Blog Beginnings. {or: Here goes nothing}

I debated whether or not to start a blog. Aren't there enough of them out there as it is? Really, can we get any more narcissistic, culturally speaking? I am starting this blog for a few reasons:  1. I like to write, and don't do so nearly enough. (good practice for those self-help-best-sellers I plan to write someday) 2. My massage therapy website: www.aclarkseanmassage.abmp.com included a free link to include a blog.  And since I can't ever seem to do anything halfway...well, you get the idea. 3. I like sharing ideas.  Power in numbers. This world is chaotic and messy and jumbled and just awful sometimes.  I am always looking for ways to simplify my world and take it a day at a time.  Hopefully this blog is a public reflection of that:  yoking the worlds of my personal self-care, my massage therapy practice and what I am learning in my graduate work. They are so connected, I tell you!  My husband and I joke about starting a 'Life School' for people who clearly just don't get it (things you see in the Walmart, par example).  That's what this blog is about, just a bit more cerebral.

Just so we're clear:  

A. I am not a therapist...yet.  Massage therapist, yes. You can ask me questions about massage therapy, I am an expert there.  I might be able to refer you to a great talk therapist, but as of now, don't take anything I say as fact.  These are just ideas.  Theories 'o mine.  Freedom of speech and all that, but I don't claim to be a professional at this point in time.

B. If I reference a client, names and sometimes gender will always be changed to protect the privacy of the individual.

Definitions.

Alexis:  {Greek origin} Helper and Defender of Mankind.

Therapist:  {From therapy from the Greek therapeia} To heal.  A professional who uses therapeutic treatment techniques to treat conditions; especially those of a bodily, mental, or behavioral nature.