Gaining Momentum.....

The time has come to announce what I've been working on. I have been a massage therapist for 5 years now.  There are stats that say the burn out rate within the industry has been estimated at 50 to 90% within the first 3 to 5 years in practice. I have been on the edge for the past year or so, frustrated, tired, and not sure where i wanted to go in my career. 

It doesn't help that over the past year my entire world had been turned upside down. My husband and i moved across the country, he changed positions within his company and literally everything in our lives felt like it was crashing down. We never felt like we made the wrong decision, but the stress in our lives was high. On the flip side of the stress this change has been the push we needed. 

My big decision came after an accumulation of events and talking to a few of my mentors. The cross road had been laid out and I needed to make a decision about what i wanted my future career to look like. Everything fell in to place and the deciding factor was my husband saying to me "Elyse, you have to do this, i don't know why you wouldn't." The waffling i have been doing suddenly made complete sense! I need to find my passion again, what i love to do, the clients that i love to work with, if i don't I won't be able to be happy in my practice.

AND thus the idea of Momentum Massage and Bodywork was born! Starting May 1st i will be opening my own business in Newport News, VA. I am so excited! My passion has always been the structure and movement of the human body and my business is going to focus on those goals! 

There are many people that have helped me come to this conclusion, notably, my husband Ben, my mentor Shawn (shawnsmovementworld.wordpress.com), and my friend and trainer Gary (coastalfitnessva.com). This will be a new chapter in my practice and i really can't wait to get started!