Discover the transformative power of touch with Dr. Dominique Carson, a licensed massage practitioner whose hands have healed hundreds while her voice advocates for wellness everywhere. From her Brooklyn roots to her recent honorary doctorate, Dr. Carson's path showcases how listening to your inner calling—and your grandmother's wisdom—can reveal your true purpose.
"Every rose has its thorns, but the beauty of the flower makes the pain worth it in the end," reflects Dr. Carson as she shares her journey from award-winning journalist to wellness entrepreneur. While interviewing celebrities and earning her master's degree before 25, something was missing until she heeded her grandmother's prophecy: "You're going to do something with your hands." That revelation led to massage therapy school and a thriving mobile practice where clients trust her to enter their personal sanctuaries.
Dr. Carson brilliantly explains how massage therapy transcends mere relaxation to become a powerful health intervention. "It's rewiring your nervous system," she explains, helping transition your body from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. This science-based approach makes massage effective for anxiety, depression, and numerous physical conditions. Her advice? Get massage therapy at least 3-4 times yearly: "Think of your body as a tune-up."
Beyond her healing touch, Dr. Carson educates through her award-winning coloring book "TRIBE" (Touch Requires Integrity and Boldness Effortlessly), which earned recognition in three International Book Award categories. For wellness entrepreneurs, she offers golden advice: network authentically, build relationships before opportunities, and always "keep your feelings and your money separated."
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome to Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wanda Pearson.
This is where ideas spark,connections grow and
collaborations fuse success.
Tune in for inspiring stories,expert insights and
game-changing conversations.
Let's build, connect and thrivetogether.
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
Welcome.
Welcome to the Ready SetCollaborate podcast, where we
respond like powerful voicesmaking a difference through
purpose, passion and connection.
I'm your host, wanda Pearson,speaker, author and founder of
WDD Pearson Associates.
Today's guest is someone whotruly embodies healing
physically, mentally andspiritually.
(00:48):
I'm thrilled to welcome DrDominique Carson, a licensed
massage practitioner, author andhealth advocate.
Dominique's hands have not onlybrought healing to hundreds of
clients, but her voice and storyare inspiring change in
wellness spaces everywhere.
She's been featured in nationalpublications and continues to
educate communities on the powerof massage therapy for overall
(01:11):
wellness.
Get ready for an empoweringconversation about the healing
journey, entrepreneurship andthe purpose behind the practice.
So let's dive in.
Dr Dawn.
We call her Dr Dawn.
It may be dominant, but we callher Dr Dawn.
Dr Dawn, say hi to our audience.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Hi everybody, Nice to meet you guys.
Yes, only certain people say DrDom.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yes, yes, I'm glad I'm part of that certain piece.
I'm reading what I was talkingabout.
But I tell you I was justtelling Dr Dom I need a massage
right now.
The stress that we go throughand you just don't know, but I
used to.
That used to be one of myself-care things.
Every month I go get a massage.
I have to get back into that.
But see, dr Nam does traveling,but we don't talk about that in
(01:57):
a minute.
So let me read her bio andwe're going to dive into some
questions I have for her.
So every rose has its thorns,but the beauty of the flower
makes the pain worth it in theend.
Yes, it does.
Dr Dominique M Carson has beenremarkable in her current state,
virginia, and her hometown, newYork City.
She has beaten all odds bybecoming an award-winning
massage practitioner, freelancejournalist, author and orator.
(02:18):
Is that how you say it?
Orator?
Yeah, I have problems sometimeswith my Chicago accent.
From the time she was eightyears old, she used her artistic
and writing abilities to informand inspire others, leading her
to greater heights.
As a result, she received herbachelor's and master's degree
before she was 25.
All right, girl, after mybachelor's, I'm done, I ain't
(02:42):
going to go to school.
Carson became the firstAfrican-American to receive the
Brooklyn College Wall of FameAward in 2011.
Carson was interviewed over.
She has interviewed over 100figures in popular culture.
As a freelance journalist, shereceived various awards,
including two X Arthur All-Star.
Yeah, we beat that ArthurAll-Star Award, didn't we?
(03:04):
Dr Dom?
The Global Iconic ChangemakerAward and the Global Recognition
Award for her editorial andhealth wellness work.
In spring 2024, she was awardedan honorary doctorate in
humanitism from the GlobalInternational Alliance.
Wow, I am so well.
Listen, we got to start here,girl.
I'm definitely.
That's very impressive,especially by the age of 25,
(03:27):
getting your master's.
So now you're talking aboutgetting your doctorate.
Tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Because of the honorary.
I was fine with the honorary.
I said you could use yourdoctorate, because that was my
hesitation when I got nominated.
I got nominated for thehonorary on my cousin's birthday
.
We lost him to gun violence.
Going on five years and I gotthe honorary doctorate.
I was fine.
I was like, because that's abadge of honor, that's usually
(03:52):
you get that from prominentleaders and celebrities.
So a colleague was like how wasyou feel if you get your PhD?
I said the only way I'm gettingthis PhD is somebody pay for it
, because I'm done Between allmy education.
I don't want any more studentloans.
I don't want to go through thatprocess while I'm still
recovering from the massageschool's loans.
And it was like there's twoprograms.
(04:14):
So the first program I turneddown because I still had to pay
$8,000 out of pocket and I waslike, no, that's not going to
work.
And then this other one waslike is Licks Universities in
Hawaii, your tuition is takencare of.
If you are part of our academicnetwork, you pay a monthly
subscription.
So I said, ok, I look into itand I prayed on it and I said
(04:38):
God, if you really want me to dothis, please just send me some
signs Because, like I said,honorary is fine.
I heard God said go for ittwice.
And I just pitched adissertation topic.
They loved it.
So it's called PhD by portfolioand what that is.
Because I had so much literarywork over the years I can.
(04:59):
I don't have to go do theprerequisites, I can just go
through my dissertation.
I said what am I doing?
The catch is you have to do itin 24 months.
So, starting in December isgoing to be a very intense 24
months.
But that's how it came out yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And God will get you through that.
Yeah, he will do it.
He will do it Becauseeverything that you're doing,
that I'm doing, god is pushingus, because you know what.
That's the plan he has for us,and I love Jeremiah 29, 11.
That's my favorite scripture hehas the plans for you.
You don't know what you'regoing to do, but he has that
(05:38):
plans for you.
He plans to prosper you, not toharm you, but to give you hope
and a future.
Sure, yes, that is somethingthat I love doing.
So let's dive into some ofthese questions, and I'm so
proud of you, girl.
You keep doing what you'redoing here.
Thank you, tell us about yourjourney.
What inspired you to become amassage therapist?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
It fell under my lap, I promise you, I thought I was
going to be like Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City, living as a
journalist in life, and I wasFresh out of college.
I was working a nine-to-five,covering the show, interviewing
the artists and doing it allover again.
That was my lifestyle for along time.
So I'm going to circle backmaybe seven years earlier.
(06:15):
I'm still a senior in highschool, spending time with my
grandparents.
As I'm getting older Usteenagers we want to be out
everywhere, but I still made avow that I was going to be
spending a lot of time with mygrandparents.
My grandmother had this achesand pains my mother's mother and
I just did like a light touchon her Felt better.
She said you're going to dosomething with your hands.
(06:35):
And I'm like grandma, like Iuse my hands Like as a writer.
She said no, you're going to dosomething else with these hands
in addition to what you'redoing.
Yeah, and I said, and she saidyou heard what I said and I was
like anytime.
She said you heard what I said.
Fine, all right, I'm gonnalisten to this.
My grandfather said maybewithin a few months, you know,
(06:57):
you want to speak on stages,right.
I said okay.
I said he said you.
God has blessed you so much onwhat you're going through to
keep it silent.
And as you get older, the stagesare going to get bigger.
I didn't plan on speaking.
I promise you, speaking was acollege assignment.
I was in an honors program.
I had to speak and proposedifferent topics I think that's
(07:21):
how it prepared me to go intothis PhD lane.
And I had to do a presentationin front of Columbia University.
Okay, coldest audience.
I'm a 20-year-old collegestudent, cold audience.
I had to compare some literaryconcepts for Death of a Salesman
and the Great Gatsby.
Wow, yeah.
And I was the rookie and a lotof my classmates were like, yeah
(07:43):
, I'm not doing that.
But I took a step and said, allright, I'm going to do it.
Represent the half of us.
And when my mentor, he did likethis, you did a good job.
But I didn't know that.
Because when I tell you, msWanda, their face was so solemn
and I'm like, ok, did I screw up?
You don't know what they think.
I don't know what they think.
(08:06):
I don't know what they think,so I step out, they talk to my
advisor, my mentor, and he didlike that.
I was like, oh, now the massagescame because my mother wanted
to do something different.
She treated my brother and I.
My brother was a quarterbackfor high school football.
Okay, and I fell in love withit.
It it was a euphoria.
Adrenaline was high.
I was like yo, this is what mymother's been doing for years.
(08:28):
But I never thought I was goingto be a provider.
I knew that I was going toincorporate it, like my mom,
like a self-care regimen and allof that.
It was my grandmother.
And I just played around withthe opportunity for years and
I'm in my journalism career,like I said, I got my master's
and everything is good, but Ifelt like something was missing,
(08:50):
like I need to be doingsomething else, like something
more tangible.
So I'm revisiting this massage.
So my grandfather on my dad'sside he gave me a hundred
dollars and I'm sitting on thisBrooklyn bus and I said what am
I really going to do with this$100?
I applied to massage school andthe rest was history.
(09:10):
My family thought I was crazy.
I was ridiculed.
Now, when I got my license nowit's okay, when I'm going to get
my son, no, keep that sameenergy, that big bad wolf energy
.
Keep the same energy.
My mother was just concernedwith the timing.
Okay, because you justgraduated with this master's and
now you're telling me thatyou're going to go back to
(09:30):
school and get this.
I said, ma, if I don't do itnow, I'm not going to do it.
That's right, and I did it.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
That's right, and I'm glad the time that I did it,
because and look at you now,look how you have progressed,
and then doing a traveling onetoo yes, what a blessing.
God is so good, I tell you,because we don't know what we're
going to be when we grow up.
We know we are just having thatfaith and the trust to know
that he's going to put you inthe right place at the right
time.
So I'm so proud of you.
So you hold a doctorate andwear many hats.
(09:59):
How have your life experiences?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
shaped your approach to wellness and healing man,
because now, all my years as ajournalist, I can educate people
on health and wellness andmassage therapy through text,
whether it's in articles,whether it's through books and
now a coloring book, and now anaward-winning coloring book.
It was something that I alwayswanted to do.
(10:25):
The minute I became a therapist, I said I want to come up with
a concept that's going to be funto a lot of people and still
educate people about massagetherapy.
So I talked to Dr Lena PaytonWebb back in 2023 at All the
All-Stars and I said Lena, Iwant to do a coloring book that
still represents me and mypersonality but still gets the
message across about massagetherapy.
(10:46):
So we went from color schemes,concepts and I love acronyms,
especially Intensify when I wasin massage school.
That's how I was able to getthrough a lot of the coursework
and run a lot of acronyms.
I want an acronym that relatesto massage and touch is such
evident.
It's an evident base.
It's an innate desire thatpeople really want to have,
(11:07):
whether people admit it or not.
Touch is such an innate desirereally want to have, whether
people admit it or not.
Touches such an innate desire.
That's how the T came and Ijust wrote the acronym down.
I told Lena that's how I wantto write it and we worked on it
for almost a year and I want itto be different.
And the people have customizedportraits in the coloring book
(11:28):
so I was able to take a doctor,a massage a lot of massage
therapists have their owncustomized portrait.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
And.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I'm able to pitch it in a way where they was like
okay, I think I want to considerthat I want a customized
portrait.
So the doctor that I met at aconference I pitched it to her
and then when she saw herselfshe was like, oh my God, that
woman really looks like me,because I know it sounds crazy
to a lot of people.
Wow, and I showed 10 people oneof my good classmates from
(11:58):
elementary school.
Her daughters are in thecoloring book.
Wow, we were able to put heractual daughters in the coloring
book.
So when she said when herdaughters saw them, she was like
, oh my God, mommy, we famous,we famous.
That's awesome yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
That's awesome and because it gives them hope.
You know, everything that'sgoing on in this world today
gives them hope.
I have four granddaughters, soI may need to be talking to Dr
Lena because my grandkids arevery active.
I'm telling you.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
she kicked the door down and that's when I told I
was applying for a couple ofbook awards with the book, and
nomination is one thing, butwhen you get one, not one, but
three categories theinternational book awards, I got
it in three categories body andmind, spirit, self discovery,
body and mind and spirit andalternative health, and then to
(12:49):
get it in that alternative andthe integrated health category.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, I was like man, yeah, that is awesome.
So that's great.
I'll tell you, I'm so excitedabout everything you did.
Let me ask you a few morequestions here, because we're
getting down.
I'm going to have you on againbecause I want to see what this
doctor was.
How did you progress?
I know you're going to progresshere.
So many people think massage isjust about relaxation, but it's
so much more.
Can you explain the deeperbenefits of having a massage?
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Sure.
So it's more than relaxation.
It's pain management, it'srewiring your nervous system,
because think of your body.
We have all these body systemsthat we have.
We have 11.
And out of the 11, you needyour nerves and you need your
endocrine.
Your endocrine helps youregulate your hormones.
You need the nerves to send thesignals for your movement and
(13:37):
your body to do what it does.
So with massage therapy wereduce your fight or your flight
response and make it more in arest and digest state.
It helps you with anxiety, ithelps you with depression, it
helps people with musclerelaxation a lot of conditions
and then we come up with atreatment plan based on the
medical condition or diseasesthat you have, versus somebody
(14:01):
with diabetes or somebody withosteosporosis.
This is not a one-size-fits-alltype of modality, for it
depends on where they're at intheir life.
You may have to tone it downfor people that never got a
massage before.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
So it helps with.
We tell people to hydratebefore massage and hydrate after
, and I said that to a clientone day.
She was like I've never had aclient, I've never had a
therapist tell me to hydratebefore.
I said because it's going tohelp with your muscle recovery.
The best way I can describemassage therapy is muscle
(14:41):
awareness, soothing stress andgenerating endurance in your
muscles.
We deal with this is amuscle-based profession.
That's what we take here.
We take care of your muscletissue tendons, everything to
help you relax and feelrecharged and, like I said,
mainly rewiring your nervoussystem.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, I can see all of that because, like I was
telling you, I used to get oneonce a month and I really need
to get back into that because itreally does, especially when
you're in pain, stress thatyou're under so many things,
especially now today.
You need to get this done moreoften and I tell people.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
If you can't get it once a month, I understand
circumstances, finances,whatever.
You need to get it three tofour times a year.
Think of how we go and get ourcar maintenance and all that
good stuff.
Think of your body as a tune-up.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You want to get it three to four times a year, if
you can't get it every month.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
I'm saying circumstances where you're at in
your life, you want to,especially elderly,
unfortunately.
You want to fix income whatever, but incorporate it where you
can get it, three to four timesa year.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, just for maintenance.
I like that and I'm going tostart doing that.
I actually get reflexology.
That's good too.
Reflexology and reflexology.
My girlfriend she tells meexactly what's going on inside
my body.
I'm not drinking enough water.
Is your pancreas everythingthey can tell from?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
you.
But I'm telling you, you gotthe intestines, you got the
pancreas, it's kidneys, all ofthat.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Yeah, she was telling me that and I didn't even lie.
I was like, yeah, I ain't beendrinking a lot of water.
Yeah, I know I should do this,so having that is so important.
So what's it like building abusiness in the wellness space?
Speaker 3 (16:18):
It's such a blessing to give back to people through
your touch.
It has a challenge, especiallywhen you're starting out,
because you're still trying tofigure out your niche.
You're still trying to figureout how you're going to be
different from your othercompetitors.
Yet at the same time, you wantto collaborate.
And the best thing about travelis that I get to collaborate
with a lot of other massagetherapists, whether it's events
(16:40):
and we break down the logisticsfinancially.
But you get to collaborate withother therapists.
Who has the same autisticvision and same drive.
Two different companies butsame purpose are a people
service profession.
This is a service industry andyet we are able to give impact,
especially mobily and like Idon't take that for granted that
(17:01):
people open their doors for meto enter their homes, because I
know for me, my home is mysanctuary, that's my piece,
that's where I get to wrestle.
Somebody is trusting me and mycapabilities to help them with
their improvement, their healthand wellness.
That's something you don't wantto take for granted.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And it's funny because I was going to answer
that with my next question whatqualities do you look for in
other wellness professionalswhen building a collaborative
care team?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
I think passion for massage therapy, your level of
awareness, your skill, yourdrive, your professionalism.
My Uncle Rodney said this whenI was a kid and it came back to
me as an adult the way that aperson utilizes their tools, it
helps determine theirprofessionalism.
And when I said that to him nowas an adult he said you were
(17:54):
listening.
I'm like I sure was, because myuncle was a carpenter.
He was a carpenter for thestate before he retired and I
just saw like when he said thatto me it makes sense.
My mother's a teacher for thecity.
She may not have a direct tool,but her tool as an educator
(18:14):
made me realize that and youutilize your tool or your
instrument determines yourprofessionalism.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Yes, I know they are so proud of you girl.
So how did, growing up in EastNew York Brooklyn that's where
you grew up right Take yourpassion for healing through
massage therapy and storytellingthrough journalism?
Now you're an does that andyou're talking about your
clothing book like I said, mymom, purpose-driven, she was in
a career.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
My mother is the first person in our family, one
of the first people in ourfamily, to have a career that
she's passionate in.
My uncle carpentry wasenvironment, surroundings.
But my mother knew that shewanted to be a teacher from the
time she was three.
That was like her calling, thatwas her purpose.
And to see it manifest and evenhelping older cousins learn how
(19:00):
to read with comprehension,like it was crazy.
Like my grandmother has sevenkids and she used to say to me
my mother was her prodigy.
So there's a price to that,there's a pro and a con to that.
So I already knew that early on.
And then my uncle Ricky, who weunfortunately passed in May.
He was the storyteller.
(19:22):
Like he was another one thatutilized that didn't utilize his
gifts efficiently, but I wasable to learn his storytelling.
It was the way he captivatedwhen he told stories, it was the
way with his words and he waslike a plant whisperer.
Like he knew how to garden, heknew herbs, he knew all that.
So that passion was alreadythere.
(19:43):
So I saw it from him.
And then when I told him that Iwanted to go back to school and
massage.
I said, uncle, I'm doing it.
He said this is what you needto know.
This is how you will be moreadvanced, even as a student, and
this is what you need to doonce you get settled in as a
massage therapist.
I've really followed what hetold me in addition, so it was
just my surroundings and thetype of people, but it was my
(20:06):
mom that really sparked thebrain and was two of her
brothers, and then her otherbrother, my Uncle Robin, who
passed.
He was an advocate foreducation.
You got to get education Likethere's no if there's no ands,
there's no buts, and mygrandparents was like that,
reinforced.
So they was like, okay, shewant to be a journalist.
We got to get her all themagazines so she can subscribe.
(20:28):
My grandfather told me the highschool to go to.
It was just a family affair andthat's a blessing.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
That's a blessing when you have that.
So I tell you.
But you know what I have to saythat your uncles are looking
down from heaven and say welldone.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Dr Dom, yes, and I have one now alive.
He get the one that told me theprofessionalism lesson.
He is so like proud now.
That was my favorite unclegrowing up.
That was one of the ones thatsaid it to me.
But I look at all my mother'sbrothers that played a role
professionally and personally inmy career and, to get it from a
(21:04):
male's perspective, it waslife-changing, even down to my
pops.
How you handle life, that'sanother skill.
Because I was so book drivenand career, you got to still be
aware because people would stilltake advantage of that.
That's the reality of life too.
But it was.
(21:24):
My mom was like you could havea career.
You don't have to have a job,you could have a career.
My mother did that like sheshowed that to me.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Yeah, now what is the name?
I see you're blaming me.
What is the name of your bookbehind you?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
It's called Tribe, so Tribe means touch requires
integrity and beauty.
No touch requires integrity andboldness effortlessly.
And that's what massage therapyis.
You want to be bold, you wantto be sure, even if you don't
know what the client hasmedically, you want to show your
professionalism, you want toshow that you're confident.
(21:58):
You want to show that you'reaware, you want to make sure
that whatever is going on withyou, it doesn't interfere with
your session with the client.
And I've been hit with a lot ofpersonal stuff that was not
great sometimes before a sessionand I just knew how to block it
because it's not fair, it's notfair to the client.
(22:18):
And that was a vow that I saidonce I got licensed.
I said whatever personalcircumstances that are not great
, I don't bring it to mytreatment room.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
So we are winding down and I want to talk to you
more, but I'm going to have youback on here.
So what advice would you giveto other massage therapists or
entrepreneurs looking tocollaborate on public health
initiatives or wellness programs?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I would just say do your research, figure out who
you want in your company networkFor massage therapists.
We have conferences, we haveevents.
You have to get involved.
You can't do this by yourself.
This is massage therapy, Ipromise you.
Ms Wanda, a lot of the gigs Ihad was collaboration being in
(23:02):
the right place, right time.
For example, we went to a Blackmassage therapist conference
last year in North Carolina.
I met a colleague and weconnected and he said hey, I got
an event coming up in VirginiaBeach.
I need a therapist to do it.
That was just networking andstaying in touch and not looking
for something right away.
(23:23):
You can't do that.
How about let's link up andhave a coffee.
Let's link up and have a chatAre you good, are you okay?
And maybe that person can'tgive you the opportunity, but
maybe a person that they knowcan give you the opportunity.
I've seen that too, and thesame rule applies to BPC.
I met Dr Deshonda at theAll-Stars and now we're two
(23:44):
hours away from each other.
She lives in the Richmond area,I'm in Virginia Beach.
She's a massage therapist.
I'd rather keep it home.
I'm going to hire you.
I'm like a therapist now, whenit's time to do stuff in.
Virginia.
But I have to build arepertoire and build a
relationship before that evenapply and I think people too and
(24:06):
I'm going to be verytransparent when I say this keep
your feelings and your moneyseparated.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Got to keep both separated.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Absolutely.
Gotta keep both separated.
Absolutely, absolutely.
I love it Cause I actually Iwas what I've been for 36 years
and when I got into I did Ibusiness is illegal, chill.
I learned how to network,networking you got to network.
You got to network people andtrust and building that
relationship, as you said.
So that is so important, but Iam so excited about you being on
this.
Oh my God, I had fun.
(24:37):
I learned a lot of things fromyou girl.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
A lot of things I think you're going to have a
part two.
That's what it sounded like.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Oh, we're going to have a part two.
I know that's right Cause Isaid okay, what you up to now,
dr Dom.
So listen, I want you to sharewhat people had, but I see you
got eight things consideredbefore massage.
You got a free giveaway.
Tell us what that free giveawayis?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
60% of people don't know what to do before getting a
massage.
Whether you are a veteran,whether you are a first timer,
you'd be surprised People stilldon't know what to consider
before getting a massage.
Like I said, I had a clientwho's been getting massages for
10 years and was like I didn'tknow I needed to hydrate before
going to a massage.
I always thought always hydrateafter.
(25:16):
I'm like you need to hydratebefore because massage is a
detox, so you don't know howyour body is going to respond
after that massage.
I tell diabetics the same thingI said massage can lower the
blood sugar, so you may need tonibble on something after the
massage because you're going tofeel fatigued.
It's going to be a lot ofdifferent things, so, just like
(25:39):
that alone, it's called eighttips to consider before getting
a massage.
So you go on to tipsmassagecom,that is, tips with an S
massagecom, and you'd besurprised on the eight tips.
Some you may know, some you maydon't know.
Some of them you're like, but Ididn't really consider that.
So eight tips, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Well, I'm going to have that in the show notes as
well.
What this is for your freegiveaway, but tell people how to
get in touch with you as well.
I'm going to have that in theshow notes as well.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Okay, once they click on the giveaway tipsmassagecom
you're going to see all myinformation.
It's going to give you anoption if you want the coloring
book, now that we are on anaward winning coloring book.
I was just telling Dr Lenawe're going to have to put that
seal on there, so it's going tobe a whole.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, get in touchand I know the links that I show
(26:29):
you.
Going to have them on there aswell.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Okay, okay, great.
I am so excited.
I really enjoyed thisconversation.
So, dominic, dr Dom, thank youfor sharing your incredible
journey and reminding us of thedeep power of touch, healing and
purpose-driven care.
Your voice and your hands aretransforming lives and I'm so
grateful you joined us today.
Thank you To our listeners.
(26:52):
If you've been inspired bytoday's episode, be sure to
follow Ready Set, collaborateand connect with Dr Dominic.
Thank you.
Say goodbye, dr Dawn.
See y'all, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Thank you for being on the podcast that wraps up
another episode of Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wanda Pearson.
I hope you found inspirationand valuable insights to help
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If you enjoyed today'sconversation, be sure to
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(27:36):
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
Welcome.
Welcome to the Ready SetCollaborate podcast, where we
respond like powerful voicesmaking a difference through
purpose, passion and connection.
I'm your host, wanda Pearson,speaker, author and founder of
WDD Pearson Associates.
Today's guest is someone whotruly embodies healing
physically, mentally andspiritually.
(00:48):
I'm thrilled to welcome DrDominique Carson, a licensed
massage practitioner, author andhealth advocate.
Dominique's hands have not onlybrought healing to hundreds of
clients, but her voice and storyare inspiring change in
wellness spaces everywhere.
She's been featured in nationalpublications and continues to
educate communities on the powerof massage therapy for overall
(01:11):
wellness.
Get ready for an empoweringconversation about the healing
journey, entrepreneurship andthe purpose behind the practice.
So let's dive in.
Dr Dawn.
We call her Dr Dawn.
It may be dominant, but we callher Dr Dawn.
Dr Dawn, say hi to our audience.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Hi everybody, Nice to meet you guys.
Yes, only certain people say DrDom.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yes, yes, I'm glad I'm part of that certain piece.
I'm reading what I was talkingabout.
But I tell you I was justtelling Dr Dom I need a massage
right now.
The stress that we go throughand you just don't know, but I
used to.
That used to be one of myself-care things.
Every month I go get a massage.
I have to get back into that.
But see, dr Nam does traveling,but we don't talk about that in
(01:57):
a minute.
So let me read her bio andwe're going to dive into some
questions I have for her.
So every rose has its thorns,but the beauty of the flower
makes the pain worth it in theend.
Yes, it does.
Dr Dominique M Carson has beenremarkable in her current state,
virginia, and her hometown, newYork City.
She has beaten all odds bybecoming an award-winning
massage practitioner, freelancejournalist, author and orator.
(02:18):
Is that how you say it?
Orator?
Yeah, I have problems sometimeswith my Chicago accent.
From the time she was eightyears old, she used her artistic
and writing abilities to informand inspire others, leading her
to greater heights.
As a result, she received herbachelor's and master's degree
before she was 25.
All right, girl, after mybachelor's, I'm done, I ain't
(02:42):
going to go to school.
Carson became the firstAfrican-American to receive the
Brooklyn College Wall of FameAward in 2011.
Carson was interviewed over.
She has interviewed over 100figures in popular culture.
As a freelance journalist, shereceived various awards,
including two X Arthur All-Star.
Yeah, we beat that ArthurAll-Star Award, didn't we?
(03:04):
Dr Dom?
The Global Iconic ChangemakerAward and the Global Recognition
Award for her editorial andhealth wellness work.
In spring 2024, she was awardedan honorary doctorate in
humanitism from the GlobalInternational Alliance.
Wow, I am so well.
Listen, we got to start here,girl.
I'm definitely.
That's very impressive,especially by the age of 25,
(03:27):
getting your master's.
So now you're talking aboutgetting your doctorate.
Tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Because of the honorary.
I was fine with the honorary.
I said you could use yourdoctorate, because that was my
hesitation when I got nominated.
I got nominated for thehonorary on my cousin's birthday
.
We lost him to gun violence.
Going on five years and I gotthe honorary doctorate.
I was fine.
I was like, because that's abadge of honor, that's usually
(03:52):
you get that from prominentleaders and celebrities.
So a colleague was like how wasyou feel if you get your PhD?
I said the only way I'm gettingthis PhD is somebody pay for it
, because I'm done Between allmy education.
I don't want any more studentloans.
I don't want to go through thatprocess while I'm still
recovering from the massageschool's loans.
And it was like there's twoprograms.
(04:14):
So the first program I turneddown because I still had to pay
$8,000 out of pocket and I waslike, no, that's not going to
work.
And then this other one waslike is Licks Universities in
Hawaii, your tuition is takencare of.
If you are part of our academicnetwork, you pay a monthly
subscription.
So I said, ok, I look into itand I prayed on it and I said
(04:38):
God, if you really want me to dothis, please just send me some
signs Because, like I said,honorary is fine.
I heard God said go for ittwice.
And I just pitched adissertation topic.
They loved it.
So it's called PhD by portfolioand what that is.
Because I had so much literarywork over the years I can.
(04:59):
I don't have to go do theprerequisites, I can just go
through my dissertation.
I said what am I doing?
The catch is you have to do itin 24 months.
So, starting in December isgoing to be a very intense 24
months.
But that's how it came out yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And God will get you through that.
Yeah, he will do it.
He will do it Becauseeverything that you're doing,
that I'm doing, god is pushingus, because you know what.
That's the plan he has for us,and I love Jeremiah 29, 11.
That's my favorite scripture hehas the plans for you.
You don't know what you'regoing to do, but he has that
(05:38):
plans for you.
He plans to prosper you, not toharm you, but to give you hope
and a future.
Sure, yes, that is somethingthat I love doing.
So let's dive into some ofthese questions, and I'm so
proud of you, girl.
You keep doing what you'redoing here.
Thank you, tell us about yourjourney.
What inspired you to become amassage therapist?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
It fell under my lap, I promise you, I thought I was
going to be like Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City, living as a
journalist in life, and I wasFresh out of college.
I was working a nine-to-five,covering the show, interviewing
the artists and doing it allover again.
That was my lifestyle for along time.
So I'm going to circle backmaybe seven years earlier.
(06:15):
I'm still a senior in highschool, spending time with my
grandparents.
As I'm getting older Usteenagers we want to be out
everywhere, but I still made avow that I was going to be
spending a lot of time with mygrandparents.
My grandmother had this achesand pains my mother's mother and
I just did like a light touchon her Felt better.
She said you're going to dosomething with your hands.
(06:35):
And I'm like grandma, like Iuse my hands Like as a writer.
She said no, you're going to dosomething else with these hands
in addition to what you'redoing.
Yeah, and I said, and she saidyou heard what I said and I was
like anytime.
She said you heard what I said.
Fine, all right, I'm gonnalisten to this.
My grandfather said maybewithin a few months, you know,
(06:57):
you want to speak on stages,right.
I said okay.
I said he said you.
God has blessed you so much onwhat you're going through to
keep it silent.
And as you get older, the stagesare going to get bigger.
I didn't plan on speaking.
I promise you, speaking was acollege assignment.
I was in an honors program.
I had to speak and proposedifferent topics I think that's
(07:21):
how it prepared me to go intothis PhD lane.
And I had to do a presentationin front of Columbia University.
Okay, coldest audience.
I'm a 20-year-old collegestudent, cold audience.
I had to compare some literaryconcepts for Death of a Salesman
and the Great Gatsby.
Wow, yeah.
And I was the rookie and a lotof my classmates were like, yeah
(07:43):
, I'm not doing that.
But I took a step and said, allright, I'm going to do it.
Represent the half of us.
And when my mentor, he did likethis, you did a good job.
But I didn't know that.
Because when I tell you, msWanda, their face was so solemn
and I'm like, ok, did I screw up?
You don't know what they think.
I don't know what they think.
(08:06):
I don't know what they think,so I step out, they talk to my
advisor, my mentor, and he didlike that.
I was like, oh, now the massagescame because my mother wanted
to do something different.
She treated my brother and I.
My brother was a quarterbackfor high school football.
Okay, and I fell in love withit.
It it was a euphoria.
Adrenaline was high.
I was like yo, this is what mymother's been doing for years.
(08:28):
But I never thought I was goingto be a provider.
I knew that I was going toincorporate it, like my mom,
like a self-care regimen and allof that.
It was my grandmother.
And I just played around withthe opportunity for years and
I'm in my journalism career,like I said, I got my master's
and everything is good, but Ifelt like something was missing,
(08:50):
like I need to be doingsomething else, like something
more tangible.
So I'm revisiting this massage.
So my grandfather on my dad'sside he gave me a hundred
dollars and I'm sitting on thisBrooklyn bus and I said what am
I really going to do with this$100?
I applied to massage school andthe rest was history.
(09:10):
My family thought I was crazy.
I was ridiculed.
Now, when I got my license nowit's okay, when I'm going to get
my son, no, keep that sameenergy, that big bad wolf energy
.
Keep the same energy.
My mother was just concernedwith the timing.
Okay, because you justgraduated with this master's and
now you're telling me thatyou're going to go back to
(09:30):
school and get this.
I said, ma, if I don't do itnow, I'm not going to do it.
That's right, and I did it.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
That's right, and I'm glad the time that I did it,
because and look at you now,look how you have progressed,
and then doing a traveling onetoo yes, what a blessing.
God is so good, I tell you,because we don't know what we're
going to be when we grow up.
We know we are just having thatfaith and the trust to know
that he's going to put you inthe right place at the right
time.
So I'm so proud of you.
So you hold a doctorate andwear many hats.
(09:59):
How have your life experiences?
Speaker 3 (10:04):
shaped your approach to wellness and healing man,
because now, all my years as ajournalist, I can educate people
on health and wellness andmassage therapy through text,
whether it's in articles,whether it's through books and
now a coloring book, and now anaward-winning coloring book.
It was something that I alwayswanted to do.
(10:25):
The minute I became a therapist, I said I want to come up with
a concept that's going to be funto a lot of people and still
educate people about massagetherapy.
So I talked to Dr Lena PaytonWebb back in 2023 at All the
All-Stars and I said Lena, Iwant to do a coloring book that
still represents me and mypersonality but still gets the
message across about massagetherapy.
(10:46):
So we went from color schemes,concepts and I love acronyms,
especially Intensify when I wasin massage school.
That's how I was able to getthrough a lot of the coursework
and run a lot of acronyms.
I want an acronym that relatesto massage and touch is such
evident.
It's an evident base.
It's an innate desire thatpeople really want to have,
(11:07):
whether people admit it or not.
Touch is such an innate desirereally want to have, whether
people admit it or not.
Touches such an innate desire.
That's how the T came and Ijust wrote the acronym down.
I told Lena that's how I wantto write it and we worked on it
for almost a year and I want itto be different.
And the people have customizedportraits in the coloring book
(11:28):
so I was able to take a doctor,a massage a lot of massage
therapists have their owncustomized portrait.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
And.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I'm able to pitch it in a way where they was like
okay, I think I want to considerthat I want a customized
portrait.
So the doctor that I met at aconference I pitched it to her
and then when she saw herselfshe was like, oh my God, that
woman really looks like me,because I know it sounds crazy
to a lot of people.
Wow, and I showed 10 people oneof my good classmates from
(11:58):
elementary school.
Her daughters are in thecoloring book.
Wow, we were able to put heractual daughters in the coloring
book.
So when she said when herdaughters saw them, she was like
, oh my God, mommy, we famous,we famous.
That's awesome yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
That's awesome and because it gives them hope.
You know, everything that'sgoing on in this world today
gives them hope.
I have four granddaughters, soI may need to be talking to Dr
Lena because my grandkids arevery active.
I'm telling you.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
she kicked the door down and that's when I told I
was applying for a couple ofbook awards with the book, and
nomination is one thing, butwhen you get one, not one, but
three categories theinternational book awards, I got
it in three categories body andmind, spirit, self discovery,
body and mind and spirit andalternative health, and then to
(12:49):
get it in that alternative andthe integrated health category.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, I was like man, yeah, that is awesome.
So that's great.
I'll tell you, I'm so excitedabout everything you did.
Let me ask you a few morequestions here, because we're
getting down.
I'm going to have you on againbecause I want to see what this
doctor was.
How did you progress?
I know you're going to progresshere.
So many people think massage isjust about relaxation, but it's
so much more.
Can you explain the deeperbenefits of having a massage?
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Sure.
So it's more than relaxation.
It's pain management, it'srewiring your nervous system,
because think of your body.
We have all these body systemsthat we have.
We have 11.
And out of the 11, you needyour nerves and you need your
endocrine.
Your endocrine helps youregulate your hormones.
You need the nerves to send thesignals for your movement and
(13:37):
your body to do what it does.
So with massage therapy wereduce your fight or your flight
response and make it more in arest and digest state.
It helps you with anxiety, ithelps you with depression, it
helps people with musclerelaxation a lot of conditions
and then we come up with atreatment plan based on the
medical condition or diseasesthat you have, versus somebody
(14:01):
with diabetes or somebody withosteosporosis.
This is not a one-size-fits-alltype of modality, for it
depends on where they're at intheir life.
You may have to tone it downfor people that never got a
massage before.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
So it helps with.
We tell people to hydratebefore massage and hydrate after
, and I said that to a clientone day.
She was like I've never had aclient, I've never had a
therapist tell me to hydratebefore.
I said because it's going tohelp with your muscle recovery.
The best way I can describemassage therapy is muscle
(14:41):
awareness, soothing stress andgenerating endurance in your
muscles.
We deal with this is amuscle-based profession.
That's what we take here.
We take care of your muscletissue tendons, everything to
help you relax and feelrecharged and, like I said,
mainly rewiring your nervoussystem.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, I can see all of that because, like I was
telling you, I used to get oneonce a month and I really need
to get back into that because itreally does, especially when
you're in pain, stress thatyou're under so many things,
especially now today.
You need to get this done moreoften and I tell people.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
If you can't get it once a month, I understand
circumstances, finances,whatever.
You need to get it three tofour times a year.
Think of how we go and get ourcar maintenance and all that
good stuff.
Think of your body as a tune-up.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You want to get it three to four times a year, if
you can't get it every month.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
I'm saying circumstances where you're at in
your life, you want to,especially elderly,
unfortunately.
You want to fix income whatever, but incorporate it where you
can get it, three to four timesa year.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Yeah, just for maintenance.
I like that and I'm going tostart doing that.
I actually get reflexology.
That's good too.
Reflexology and reflexology.
My girlfriend she tells meexactly what's going on inside
my body.
I'm not drinking enough water.
Is your pancreas everythingthey can tell from?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
you.
But I'm telling you, you gotthe intestines, you got the
pancreas, it's kidneys, all ofthat.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Yeah, she was telling me that and I didn't even lie.
I was like, yeah, I ain't beendrinking a lot of water.
Yeah, I know I should do this,so having that is so important.
So what's it like building abusiness in the wellness space?
Speaker 3 (16:18):
It's such a blessing to give back to people through
your touch.
It has a challenge, especiallywhen you're starting out,
because you're still trying tofigure out your niche.
You're still trying to figureout how you're going to be
different from your othercompetitors.
Yet at the same time, you wantto collaborate.
And the best thing about travelis that I get to collaborate
with a lot of other massagetherapists, whether it's events
(16:40):
and we break down the logisticsfinancially.
But you get to collaborate withother therapists.
Who has the same autisticvision and same drive.
Two different companies butsame purpose are a people
service profession.
This is a service industry andyet we are able to give impact,
especially mobily and like Idon't take that for granted that
(17:01):
people open their doors for meto enter their homes, because I
know for me, my home is mysanctuary, that's my piece,
that's where I get to wrestle.
Somebody is trusting me and mycapabilities to help them with
their improvement, their healthand wellness.
That's something you don't wantto take for granted.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
And it's funny because I was going to answer
that with my next question whatqualities do you look for in
other wellness professionalswhen building a collaborative
care team?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
I think passion for massage therapy, your level of
awareness, your skill, yourdrive, your professionalism.
My Uncle Rodney said this whenI was a kid and it came back to
me as an adult the way that aperson utilizes their tools, it
helps determine theirprofessionalism.
And when I said that to him nowas an adult he said you were
(17:54):
listening.
I'm like I sure was, because myuncle was a carpenter.
He was a carpenter for thestate before he retired and I
just saw like when he said thatto me it makes sense.
My mother's a teacher for thecity.
She may not have a direct tool,but her tool as an educator
(18:14):
made me realize that and youutilize your tool or your
instrument determines yourprofessionalism.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Yes, I know they are so proud of you girl.
So how did, growing up in EastNew York Brooklyn that's where
you grew up right Take yourpassion for healing through
massage therapy and storytellingthrough journalism?
Now you're an does that andyou're talking about your
clothing book like I said, mymom, purpose-driven, she was in
a career.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
My mother is the first person in our family, one
of the first people in ourfamily, to have a career that
she's passionate in.
My uncle carpentry wasenvironment, surroundings.
But my mother knew that shewanted to be a teacher from the
time she was three.
That was like her calling, thatwas her purpose.
And to see it manifest and evenhelping older cousins learn how
(19:00):
to read with comprehension,like it was crazy.
Like my grandmother has sevenkids and she used to say to me
my mother was her prodigy.
So there's a price to that,there's a pro and a con to that.
So I already knew that early on.
And then my uncle Ricky, who weunfortunately passed in May.
He was the storyteller.
(19:22):
Like he was another one thatutilized that didn't utilize his
gifts efficiently, but I wasable to learn his storytelling.
It was the way he captivatedwhen he told stories, it was the
way with his words and he waslike a plant whisperer.
Like he knew how to garden, heknew herbs, he knew all that.
So that passion was alreadythere.
(19:43):
So I saw it from him.
And then when I told him that Iwanted to go back to school and
massage.
I said, uncle, I'm doing it.
He said this is what you needto know.
This is how you will be moreadvanced, even as a student, and
this is what you need to doonce you get settled in as a
massage therapist.
I've really followed what hetold me in addition, so it was
just my surroundings and thetype of people, but it was my
(20:06):
mom that really sparked thebrain and was two of her
brothers, and then her otherbrother, my Uncle Robin, who
passed.
He was an advocate foreducation.
You got to get education Likethere's no if there's no ands,
there's no buts, and mygrandparents was like that,
reinforced.
So they was like, okay, shewant to be a journalist.
We got to get her all themagazines so she can subscribe.
(20:28):
My grandfather told me the highschool to go to.
It was just a family affair andthat's a blessing.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
That's a blessing when you have that.
So I tell you.
But you know what I have to saythat your uncles are looking
down from heaven and say welldone.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Dr Dom, yes, and I have one now alive.
He get the one that told me theprofessionalism lesson.
He is so like proud now.
That was my favorite unclegrowing up.
That was one of the ones thatsaid it to me.
But I look at all my mother'sbrothers that played a role
professionally and personally inmy career and, to get it from a
(21:04):
male's perspective, it waslife-changing, even down to my
pops.
How you handle life, that'sanother skill.
Because I was so book drivenand career, you got to still be
aware because people would stilltake advantage of that.
That's the reality of life too.
But it was.
(21:24):
My mom was like you could havea career.
You don't have to have a job,you could have a career.
My mother did that like sheshowed that to me.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Yeah, now what is the name?
I see you're blaming me.
What is the name of your bookbehind you?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
It's called Tribe, so Tribe means touch requires
integrity and beauty.
No touch requires integrity andboldness effortlessly.
And that's what massage therapyis.
You want to be bold, you wantto be sure, even if you don't
know what the client hasmedically, you want to show your
professionalism, you want toshow that you're confident.
(21:58):
You want to show that you'reaware, you want to make sure
that whatever is going on withyou, it doesn't interfere with
your session with the client.
And I've been hit with a lot ofpersonal stuff that was not
great sometimes before a sessionand I just knew how to block it
because it's not fair, it's notfair to the client.
(22:18):
And that was a vow that I saidonce I got licensed.
I said whatever personalcircumstances that are not great
, I don't bring it to mytreatment room.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
That's awesome.
Speaker 3 (22:28):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
So we are winding down and I want to talk to you
more, but I'm going to have youback on here.
So what advice would you giveto other massage therapists or
entrepreneurs looking tocollaborate on public health
initiatives or wellness programs?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I would just say do your research, figure out who
you want in your company networkFor massage therapists.
We have conferences, we haveevents.
You have to get involved.
You can't do this by yourself.
This is massage therapy, Ipromise you.
Ms Wanda, a lot of the gigs Ihad was collaboration being in
(23:02):
the right place, right time.
For example, we went to a Blackmassage therapist conference
last year in North Carolina.
I met a colleague and weconnected and he said hey, I got
an event coming up in VirginiaBeach.
I need a therapist to do it.
That was just networking andstaying in touch and not looking
for something right away.
(23:23):
You can't do that.
How about let's link up andhave a coffee.
Let's link up and have a chatAre you good, are you okay?
And maybe that person can'tgive you the opportunity, but
maybe a person that they knowcan give you the opportunity.
I've seen that too, and thesame rule applies to BPC.
I met Dr Deshonda at theAll-Stars and now we're two
(23:44):
hours away from each other.
She lives in the Richmond area,I'm in Virginia Beach.
She's a massage therapist.
I'd rather keep it home.
I'm going to hire you.
I'm like a therapist now, whenit's time to do stuff in.
Virginia.
But I have to build arepertoire and build a
relationship before that evenapply and I think people too and
(24:06):
I'm going to be verytransparent when I say this keep
your feelings and your moneyseparated.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Got to keep both separated.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Absolutely.
Gotta keep both separated.
Absolutely, absolutely.
I love it Cause I actually Iwas what I've been for 36 years
and when I got into I did Ibusiness is illegal, chill.
I learned how to network,networking you got to network.
You got to network people andtrust and building that
relationship, as you said.
So that is so important, but Iam so excited about you being on
this.
Oh my God, I had fun.
(24:37):
I learned a lot of things fromyou girl.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
A lot of things I think you're going to have a
part two.
That's what it sounded like.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Oh, we're going to have a part two.
I know that's right Cause Isaid okay, what you up to now,
dr Dom.
So listen, I want you to sharewhat people had, but I see you
got eight things consideredbefore massage.
You got a free giveaway.
Tell us what that free giveawayis?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
60% of people don't know what to do before getting a
massage.
Whether you are a veteran,whether you are a first timer,
you'd be surprised People stilldon't know what to consider
before getting a massage.
Like I said, I had a clientwho's been getting massages for
10 years and was like I didn'tknow I needed to hydrate before
going to a massage.
I always thought always hydrateafter.
(25:16):
I'm like you need to hydratebefore because massage is a
detox, so you don't know howyour body is going to respond
after that massage.
I tell diabetics the same thingI said massage can lower the
blood sugar, so you may need tonibble on something after the
massage because you're going tofeel fatigued.
It's going to be a lot ofdifferent things, so, just like
(25:39):
that alone, it's called eighttips to consider before getting
a massage.
So you go on to tipsmassagecom,that is, tips with an S
massagecom, and you'd besurprised on the eight tips.
Some you may know, some you maydon't know.
Some of them you're like, but Ididn't really consider that.
So eight tips, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Well, I'm going to have that in the show notes as
well.
What this is for your freegiveaway, but tell people how to
get in touch with you as well.
I'm going to have that in theshow notes as well.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Okay, once they click on the giveaway tipsmassagecom
you're going to see all myinformation.
It's going to give you anoption if you want the coloring
book, now that we are on anaward winning coloring book.
I was just telling Dr Lenawe're going to have to put that
seal on there, so it's going tobe a whole.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, get in touchand I know the links that I show
(26:29):
you.
Going to have them on there aswell.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Okay, okay, great.
I am so excited.
I really enjoyed thisconversation.
So, dominic, dr Dom, thank youfor sharing your incredible
journey and reminding us of thedeep power of touch, healing and
purpose-driven care.
Your voice and your hands aretransforming lives and I'm so
grateful you joined us today.
Thank you To our listeners.
(26:52):
If you've been inspired bytoday's episode, be sure to
follow Ready Set, collaborateand connect with Dr Dominic.
Thank you.
Say goodbye, dr Dawn.
See y'all, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Thank you for being on the podcast that wraps up
another episode of Ready Set.
Collaborate with Wanda Pearson.
I hope you found inspirationand valuable insights to help
you build meaningful connectionsand successful collaborations.
If you enjoyed today'sconversation, be sure to
subscribe, share and stay tunedfor more great discussions.
(27:36):
Until next time, keepcollaborating and making an
impact.
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