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Jul. 17th, 2004 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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cerise_noir's sage advice a couple of weeks ago, I'm taking a rest. I feel drained and exhausted because in my mind, all my jobs are amounting to SO MUCH PRESSURE. Now I need to go back to taking one step at a time - if I don't I'll collapse wiht mental stress.
I probably also need to take at least one day a week "off" as in "no work".
Speaking of which, I received my ITEC diploma today. The marks for the multiple choice were pretty much as I'd predicted them, but the practical mark took me by surprise: 66/100, where >60 pass, >70 credit, >90 distinction. I know I am a good masseuse, and I had all the right kit. So what was it?
At first, I started to doubt whether massage was the right profession. Then I sneered at ITEC for being the people who commissioned Louise Tucker to write their textbooks (obviously rather clueless, as devoted readers of this journal will know). And then, I thought - hang on for a sec, Perce. This is an ego trip you are on. Perceval vanquisher of muscular tension, "I will knead him, I will make him supple". Lust after me, o clients, for ye shall never find a better massage therapist in the whole of Edinburgh.
Patently rubbish.
I just need to find my way and evolve my style - that's all.
It's not about being THE BEST, it's about serving the needs of the client - and I am gathering the knowledge required to do that, thank you very much.
cerise_noir's sage advice a couple of weeks ago, I'm taking a rest. I feel drained and exhausted because in my mind, all my jobs are amounting to SO MUCH PRESSURE. Now I need to go back to taking one step at a time - if I don't I'll collapse wiht mental stress.I probably also need to take at least one day a week "off" as in "no work".
Speaking of which, I received my ITEC diploma today. The marks for the multiple choice were pretty much as I'd predicted them, but the practical mark took me by surprise: 66/100, where >60 pass, >70 credit, >90 distinction. I know I am a good masseuse, and I had all the right kit. So what was it?
At first, I started to doubt whether massage was the right profession. Then I sneered at ITEC for being the people who commissioned Louise Tucker to write their textbooks (obviously rather clueless, as devoted readers of this journal will know). And then, I thought - hang on for a sec, Perce. This is an ego trip you are on. Perceval vanquisher of muscular tension, "I will knead him, I will make him supple". Lust after me, o clients, for ye shall never find a better massage therapist in the whole of Edinburgh.
Patently rubbish.
I just need to find my way and evolve my style - that's all.
It's not about being THE BEST, it's about serving the needs of the client - and I am gathering the knowledge required to do that, thank you very much.
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Date: 2004-07-17 09:05 am (UTC)It's not about us 'fixing' anyone. It's about what the client needs and how we can meet their needs, not ours.
You'll be just fine.
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Date: 2004-07-17 09:40 am (UTC)::bows::
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Date: 2004-07-17 10:10 am (UTC)Unfortunately, toxic enlargement of the ego is more prevalent among physicians than massage therapists.