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Grad Chronicle: McKinley Taber

by McKinley Taber When I graduated high school I had no earthly idea what I wanted to do with my life but I knew I wanted to do something interesting. I am a social person who is very curious about people and their lives so when massage therapy came to mind I didn't hesitate. I signed up at TLC for the intensive program and had no idea how much it would change my life. Our class was somethin...

Before choosing to become a massage therapist, I volunteered in variety of settings for working health professionals. I quickly saw that, of the health careers I was interested in, the one that offered me the most variety and the most freedom was massage therapy. Since then, I (and many of our graduates) have worked in an incredible variety of contexts. Here are just some of the possibilities. It...

6 Signs You Should be a Massage Therapist

1. 9 to 5 job just isn’t for you You like a flexible work schedule where you can choose your hours. Massage therapy is the perfect fit – you can work as little or as much as you want at the hours you choose. You won’t be sitting at a desk all day – you will be working with people, helping them to feel better. 2. You like working with your hands Massage therapy is a career ...

A SERIES OF SACRED SATURDAYS

This weekend we began a new class who will be here each Saturday all day 8:00am-5:45pm for a year. On the one hand this is a tremendous sacrifice - but we remember that means "making sacred". So it's, on the other hand, a "SERIES OF SACRED SATURDAYS". And as I was welcoming them this first morning, I recalled rather suddenly how I had spent four years of Saturdays in high school, going to the O...