05/05/2026
Durham and I have long history together.
I started my massage practice in Durham in 1992 after attending UNC-Chapel Hill — go TARHEELS 🐏🙌🏼😜 — BEFORE it was cool. 😎
Back then, people would say, “You live in Durham?!? I hear they have gangs there.” But even then, I felt an affinity to Durham.
It’s pretty sweet to see how the city has evolved and changed, just like my career, over the past 30+ years.
Starting out as a solo therapist, I was one of the first massage therapists to advertise in the Yellow Pages — remember the paper phone book BEFORE Google?!? Now those were some interesting times. 😅
After a few years of that, I jumped at the opportunity to work for a physical therapist at The Raleigh Back Clinic, learning trigger point therapy, stretching, and clinical-type massage.
That experience helped shape the work I do today.
In 2008, North Pointe Body Therapies was born from a collaboration between myself and two other massage therapists. Years later, after a lot of growth and change, I kept asking myself: why are we still North Pointe Body Therapies?!?
Life changes and sometimes we have to adapt. Who would have thought Bull City would be what it is today?!?
So in October 2018, we officially changed our name to Bull City Soles.
Over the past 30+ years, I’ve moved my practice around the Bull City 5x! I was the first massage therapist in Durham to offer Ashiatsu barefoot massage, and I’m the first massage studio in NC with an entire staff trained in barefoot massage.
It’s been an unBULLievable journey, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. 💪🏽👍🏼🙌🏼
