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Growth and challenge
MTI member Kate Browne was crowned National Massage Champion and winner of the Advanced Massage category at Olympia on 30 September 2019. Here she shares her journey to the top of podium.
I saw the competition advertised a few months before the event and wondered, should I do it? I wanted to challenge myself and have a go, but I was sceptical about how it would be judged.
My mind was set at ease when I saw the judging panel. I saw that they were an amazing bunch and contained many therapists I admired such as Susan Findlay and Meghan Mari, so I thought, ‘this must have substance, they know what they are looking for, okay I’ll give it a try!’
Move your business forward: a case study
By Sarah Bryan, MTI member
I have been in clinical practice for seven years and I love what I do. However, a year ago, I was almost at the point of giving up. Despite my passion, skills and bundle of qualifications, I was losing more money than I was making, in a desperate attempt to try and create a viable business. I knew that, if I had not found a viable solution by the end of 2018, I would have to throw in the towel, after six and a half years of trying and failing to make things work. Does this sound familiar? If so, read on!
Connecting Traditional Medicine with Complementary Therapies
A Review of the Integrative Heath Convention
By Earle Abrahamson
Gerry Andrews (MTI member) and myself (we are pictured here with MTI Tutor Jennie Parke Matheson), presented at the inaugural Integrative Health Convention on the 13/14 October in London. The convention was organised by Dr Toh Wong and Dr Naveed Akhtar, both of whom are medical practitioners who share a vision for the inclusion of complementary medicine into traditional healthcare practices.
Supervision Stories
The next blog in our supervision series, here members share what supervision means to them, and how it has helped them to develop as a massage therapist.
Have you done your tax return?
It’s that time of year: the leaves are turning golden brown, the children are back to school and the longer nights have us turning inwards.
Although the deadline is a few months off, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about your tax return. If you want to avoid a last-minute rush in the last two weeks of January, now is a great time to dig out your receipts, calculate your clinic costs and check your mileage log.
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