08/17/2026
🚨 MASSAGE STUDENTS & NEW THERAPISTS — READ THIS BEFORE OPENING YOUR BUSINESS.
I LOVE the ambition. I had it too.
I created the vision for Keeping Touch Massage while I was still in massage school.
I knew I wanted my own business.
But I also knew:
EXPERIENCE IS KING. 👑
So instead of rushing straight into entrepreneurship, I went and got my reps.
Different bodies.
Different personalities.
Different pressure preferences.
Different complaints.
Different expectations.
Different challenges.
Client after client after client.
I learned bodywork—but I also learned something equally important:
How to SERVE people.
How to listen.
How to communicate.
How to conduct an intake.
How to make someone comfortable.
How to receive feedback.
How to handle mistakes.
How to pay attention to the little details that completely change someone’s experience.
Because when you own the business, everything represents YOU.
Your touch represents you.
Your communication represents you.
Your professionalism represents you.
And those reviews?
YOUR NAME is attached to them.
So don’t mistake patience for playing small.
Sometimes working under somebody else is exactly where you’re supposed to be while you’re stacking the experience necessary to eventually build something GREAT.
Get paid to learn.
Get paid to practice.
Get paid to make mistakes.
Get paid to sharpen your customer service.
Get paid to encounter hundreds of different bodies.
GET YOUR REPS.
Then take the knowledge.
Add your personality.
Add your vision.
Add your signature.
And build something they can’t duplicate. 🔥
Don’t just rush to become a business owner.
Become undeniable at what you do…
Then build the business around THAT. 🎯
Massage therapists 👇🏽
How long did you work for someone else before going independent—or did you start on your own immediately?