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I have dedicated my career to health. During my 40 year career as a health professional, I have worked as a researcher; writer; educator; speaker; blog editor; business owner; entrepreneur; massage therapist; health coach; superfood candy artisan; Canada First Nations, indigenous peoples health support; special needs children's aid; g
I have united my work and my passions - they fuel each other.
I am currently the longest practicing massage therapist in Manitoba. I was the first massage student, before there was a school here. The Northern Institute course, from Blackpool, England, was brought to Winnipeg by two therapists from Regina, Abe Reimer and Don Bennett; with a visionary head instructor, Randy Ellingson, who would go on to be the director of Wellington College of Remedial Massage Therapies. With Randy's inspiration, Shelley Glenday and Stewart Okinawa, created a world-class, osteopathic, manual medicine-based curriculum; leading to Canadian-wide industry standards. This made it possible for private insurance coverage for massage therapy that would become the foundation of an industry, with opportunities for thousands of therapists, and the care of hundreds of thousands of Manitobans; who did not know what massage therapy was, when I started my career.
Current Studies
Current Projects
- Self-Publishing + Amazon bookstore + Product Development & Retail
- HEALTH COACH is moving; a new website is being developed that will also house a shop in an effort to make the project self-funding and self-sufficient. A launch date will be announced soon ...
- Service Excellence by Elizabeth Martyn, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, June 2020
- EXPO 57: HEALTH COACH TRAVELS to Montréal, QC Part One - Part Two - Part Three
- Leading the vanguard of a new generation of well-educated, progressive health professionals with the identification of a comprehensive health creation and maintenance system of 13 Basic Health Habits necessary, universally, for human physiological health. This is the fundamental foundation of health missing, and needed to build a coherent and definitive infrastructure of education systems, government policy, and healthcare that actually includes health.
- SUPERFOOD CONFECTIONERY
superfood
- Story blog: Séamus McManus, The Irish Tea-Drinking Dog The worldly adventures of Séamus McManus
Experience
CANDY WITH BENEFITS Superfood For Heroes
June 2014 - Present
SEED Winnipeg Feasibility Study 2014
Online Superfood Candy Shoppe
Opened: September 2014
Sunday Soap Sisters
Homemade soaps, face and body lotions, and scrubs
2013 - 2014
Business Owner - Therapist
1989 - May 31, 2014,; 2022 -
I invested in, and undertook the physical labour
All responsibilities involved in the daily operations:
All responsibilities involved in the daily operations:
- Customer Service - Business Management
- Assessment and treatment of soft tissue dysfunction
- Therapy: rehabilitation of injuries, including special needs, children, and elderly clients
- Branding, marketing, and promotions
- Contract: 1 Associate Therapist
- Editorial: Good Bye, 296
Blog Editor, Writer, Researcher
HEALTH COACH
A Comprehensive Guide For A Healthy Lifestyle and Research Project
1993 - Present
HEALTH COACH is a research project that began with the recording of data about the basic health habits and health complications of my clients. Thirty years, and more than 30,000 people later, this project has given me profound insight into the health issues, and the ideas, language, and beliefs about health, here in Canada.
I question all of it, and I answer those questions.
HEALTH COACH is also a comprehensive guide for a healthy lifestyle, with the identification of 13 basic health habits, necessary, universally, for human physiological health. This is the fundamental foundation of health missing, and needed to build a coherent infrastructure of education systems, government policy, and healthcare that actually includes health.
For the last ten years, my research has focused on providing the evidence to show that the basic health habits are not only necessary for physiological structural integrity and function, but also, when practiced together as a whole, the 13 basic health habits are comprehensive enough to create and maintain health, to reduce the risk of disease, and for healthy habit formation.
The 13 basic health habits are also a dependable system for evaluating health. Conventional medical tests give us our risk of particular conditions - high cholesterol warns of impending heart disease, for example, while high blood sugar predicts diabetes. Basic Health Habits, by contrast, help us to evaluate the basic needs to support healthy physiological function, give us an overall reading of how healthy we are, and supply the practical application to address any issues.
HEALTH COACH
A Comprehensive Guide For A Healthy Lifestyle and Research Project
1993 - Present
HEALTH COACH is a research project that began with the recording of data about the basic health habits and health complications of my clients. Thirty years, and more than 30,000 people later, this project has given me profound insight into the health issues, and the ideas, language, and beliefs about health, here in Canada.
I question all of it, and I answer those questions.
HEALTH COACH is also a comprehensive guide for a healthy lifestyle, with the identification of 13 basic health habits, necessary, universally, for human physiological health. This is the fundamental foundation of health missing, and needed to build a coherent infrastructure of education systems, government policy, and healthcare that actually includes health.
For the last ten years, my research has focused on providing the evidence to show that the basic health habits are not only necessary for physiological structural integrity and function, but also, when practiced together as a whole, the 13 basic health habits are comprehensive enough to create and maintain health, to reduce the risk of disease, and for healthy habit formation.
The 13 basic health habits are also a dependable system for evaluating health. Conventional medical tests give us our risk of particular conditions - high cholesterol warns of impending heart disease, for example, while high blood sugar predicts diabetes. Basic Health Habits, by contrast, help us to evaluate the basic needs to support healthy physiological function, give us an overall reading of how healthy we are, and supply the practical application to address any issues.
Restaurant Apprenticeship
Tomato Pie Company
2009
2009
All responsibilities in the daily operations including POS system, reservations, bookkeeping, team leadership and management, kitchen management and food preparations. I enjoy the dynamics of well-run team work in demanding, fast-paced situations in the service industry.
Business Co-Owner, Massage Therapist
Provencher Therapeutic Massage Thérapeutique
1996 - 1999
Design, renovate, maintenance, daily operations, including appointments, bookkeeping, POS systems, partner relations, and Therapy
Stained Glass Artist
Abbey Stained Glass Studio
1997 - 2002
Original design and painting on glass using traditional materials, methods and styles - large-scale commercial projects
Massage Therapist, Contract
Ness Clinic
1993 - 1996
I had the opportunity to be part of a team of multi-disciplinary Doctors and Therapists
Massage Therapist
1989 - 1993
This was the first multi-practitioner Health Clinic in Winnipeg, created by the visionary Jasmine Mah, Organic Therapy. We pioneered the field of Massage Therapy, and changed city bylaws
Vegetarian Gourmet Chef - Recipe & Menu Developer
1976 - 1989 / 1997 - Present
CANDY WITH BENEFITS
1976 - 1989 / 1997 - Present
CANDY WITH BENEFITS
HEALTH COACH
Tomato Pie Company
The Irish Club (IAM)
Roma
Special Events Catering
Cololux Studio
Stone Age Café
Westminster Avenue Macrobiotic Deli and Bakery
Act II Restaurant
Pumpkin Creek Faire
Röggis Restaurant
Menu creation, recipe development, food preparation, kitchen management, special event production, superfood confectionery business
Manager, Imported and Health Foods
The Real Canadian Superstore
1980 - 1983
Development and management of Winnipeg's first Superstore Health and Imported Food Departments
The Real Canadian Superstore
1980 - 1983
Development and management of Winnipeg's first Superstore Health and Imported Food Departments
Education
Diplomas:
- Cervical Mobilization (Osteopathic)
- Active Isolated Stretching
- Visceral Manipulation
- Spinal Assessment and Treatment (Osteopathic)
- Knee Assessment and Treatment with Glen Bergeron
PhD CAT ( - Neuromuscular Integration and Structural Alignment (NISA) A softened version of Rolfing
Advanced Studies in Osteopathic Manual Medicine, with honours
The Abe Reimer Award of Achievement
Wellington College of Remedial Massage Therapies
June 1995
Thesis
The Study, Pathology & Treatment of Fascia with fascial map, case studies, and double diplomas in Neuromuscular Integration and Structural Alignment
Northern Institute of Massage Therapy 1989
University of Winnipeg 1984
Humanities: Philosophy, English Literature, & Cultural Anthropology
Professional Association
Remedial Massage Therapists Society of Manitoba
2019 -
NHPC
Natural Health Practitioners of Canada
2018
Remedial Massage Therapists Society of Manitoba
2019 -
NHPC
Natural Health Practitioners of Canada
2018
LCSP
London & Counties Society of Physiologists
London & Counties Society of Physiologists
Canadian & UK Branches
1989 - 2017
MTAM
Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba
1989 - 1995
1989 - 2017
MTAM
Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba
1989 - 1995
Community
Manitoba Writers GuildThe Storytelling Guild of Manitoba
Irish Association of Manitoba Board of Directors, & IAM Event Production 2005 - 2009
HEALTH COACH Research Project: The Physiology of Health - 13 Basic Health Habits - Candy With Benefits superfood for heroes
Health Coaching Case Studies 1993 - present
Baby Massage Workshops
Massage Therapy and Stretching Workshops with The Gaelyn McGregor School of Highland Dance
Canada Summer Games 1990
Speaking Engagements 1990 - Present
Harvest Collective, founding member
First household to recycle in Manitoba, circa 1989 - a University of Manitoba, Izzy Asper school of business, pilot project
I learn. What's your superpower?
Interests
Family, a wholesome lifestyle, knowledge, understanding, personal evolution, storytelling, writing, nature, health literacy, physiology, earth health, critical thinking, practical solutions, literature, philosophy, learning about, and from the human story, wisdom, teamwork and leadership, business, womens' issues, creativity, imagination, foreign films, printmaking, language, art, Canada, coding, the future of health, the gifts of age
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience deceptive, judgement difficult.
Hippocrates
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