Do It With Intention | Business & Marketing for Massage and Bodywork Therapists

By Mindy Totten

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Turn your passion for the work you do into a successful business that you love, all without burning out or selling out. Join host Mindy Totten, LMBT, CST-D, for weekly episodes about marketing and all things bodywork business. With clarity, empathy, and a dash of humor, we’ll dive into the nitty-gritty about what it REALLY takes to build a profitable and sustainable massage or bodywork practice. You do great work in the world. You deserve to make a great living doing it.

Episode Date
EP 181: How to stop feeling gross about marketing (and maybe even get excited about it)
Apr 16, 2024
EP 180: How to get motivated to work on your massage or bodywork business
Apr 02, 2024
EP 179: The 2 biggest mistakes bodyworkers make with their websites (and what to do instead)
Mar 19, 2024
EP 178: Three things you can do today for a website that works
Mar 05, 2024
EP 177: What to say when people give you (bad) business advice
Feb 20, 2024
EP 176: STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES - Gaining traction in your bodywork business with Heather Longoria
Feb 06, 2024
EP 175: How to find support that's right for you
Jan 30, 2024
EP 174: So you got certified... Now what?
Jan 23, 2024
EP 173: Why bootstrapping your massage or bodywork business isn't a smart idea
Jan 09, 2024
EP 172: Making a commitment to your massage or bodywork practice
Dec 07, 2023
EP 171: How building your practice is like a bodywork session
Nov 28, 2023
EP 170: Defining success in your bodywork business
Nov 14, 2023
EP 169: What to do when things are slow in your massage or bodywork business
Oct 31, 2023
EP 168: What to say when you follow up with people
Oct 17, 2023
EP 167: Don't try to get new clients at networking events. Do this instead.
Oct 03, 2023
EP 166: Networking with authenticity for your massage or bodywork practice
Sep 19, 2023
EP 165: The one question that can shift the energy of your practice
Sep 05, 2023
EP 164: Reflecting your values in your bodywork business with Candace Pantoga
Aug 15, 2023
EP 163: How to say thank you when you get a referral
Aug 08, 2023
EP 162: Using AI to market your business (or not...)
Jul 31, 2023
EP 161: The downside to high tech in your bodywork business
Jul 18, 2023
EP 160: Do you need an elevator pitch? (and other quandaries)
Jun 28, 2023
EP 159: SELLING WITH INTEGRITY -- Re-framing the sales conversation
Jun 13, 2023
EP 158: SELLING WITH INTEGRITY -- Truly connect.
Jun 06, 2023
EP 157: SELLING WITH INTEGRITY -- Listening with intention
May 16, 2023
EP 156: SELLING WITH INTEGRITY -- The downside to upselling
May 02, 2023
EP 155: HEALTHY BUSINESS BOUNDARIES -- Your Wait List
Apr 18, 2023
EP 154: HEALTHY BUSINESS BOUNDARIES -- Being available for clients
Apr 04, 2023
EP 153: HEALTHY BUSINESS BOUNDARIES -- Saying no
Mar 21, 2023
EP 152: HEALTHY BUSINESS BOUNDARIES -- Starting and ending on time
Mar 07, 2023
EP 151: BEST OF SERIES -- Making the pivot to open your own practice with Kori Frieling
Feb 21, 2023
EP 150: BEST OF SERIES -- Finding time to build your practice with Liz Allen
Feb 14, 2023
EP 149: BEST OF SERIES -- Creating new offers to serve your clients with Julie Taylor
Feb 07, 2023
EP 148: When you mess up in your business
Jan 17, 2023
EP 147: Making a plan for your bodywork business (when you're not sure what the future holds)
Jan 03, 2023
EP 146: BE INTENTIONAL -- Take Business Stillpoints
Dec 13, 2022
EP 145: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Networking
Nov 29, 2022
EP 144: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Treatment Space
Nov 15, 2022
EP 143: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Offerings
Nov 01, 2022
EP 142: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Pricing
Oct 18, 2022
EP 141: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Business Model
Oct 04, 2022
EP 140: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Online Presence
Sep 20, 2022
EP 139: BE INTENTIONAL -- Your Branding
Sep 06, 2022
EP 138: STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES -- Creating a practice that aligns with your values with Jessica McGrew
Aug 16, 2022
EP 137: Check yourself before you wreck yourself -- Mindset and your bodywork business
Aug 09, 2022
EP 136: Can you really recession-proof your massage or bodywork business?
Aug 02, 2022
EP 135: Should you list your prices on your website?
Jul 19, 2022
EP 134: How to create a safe container for your bodywork business
Jul 05, 2022
EP 133: REALLY Sticky Situations
Jun 21, 2022
EP 132: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client says, "That's not how my other therapist did it."
Jun 07, 2022
EP 131: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client talks smack about another therapist.
May 17, 2022
EP 130: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client uses inappropriate language.
May 03, 2022
EP 129: STICKY SITUATIONS -- Explaining your modality to a potential client.
Apr 19, 2022
EP 128: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client forgets to pay you.
Apr 05, 2022
EP 127: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client says she wants to reschedule (and then doesn't)
Mar 15, 2022
EP 126: STICKY SITUATIONS -- When a client says you charge too much.
Mar 01, 2022
EP 125: Finding Time to Build Your Practice with Liz Allen
Feb 15, 2022
EP 124: Making a Pivot to Open Your Own Practice with Kori Frieling
Feb 08, 2022
EP 123: WEBSITE BASICS - Photos & Testimonials
Feb 01, 2022
EP 122: WEBSITE BASICS - Your About Page
Jan 25, 2022
EP 121: WEBSITE BASICS - Your Services Page
Jan 18, 2022
EP 120: Finding Your Ideal Mentor with Lori Crever
Jan 11, 2022
EP 119: Starting the Year Off Right in Your Bodywork Business
Jan 04, 2022
EP 118: How to Unplug without Hurting Your Practice
Dec 21, 2021
EP 117: How Much Excellence Can You Handle?
Dec 14, 2021
EP 116: Listener Questions: What Do I Do When My Clients Feel Better?
Dec 07, 2021
EP 115: How to Create a Super Simple Holiday Marketing Plan (even if you haven't started yet...)
Nov 30, 2021
EP 114: 3 Questions to Ask Before You Raise Your Prices
Nov 23, 2021
EP 113: Three Simple Ways to Get Hands-On Practice and Make Your Work Even More Effective
Nov 16, 2021
EP 112: My Favorite Books for Bodyworkers (and your chance to win them all!)
Nov 09, 2021
EP 111: Listener Questions: Should I Use an Online Scheduler?
Nov 02, 2021
EP 110: Listener Questions: Should I Sell Products?
Oct 26, 2021
EP 109: When Running Your Business is REALLY Hard...
Oct 19, 2021
EP 108: Your Weekly Business Check-in (Part 2)
Oct 12, 2021
EP 107: Hiring Other Practitioners with Elicia Crook
Oct 05, 2021
EP 106: How to Begin Your Weekly Business Check-In
Sep 28, 2021
EP 105: Listener Questions - What Do I Need to Do Next to Build My Practice?
Sep 21, 2021
EP 104: What Should I Say After a Session?
Sep 14, 2021
EP 103: Listener Questions - What Should I Do When People Don't Get Back to Me?
Sep 07, 2021
EP 102: How to Have Healthy Boundaries Around Your Client Sessions
Aug 31, 2021
EP 101: Why Building Your Practice is a Lot More Like Fixer Upper Than You Think
Aug 24, 2021
EP 100: Why It's So Important to Celebrate Your Business Milestones (and how to do it!)
Aug 17, 2021
EP 99: When You Feel Like You've Tried Everything to Grow Your Practice...
Aug 10, 2021
EP 98: Having the Courage to Reach the Next Level in Your Bodywork Business with Dorian Heather Brown
Aug 03, 2021
EP 97: Listener Questions - Why Am I So Terrified About Marketing Myself?
Jul 27, 2021
EP 96: Setting Boundaries and Saying No In Your Bodywork Buisness
Jul 20, 2021
EP 95: How to Find the Time to Work ON Your Business (and not just IN it)
Jul 13, 2021
EP 94: Does Your Business Reflect Your Purpose? with Savanna Bell
Jul 06, 2021
EP 93: How to Stand Out from Other Bodywork Therapists
Jun 29, 2021
EP 92: Serve with Your Soul, Sell with Your Strengths with Leslie Lyons
Jun 22, 2021
EP 91: How to Keep Your Clients from Walking All Over You
Jun 15, 2021
EP 90: Three Ways to Make It Easier for Clients to Work With You
Jun 08, 2021
EP 89: Have You Created a Safe Container for Your Clients?
Jun 01, 2021
EP 88: What to Do When You Make a Mistake in Your Bodywork Business
May 25, 2021
EP 87: Why Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps Is Hurting Your Bodywork Business
May 18, 2021
EP 86: What No One Is Telling You About Your Hands-on Skills
May 11, 2021
EP 85: Do I Need Social Media to Have a Full Practice?
May 04, 2021
EP 84: 5 Simple Ways to Uplevel Your Bodywork Business
Apr 27, 2021
EP 83: How Much of a Discount Should I Offer?
Apr 20, 2021
EP 82: How to Fill Your Bodywork Practice Faster
Apr 13, 2021
EP 81: How Often Should Clients Have Sessions with You?
Apr 06, 2021
EP 80: When You're Jealous of Other Therapists' Success
Mar 30, 2021
EP 79: Why Your Efforts to Grow Your Business May Not Be Working
Mar 23, 2021
EP 78: Creating a Strong Cancellation Policy
Mar 16, 2021
EP 77: Why It's So Important to End Your Sessions on Time (and how to do it)
Mar 09, 2021
EP 76: 5 Tips for Using Paid Advertising to Attract New Clients
Mar 02, 2021
EP 75: A Few Thoughts on Accepting Tips... Or Not.
Feb 23, 2021
EP 74: Creating New Offers to Serve Your Clients with Julie Taylor
Feb 16, 2021
EP 73: Raising Your Prices with Jennelle Thimmesch
Feb 09, 2021
EP 72: Building Your Practice After Heartbreak and Loss with Kristy Denton
Feb 02, 2021
EP 71: Working with Difficult Clients
Jan 26, 2021
EP 70: Setting Revenue Targets for Your Bodywork Business
Jan 19, 2021
EP 69: How to Set Goals for a Successful Bodywork Practice
Jan 12, 2021
EP 68: 7 Steps to Creating a Vision for Your Bodywork Business
Jan 05, 2021
EP 67: Bodywork Business Bytes: GET READY FOR THE NEW YEAR
Dec 29, 2020
EP 66: Bodywork Business Bytes: PLANNING
Dec 22, 2020
EP 65: Bodywork Business Bytes: TESTIMONIALS
Dec 15, 2020
EP 64: Bodywork Business Bytes: REFERRALS
Dec 08, 2020
EP 63: Bodywork Business Bytes: SCHEDULING
Dec 01, 2020
EP 62: Bodywork Business Bytes: GIFT CERTIFICATES
Nov 24, 2020
EP 61: The Value of Gratitude in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Nov 17, 2020
EP 60: Getting Clarity in Your Business During Uncertain Times with Ntathu Allen
Nov 10, 2020
EP 59: WHAT TO SAY When A Client Feels Your Work Is Complete
Nov 03, 2020
EP 58: WHAT TO SAY When You Don't Want to Work with Someone
Oct 26, 2020
EP 57: WHAT TO SAY When Someone Says Your Modality Doesn't Work
Oct 19, 2020
EP 56: WHAT TO SAY When A Potential Client Says You're Too Expensive
Oct 12, 2020
EP 55: WHAT TO SAY When a Client Cancels
Oct 07, 2020
EP 54: Marketing Your Bodywork Business without Social Media with Alex Franzen
Sep 28, 2020
EP 53: Feng Shui Your Bodywork Business with Kerstin Tracy
Sep 21, 2020
EP 52: CELEBRATE! Business Milestones + Stillpoints
Sep 14, 2020
EP 51: Healing for You and Your Practice with Xonna Clark
Sep 06, 2020
EP 50: When People Don't Get Back to You
Aug 31, 2020
EP 49: WHAT TO SAY: When People Call to "Find Out More" About Your Services
Aug 24, 2020
EP 48: Dealing with Anxiety and Loss in Your Practice
Aug 17, 2020
EP 47: Your Questions Answered: Coaching with Mindy
Aug 10, 2020
EP 46: How to Create a Premium Customer Experience with Wendy Batten
Aug 03, 2020
EP 45: Biggest Business Mistakes Bodyworkers Make (and How to Avoid Them) with Ramona Rice
Jul 28, 2020
EP 44: How to Sell Your Services with Integrity with Nikki Rausch
Jul 20, 2020
EP 43: How to Make Your Business Stand Out from the Crowd with Sharvette Mitchell
Jul 13, 2020
EP 42: The Downside to Discounts (and what to do instead)
Jul 06, 2020
EP 41: Reimagining Your Vision for Your Practice
Jun 29, 2020
EP 40: Should You Hire a Mentor or Take a Course? Or Both?
Jun 22, 2020
EP 39: What to do if Your Practice is a Fixer Upper
Jun 15, 2020
EP 38: When Charging More Leaves Some People Out
Jun 08, 2020
EP 37: BUSINESS RE-SET: Upgrade Your Offerings
Jun 01, 2020
EP 36: BUSINESS RE-SET: Your Ideal Schedule
May 25, 2020
EP 35: BUSINESS RE-SET: Your Business Finances
May 18, 2020
EP 34: 3 Action Steps You Can Take in Your Bodywork Business When Everything is Crazy
May 11, 2020
EP 33: Setting Goals in Your Bodywork Business When Everything is Crazy
May 04, 2020
EP 32: Planning for Your Practice When Everything is Crazy
Apr 27, 2020
EP 31: 7 Mindset Shifts that had the Biggest Impact on my Practice
Apr 20, 2020
EP 30: Being Intentional: Your Offerings with Racheal Cook
Apr 17, 2020
EP 29: Being Intentional: Your Visibility with Jason Stein
Apr 16, 2020
EP 28: Being Intentional: Your Business Finances with Laura Cook
Apr 15, 2020
EP 27: Being Intentional: Your Marketing with Theresa Reed
Apr 14, 2020
EP 26: Being Intentional: Your Business Framework
Apr 13, 2020
EP 25: Video Tips for Massage + Bodywork Therapists
Apr 06, 2020
EP 24: How to Create Online Offerings in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Mar 30, 2020
EP 23: Offering and Accepting Help
Mar 25, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: 3 Things I Want You to do TODAY for Your Business
Mar 20, 2020
EP 22: Taking Care of Your Business (+Yourself!) in Uncertain Times
Mar 16, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Do Not Lose Heart -- We Were Made for These Times
Mar 13, 2020
EP 21: Financial Security -- About Those Therapists Making $100K a Year
Mar 09, 2020
EP 20: Narrow Your Focus -- Three Ways to Niche Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Mar 02, 2020
EP 19: What to Focus on First to Grow Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Feb 24, 2020
EP 18: Why It's So Important to Ace the Initial Session (and how to do it!)
Feb 17, 2020
EP 17: Dealing with Criticism and Rejection
Feb 10, 2020
EP 16: When Is It Time to Find a Mentor with Amanda Cooke
Feb 03, 2020
EP 15: Biggest Time-Wasters for Bodywork Therapists
Jan 27, 2020
EP 14: The #1 Question I Get from Massage and Bodywork Therapists
Jan 20, 2020
EP 13: Creating an Intentional Practice with Robyn Scherr + Kate MacKinnon
Jan 13, 2020
EP 12: Reality Check for Your Massage or Bodywork Business with Rebecca Brumfield
Jan 06, 2020
EP 11: Starting the Year Off Right in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Dec 30, 2019
EP 10: Self-Care for Massage and Bodywork Therapists with Tami Hackbarth
Dec 23, 2019
EP 9: Making the Most of the Slow Season with Savanna Bell
Dec 16, 2019
EP 8: Steal These Ideas! How to Get Your Next 20 Clients in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Dec 09, 2019
EP 7: Stop Networking, Start Connecting with Amber Cook
Dec 02, 2019
EP 6: The Difference Between an Expense and Investment in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Nov 25, 2019
EP 5: The 3 Ways to Earn More Income in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Nov 21, 2019
EP 4: Getting Over Your Fears About Marketing Yourself in Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Nov 14, 2019
Ep 3: Finding the Time to Grow Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Oct 18, 2019
EP2: Why You Need to Be the Pro & CEO of Your Massage or Bodywork Business
Oct 18, 2019
EP1: Welcome to the Do It With Intention Podcast
Oct 18, 2019
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