What are lantern bearers?
Lantern bearers are mentors, guides, and passionate people who live with love, search for ways to help others, and are committed to the enrichment of our industry. They are massage therapists and wellness professionals who actively listen to their peers, search for ways to help, and volunteer their time to the service of others. They value the importance of mentorships, strong communities, and professional organizations who are willing to hear our plight as professionals. They are people who have walked challenging, and heart-breaking roads and have emerged as guides, teachers, and people who live to share their love with the world. They are people who give more than they have received. Offer guidance for the sake of goodness and live with purpose and passion.
We can all be lantern bearers, we all have experience to offer, and wisdom to learn. We can come together as a community and inspire meaningful change. Together we can help those who feel like they are lost in the darkness, who feel alone, and without a voice. We can mentor those who need help. We can build communities to help remind each other why we chose to become massage therapists. We can turn away from the darkness and become a golden glowy light that encourages others to explore the delightfulness of their dreams. Together we can set each other free.
I want to inspire you to share your journey and explore the vibrant light of life. I want you to witness the wonder and awe of living your purpose and helping others make the most of their moments. I want you to love every second.
Together we will transform the massage industry. As lantern bearers we will rediscover how it feels to love our purpose, to dream again, and exist in an industry that respects and honors us.
My Journey
I know how it feels to work for people who don’t care about their employees, or their customers. I know how it feels to be pushed beyond my limit, to feel my body give out and my spirit to shatter. It is soul crushing, and it breaks my heart every time I see another therapist lose their way to the ferocious maw of the meat grinder.
I have been granted many blessings, but the greatest of all was the gift of cancer. It ate my lung and stole countless years off my life, but it showed me the value of every second, how to make the most of my moments, and that life is love. It sharpened my focus and passion into a singular purpose. I exist to leave behind a legacy, to make the world a better place, and guide others to live their highest quality life. My singular purpose is to transform the massage industry, so others may achieve their dreams, discover prosperity, and live in harmony.
The Discovering Hope Initiative was created from nothing when I was nothing. I created her when death was knocking at my door, I believed I was going to die. At that moment I knew the sum of my existence contributed virtually nothing to the enrichment of the world. I could not live with this, I needed to forge a legacy, to create something that made the lives of others more fulfilling. I needed to give goodness for goodness-sake and make something that was not meant for me to enjoy. I turned to my greatest passion, witnessed where so many had fallen to the folly of an industry that didn’t care about them. I vowed to serve as a guide to help others toward the light, to live their greatest life, and inspire them to become beacons within our beautiful profession.
With the wind of entropy at my back, I used that power to fuel my sails and push me toward my goal. It has taken an immense amount of work, and I have sacrificed so much, but it has been worth every second. Now we stand at the edge of opportunity, a door has begun to open, and we can begin to usher in the greatest era of all time.
Together we can transform the massage industry. We can inspire meaningful change and discover how marvelous our career was meant to be.
