Caitlin Walker - Health Coach - Massage Therapist

09/19/2023

AUTUMNAL UPDATES 🍁

📣 REFERRAL PROGRAM 📣

As a one-woman show, my practice thrives off of word-of-mouth referrals. We all are aware of the effect of the last few years on small businesses, + I am so lucky to still be standing.

However, I need your support now more than ever if I am going to continue into 2024.

🎉 That’s why I’m excited to announce a new Referral Rewards Program! 🎉

❄️ Between now and The Winter Solstice: ❄️

💆‍♀️ Every person referred by you who books + completes a bodywork appointment will earn you a $10 coupon code off your next session 💰

📣 Every person referred by you who completes a Discovery Call + signs up for Recalibrate will earn you $100 directly to your Venmo 💰💰💰
(What's Recalibrate? Stay tuned...)

🌕 EVENING SESSIONS 🌕

For those of you who have a tough time ducking out of work early for your appointments, I have introduced some later appointments on Tuesdays + Wednesdays.

These are booking quickly, so head to the link in my bio to hop on the schedule!

💆‍♀️ SATURDAY POP-UPS 💆‍♀️

For those of you who absolutely can’t make it during the week, there is hope.

💌 Appointment availability will be announced via email the week of to those who sign up on the waitlist (found at the bottom of the booking page) 💌
*Established Clients Only*

Openings will be made available spontaneously + periodically, so they won't be available EVERY Saturday, as such please try not to rely on these sessions for your regular care.

That's all for now, folks!
Happy Fall!

08/08/2023

Just keep swimming + book your bodywork.

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🔗 in BIo

08/01/2023

👂 I often joke with my bodywork clients that I wish I had a soundboard to record all of the various noises + fun phrases that come out of them.

✨ Instead, I'm starting a new bit of "Overheard in the Office" to share some things I hear that don't always make it to the google reviews.

👻 Some of you are already familiar with my favorite Exorcism story, so that will definitely be included eventually, but we'll start gently 😉

💆‍♀️ THIS client however, came in with an almost identical neck spasm to the one I used to get frequently, so I knew EXACTLY how to treat it.

💆‍♀️ Book your session through the 🔗 in my bio

07/25/2023

🌙 Doubly honored by this client's testimonial, because in addition to returning herself, she also trusted me with the care of her mother.

✨ I don't think there's any better review than that.

07/18/2023

😹 This testimonial really made me giggle. 😹

💆‍♀️ She wound up on my massage table because she told me she saw me massaging kale for a salad on my insta stories, and she thought “I want to be that kale.”

💯 A + for straight up acting on a desire!

✨ She has come to me for massage therapy, + more recently for wellness support around navigating meal planning within the context of grief, food allergies, + kitchen renovations.

✨What I loved about this session in particular was how the flow of creativity, + inspiration was unblocked once we started talking about what she COULD eat, instead of what she COULDN’T eat.

✨ Watching her enthusiasm grow with each idea we came up with was so much fun as she remembered all of the foods she loves that ALSO fit within her parameters.

✨ She is now regularly brainstorming what veggies she can add IN to her comfort foods, instead of depriving herself of them.

(Instead of removing the comfort foods, we amp up their nourishment factor!)

🍝 If you could use some 1-1 support around figuring out what the heck is for dinner 7 days/week, I’d love to help you out.

✨ Comment DINNER + I’ll dm you the link to my schedule so we can get started ✨

03/22/2023

👻 "I'm Haunted by this Question" 👻
..And now I'm making it your problem 😉

"What would it look like to fully commit to the things you choose to do?"

✨ This is a question I haven't been able to stop thinking about for the past few weeks since I heard my yoga teacher ask it during a class at , and it has BLOWN MY MIND!

✨ An empowering perspective has really been unveiled for me on the topics of intention setting, goal chasing, "shoulds", and achievement - Especially when it comes to wellness and lifestyle.

✨ SO often we can feel at the mercy of arbitrary goals we THINK we have to pursue, because of a headline, article, or the sneaky suggestions of the patriarchy

✨ Read more at the link in my bio

✨ACTION STEP:

Tell me in the comments or DM me...

What's one action you have been wanting to commit to?
What has been holding you back?
&
How would your life change if you committed to it for 90 days?

03/14/2023

New Post on Substack

...and now I'm making it your problem ;-)

02/23/2023

02/23/2023

08/11/2022

My BFF* comin' in HOT🔥🔥🔥

We all know the mother lion trope that cares for her cubs ferociously.

Baring her teeth at anything or anyone that dares come too close with the wrong intentions.

If you're a parent, perhaps you feel this way about your children. I feel this way about Renly and Lilly. I'm a fairly gentle soul, but I will bite the throat out of anyone who dares to hurt them intentionally (Rick Grimes Style).

Now, we're not condoning violence over here, but let's think about that protective energy for a sec.

There's a sinister undercurrent that can flow into our lives one drop at a time, stealing our time, our joy, energy, confidence, the list goes on:

- A project that takes over a lunch break, soon you're working through every lunch
- 1 Netflix show that turns into 8 (GUILTY!)
- A trendy "superfood" escalates into disordered eating habits
- Staying late at work one day, turns into an expectation, and now, the norm.
- Self-criticism grows into self-loathing, and the voice in your head gets meaner and meaner

I frequently bring up with my clients the concept of re-parenting yourself, and remind them that I'm a mandated reporter, and if I found out a child was being treated the way they're treating themselves, I would be obligated by law to report it.

Would you EVER force your child to work through their lunch?
Let them have unlimited screen-time every day? Withhold nutrition?
Make them sit in one spot all day long with out breaks or sips of water?
Show affection to people who haven't earned their trust?
Say the things to them that your inner meanie says to you?

I doubt it.

It's time to be the Mother Lion for YOURSELF

Speak up for her.
Give her the protection she deserves.
And don't allow ANYONE to mess with her.
This includes people, workplaces, mindsets, diet culture, patriarchy...

Tell me what you promise you will do today, this week, this month, to care for yourself this fiercely.

01/31/2022

✨ I have 2 appointments available this week for your New Year's Jumpstart Session.

✨ First 3 spots reserved by 2/1 receive $50 off using code EARLYBIRD50

✨ Peep the link in the bio to learn more and reserve your spot!

✨ Comment or DM me any of your lingering questions

01/27/2022

Part Deux!

Instead of moving step-by-step upward, only once you beat the boss of the current level: "Ok I'm safe and well fed, NOW I can pay attention to my relationships, and once those are settled, I can work on my self-esteem."

What if:
We can imagine our needs as interconnected
Like a web. When one strand is stressed, it affects the entire creation.

I don't know about you, but when my self-esteem suffers, my relationships suffer.

When my relationships suffer, my cognitive abilities are less sharp.

When I feel less "self-actualized", or less like MYSELF, my interest in meeting even my most basic needs is compromised.

Anyone else ever eat only popcorn for dinner?
Oh, you have wine with it too?
OK, well... balance.
We'll call it The Olivia Pope Special.

This idea of bioindividuality and interconnected needs were concepts that hugely resonated with me both in massage school, and during my year studying with The Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
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One of the tools I was taught was the "Circle of Life Exercise"
No, not the one from the Lion King. Though, thank you Elton for that earworm.

I've adapted it to my personal interpretation as:
The Web of Wellness

The Web invites you to take inventory of your current state of being, and see which strand might need a little love, support, and fortification.
What's really cool about this exercise is that you can then zoom in on one strand, and open it up to take a closer look.

So much can be contained in "Physical" for example. It's not just what you eat, drink, and how you move your body, but also, your comfort, rest, and safety!

Sometimes the source of our "un-wellness" isn't always what we think it is at first glance.

Frankly, most of our un-wellness stems from systemic issues much bigger than us, but in this work, we focus on what we CAN change on the micro level, so we can have the bandwidth to CREATE change on the macro.

This is just one of many tools we utilize together in our coaching sessions. If this resonates with you, let's talk!

​✨I have 2 appointments available this week for the New Year's Jumpstart.

✨First 3 spots reserved by 2/1 receive $50 off using code EARLYBIRD50

01/27/2022

✨On Self Care and Needs Part 1

I'm not sure if it's because it's January, and January always lasts forever, or if it's that silly retrograding Mercury, because it's FRICKIN' FREEZING, or the shedding of ones uterine lining (not mentioning any names), or all of the above, but I AM TOAST!


✨During the more challenging weeks, I'm reminded, usually by my body, to take my self-care to the next level.


✨Self-care has definitely become one of those overused buzzwords that eventually loses meaning, but I've come to think of it as making sure my needs are met.

✨I used to work with children, and they all have different needs at different times, in different scenarios.

✨I don't believe that goes away as we grow up and start "adulting" so what may look like self-care to me today, may mean something different to me tomorrow, and something ENTIRELY different from what YOU may do to meet your needs. ​

✨There's a leftover "one-size-fits-all" mentality of self-care, that's simply outdated.

✨Our bioindividuality necessitates a specific approach to one's maintenance of wellness.

🧐If we revisit Psych 101, we see Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

✨What I like about this model, is the focus is placed on human potential, not limitations.

✨The original model of the hierarchy of needs is shaped like a pyramid, with basic physical needs at the bottom, and the more "frivolous" needs in the "fats, oils and sweets" section.

✨Like the food pyramid, this needed a makeover.

✨Stay tuned for the big reveal in Part 2!✨