In this episode, I interviewed Mercedez, who's mission is to create a safe space for massage that's accessible in all the ways she can make it: compassionate, understanding, trauma informed, consent based, queer, and all gender friendly, body positive, and disability friendly.
Mercedez aims to to make receiving bodywork a priority and not a privilege as a woman of color, a person who has experienced trauma, body shaming and queer phobia herself.
We talked about:
- her journey as a massage therapist
- how she makes her work accessible
- how body work can help heal trauma
- fat liberation
- the importance of care work through all of life seasons, from birth, post-partum, child care, elder care, and end of life care
You can connect with Mercedez at:
https://www.massagebymercedez.com/
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Intro/Outro Music - Feel the Earth by Maya Tokunaga:
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