Short, thought-provoking messages designed to spark reflection and conversation. These pieces blend wit, wisdom, and practical ideas to inspire action and growth. They are a collection of insights you can return to.

Leadership is not a title. It is action. This piece explores how values-driven leadership in therapeutic massage and bodywork empowers innovation, influences policy, and fosters meaningful professional growth across all roles.

This presentation examines how engagement in research creates pathways for massage therapists to contribute to interprofessional collaboration, elevate professional identity, and shape the future of integrative healthcare.

This article describes how massage therapy educators can use generative AI to simplify admin tasks, like hiring, planning, and communication - freeing up time for leadership, mentorship, and student engagement.

GenAI is transforming education, offering powerful tools to enhance curriculum development, support student evaluation, and guide policy creation. This session focuses on how educators can use these tools thoughtfully. 

This interactive workshop is designed to explore the impact and potential of GenAI in education. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of GenAI tools and practical ways to assess their applicability in education.

In this presentation, Dr. Amanda Baskwill draws from her experiences as an educator, practitioner, and advocate to inspire massage therapists to become leaders and agents for change in their profession and beyond.

This interactive session explores how GenAI is transforming massage and bodywork education, enhancing teaching, learning, and evaluation, while addressing opportunities like personalization and simulation, and challenges such as ethics.

Listen in to Research Perch, as MTF President, Adrienne Asta, speaks with Dr. Amanda Baskwill, Executive Editor of International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, about the journal’s writing mentorship program.