 2020.
“The Customer is Always Right... But Are They Really?”
Sep 1, 2020
Feature article in Massage & Bodywork Magazine by Healwell's Cal Cates and Kerry Jordan
Podcast: “The Client Is Always Right… Really?”
Aug 31, 2020
Kerry Jordan and Cal Cates join the ABMP podcast to talk about the difference between the validity of a client’s experience and what the therapist knows to be scientifically and mechanically sound.
Cal Cates | Aug 28, 2020
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.
Laura Bryant-Earner | Aug 17, 2020
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?”
Rebecca Sturgeon | Jul 23, 2020
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 worried.
Wanna Help Healwell Get a Seat at the Table?
Cal Cates | Jul 10, 2020
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.
Happy-ish Anniversary, Healwell
Cal Cates | Jun 11, 2020
Healwell turns 10 this week. It’s an anniversary that is much sadder than I would have envisioned...
Cal Cates | Jun 8, 2020
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.
Cal Cates featured in Arlington Magazine
May 21, 2020
Healwell's founder and Executive Director wrote this article for Arlington Magazine's COVID Chronicles.
New Guidelines Are Not Too Shabby
Cal Cates | May 21, 2020
FSMTB 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.
An Open Letter to Massage Therapy Consumers
Cal Cates | May 15, 2020
I have been a massage therapist since 2005. If, in pre-COVID-19 times, you were a massage therapy consumer, thank you.
What Does it Really Mean for Massage Therapy to be Non-Essential?
Cal Cates | May 13, 2020
A guest editorial written for Massage Magazine by Cal Cates
Am I covered? Massage therapy, insurance and COVID-19
Cal Cates | May 11, 2020
At Healwell, we have gotten a number of questions from therapists all over the US asking if their liability insurance "covers" them in the event that they get COVID-19 or one of their clients gets COVID-19.
Cal Cates | May 10, 2020
It’s hard to hold the hot potato, friends. At Healwell, we expect to continue to do it for a while longer.
Healwell Offering Free Online Back to Practice Course
May 7, 2020
ABMP announces Healwell Offering Free Online Back to Practice Course for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers
Cal Cates | May 4, 2020
If another AMTA chapter president calls or emails me for advice and love, I’m going to reach out to National for alimony.
Cal Cates | Apr 24, 2020
Healwell has been watching our profession divide along the same rancorous political lines as our country. It doesn't have to do that.
Your governor is not a massage therapist.
Cal Cates | Apr 21, 2020
Hello, my massage therapist friends. This is so, so hard.
Healwell Launches Podcast "Massage Therapy Without Borders"
Apr 13, 2020
ABMP News announces Healwell's new podcast.
Cal Cates | Mar 23, 2020
Man, I miss my clients. I hope they miss me. The people I touch are a huge part of my life and even of who I am.
Last Call: You Actually Do Have to Go Home. You Can't Stay Here.
Cal Cates | Mar 18, 2020
Hello, my dearest fellow humans. This is quite a situation in which we find ourselves, isn’t it?
I Don't Care About Your Modalities
Rebecca Sturgeon | Dec 10, 2019
I am an educated professional. I worked hard to get my license, and I seek out quality continuing education every year...
Pediatric Patients: Verbal and Nonverbal Skills in a Hospital Setting
Nov 1, 2019
Feature article for Massage & Bodywork Magazine by Lauren (Cal) Cates and Kerry Jordan
ABMP Answers, "What Is Healwell?"
Oct 23, 2019
The ABMP blog answers the question, "What is Healwell?" with this short introduction
Your Hands Are Great. Who Cares?
Cal Cates | Jun 17, 2019
“Hands are pretty damn good…and? We [massage therapists] need to be more than that for people.”
The Way Forward is Together - Part One
Cal Cates | Feb 14, 2019
A bill has been introduced in Maine, HB 0255, “An Act To Define Licensed Massage Therapists as Health Care Practitioners...”
Kerry Jordan and Healwell featured on Aging Matters
Feb 5, 2019
Kerry Jordan was interviewed on the Aging Matters TV show, by host, Cheryl Beversdorf
Making Sausages: Behind the Scenes at the ICM
Rebecca Sturgeon | Sep 16, 2018
This month I am embarking on a new and slightly terrifying adventure — I am hosting Healwell’s new webinar series, the Interdisciplinary Clan of Mystery.
Catherine Read Interviews Lauren Cates
Sep 12, 2018
Catherine Read sits down with Executive Director Lauren Cates of Healwell on Your Need to Know.
The 6 Skills Every Oncology Massage Therapist Must Possess
May 29, 2018
Hospital-based oncology massage sounds like a specific modality that can be easily defined. It's not.
Meet the team! Katherine LaVelle, Healwell Board Member
Kerry Jordan | May 24, 2018
Meet Katherine LaVelle, one of the rock-star members of our Board of Directors!
Rebecca Sturgeon | Apr 15, 2018
She looks stunned, mystified. She looks like she has just seen the Statue of Liberty disappear. She looks like she has been touched by magic.
Death, Dying, and the Breakability of Us All
Lauren Cates | Mar 1, 2018
Lauren Cates' feature article in the March-April 2018 issue of Massage & Bodywork Magazine
An Open Letter to the Massage Therapy Profession: Massage Envy is Our Fault
Cal Cates | Dec 27, 2017
If “one incident is too many,” then what exactly is 200? That’s my question to Massage Envy...
Palmer Foundation Funds MedStar to Study
Jan 27, 2017
Palmer Foundation Funds MedStar to Study Effects of Massage Therapy on Pain for Palliative Care Patients