On this episode Ariel is joined by Ruth Werner, a trained Massage Therapist, an author and educator in the massage field with a career spanning over 30 years, to talk about the power of knowing what you want by recounting her path to becoming one of the most influential authors in the massage community.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
When I left massage school with a licence, I felt underprepared, especially working with people that had certain illnesses, diseases or conditions I didn’t know enough about to be sure that I was going to be safe. For example, Guillain-Barré syndrome. I couldn’t look it up and the patient didn’t know much about it either. I turned her down and it broke my heart but sparked me to want to know more about massage therapy in the context of illness or ongoing challenges.
What I wanted was a resource that would help me make good clinical decisions for clients who were struggling with illness. If my teacher had not said: “Here, will you do this thing for me?”, life would have probably worked out pretty differently for me… I don’t know, it’s hard to know.
I could have been self-employed as a massage therapist and done OK, but that wasn’t my calling. I did it for many years and I didn’t like it that much, I’d be in the session room with my hands on someone looking at the clock and watching the second hand thinking “go faster!” That was the moment I realised I’m in the wrong place, I’m not doing myself any favours and I’m definitely not doing my clients any favours. My passion was in the classroom and later being a writer.
My mother was a profound influence on my being a single mother raising four children in the 60s on a teacher’s salary. She was the first woman in her family every to finish a college education and work outside the home. Our family values were all about education and independence; you don’t rely on anyone for anything.
BEST MOMENTS
“It was five years from the initial proposal to opening my first box of books. Ironically, they were published wrong.”
“It was among the very first books for the rapidly growing market of massage therapy education and when people were looking for more formal education about pathologies in the classroom.”
“In life there’s a lot of bashing around and hitting dead ends and that’s OK because all of those dead ends feed into your wisdom when you find the right direction.”
“I want for the women who come after me to not find it as hard to negotiate a contract in their favour or to push back and say my editorial decision is the one we need to go with here, because it’s my name on the project.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Ruth Werner is a trained Massage Therapist, an author and educator in the massage field with a career spanning over 30 years. Her book is A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology: 7th Edition.
If you want to reach Ruth Werner, go to: www.ruthwerner.com, or find her pathology book on www.booksofdiscovery.com
Her podcast is: I Have a Client Who: Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner.
Subscribe to Ruth's podcast by going to www.abmp.com/podcasts
Or go to www.ruthwerner.com to access the podcast.
Written Works:
(This is a partial list.)
A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology: 7th Edition.
The Balanced Body: A Guide to Deep Tissue and Neuromuscular Therapy 4th Edition
"Pathology Perspectives" Column in Massage & Bodywork Magazine
Courses:
(This is a partial list.) http://ruthwerner.com/
Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology Part 1 course
Massage Therapy and Research Literacy courses
The Ethics of Client Communication courses
Massage Therapy and Pharmacology courses
Socials:
Website/Podcast: http://ruthwerner.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-werner/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruth.werner.9
YT: EDU-TALK Author Series with Ruth Werner: A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology
Twitter: @Rwpathqueen
ABOUT THE HOST
Ariel is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, Empath and Psychic who has been involved in holistic healing since 1988. She is also an educator, speaker, author and mentor for empaths, spiritual seekers and medical professionals. To reach Ariel, go to www.arielhubbard.com, where you will be able to contact her directly. Please let her know you heard her on the podcast and the assistance you need or question you have.
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