Cal Cates is a Massage Therapist, educator, writer, and the Executive Director of Healwell which seeks to improve the experience of living with acute, chronic, and terminal illness. They also co-host the podcast, Massage Therapy Without Borders. Based in Virginia, Cal joined me as part of my ongoing series to interview a fellow massage therapist from all 50 States.

What did we talk about?

• Cal’s origin story into the field and later transition into oncology massage
• Becoming a massage therapist in Virginia
• Maintaining a license in VA
• Thoughts about a national standard
• Concerns with the NCBTMB board certification
• The state of Virginia during the pandemic
• What they have been up to during the shutdown
• Healwell’s Back To Practice Training
• The divisions that this may create
• Oncology massage

You can browse all previous episodes on Libsyn and Youtube!

Music "Swing House" by RKVC via Youtube Audio Library