{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Armed and Ready to Heal","title":"Two People Who Never Would Have Met - What Massage Taught Me About Love, Loss, and Showing Up","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1172,"description":"Some clients change your technique. Some change your business. And every once in a while — if you're paying attention and brave enough to hold your ground — one of them changes your life.\nThis is the story of Ellen. A stage four cancer patient who walked into Tabitha's treatment room in 2015 with a wall up and a very clear agenda. No relationship. No chitchat. Just bodywork.\nShe didn't get what she asked for. She got something better.\nOver four years, through cancer treatments, a car accident, bucket lists, Banff, and a convertible Mercedes that meant more than it should have — two people who never would have met built one of the most profound relationships of both their lives. And when it ended, it ended the way the best ones do. With a glass of wine, the truth, and a whole lot of grace.\n\nThis episode is for every massage therapist who has ever wondered if what they do actually matters. It does. More than you know.\nIn This Episode\nWhy the most guarded clients sometimes need you the most\nWhat happened when Tabitha held her ground in session one — and why it changed everything\nHow the treatment room becomes sacred space when you show up fully present\nWhat Ellen taught Tabitha about bucket lists, regret, and stop waiting for permission to live your life\nThe week everything fell apart at once — and why there was still only one place to be\nWhat it looks like to love a client, lose a client, and carry them with you forever\nWhy this profession is a calling, not a job — and what that actually costs you\nQuote From This Episode\n\"Two people who never would have met if it wasn't for cancer and a car accident. That's this job. That's the actual job.\"\n\nAbout Your Host\nTabitha MacDonald is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Intuitive Coach, and wellness entrepreneur with a brick and mortar clinic and an online program. She has been in the massage and wellness industry since 2002, full time since 2012. She helps massage therapists make more money doing what they love and stick...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_Af0WitV1lLif8ON_OcJq8wznoSWdq_5E6-zg3S0Occ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MDQ4/ZDZmN2Y3ZGI1ZjFh/NzU0N2YxMTFiOTRh/MDhkYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}