The Rub: a podcast about massage therapy

About The Rub: a podcast about massage therapy

Join Healwell in examining and bringing context to the world of massage therapy beyond the table. We have ideas. We have opinions. We want change, and that will only come with an understanding of who and what massage therapy truly is. A variety of topics are up for grabs: history, philosophy, development, and all the other shiny things that fascinate us. Healwell is a non-profit based out of the Washington DC area. Check us out at www.healwell.org

Publisher

Healwell

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Oct 2023

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Substack Hopium: (Cal) There's Gold in Them Hills

   Send us Fan Mail As I walk I see many things. I regularly come across encampments of people who have something a bit better than what “was” but which is still shy of what I imagine is possible. They smile and wave and tell me I can stop because they’ve done it. It’s good here. They’ve achieved it. “Don’t make it so hard,” they tell me. I see them and believe that they have, perhaps, reached the place where they want to and can rest. And I like being with them I haven’t reached that place, so ...

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Substack Hopium: (Corey) Hope is at the Bottom of the Box

   Send us Fan Mail I don’t usually write about hope, because it is not a strategy and strategy is my jam. Like Pandora, I keep a lid on my hope. Article Footnotes: 1 The nice thing about myths is that you can read them any way you like. There is a lot of disagreement about Pandora, why Hope was at the bottom of the box, and why she closed the lid to keep it there. My read is that Hope is the thing you hang onto while all the evils that escaped the box fly around your head. 2 Ten principles fo...

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Substack: Wicked Problems Defy Simple Solutions

   Send us Fan Mail Don't let them bring you down. If you have spent even a year or two in this profession, I bet you have felt a familiar, exhausting sense of déjà vu. We keep having the same arguments about entry-level education, whether we belong in hospitals or high-end spas. We argue about franchise pay and work conditions, the definition of “professionalism,” and we wonder vaguely (but never actually measure or study!) what might be behind the staggering rate of early-career burnout. Our s...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,921

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

71

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