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A new initiative, Expose Ageism (#exposeageism), encourages spa, beauty and wellness businesses to eliminate negative messaging about growing older.
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Many minority-owned businesses do not get the opportunity for major growth and scale because there are so many unique challenges facing them early on in their business. However, if one is more strategic and establishes a foundation for their business and commits to various support mechanisms, success tends to be more attainable.
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Brittany Driscoll, co-founder and CEO of Squeeze, offers ideas and inspiration for building and maintaining a positive company culture—one that shows your massage-therapist employees that you put their care and happiness right up there with clients’.
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When a person owns a business, it takes time to develop a professional framework one needs to operate within to be successful. Business owners must hone the ability to interpret what actions to pursue to be successful and, at the same time, change or avoid behavior that interrupts success.
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Sunny days can range from glorious as winter leaves to stiflingly hot in the dead of summer —but either way, it’s wise to be a sun-savvy massage therapist. May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and so the perfect time to share strategies for keeping your skin healthy.
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Massage therapist Davonna Willis, LMT, ATC, created and is co-coordinating (with Massage Banquets promoter Ashley Urquhart) the first Black Massage Therapist Conference, taking place Oct. 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Breema Center in Oakland, California announced today that registration is now open for the Breema Summer Intensive from July 8-12.
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Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) have been observed and written about for centuries, but the idea that they cause a significant percentage of commonly experienced pain has achieved little acceptance in the medical community until very recently.
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An image of a woman at a computer with one hand on the keys and one hand on a calculator is used to ilustrate the idea of reporting gratuities earned to the IRS.
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SALT Chamber, the pioneer and originator of revolutionary salt therapy (halotherapy) concepts and experiences, introduced The Wellness Suite™ to rave reviews at the 2023 International Spa Conference at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from May 9-11.
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