Healwell

10/09/2026

💛 What happens when someone decides that care matters too much to lose?

Earlier this year, a cancer center told Healwell it needed to cut infusion center massage therapy from five days a week to just one. Nurses were devastated. Patients were, too.

But one patient decided to act. She rallied her network, and someone in her circle gave $40,000 to restore those four missing days of care every week for an entire year.

Not everyone can give $40,000. And that's the beautiful thing about a community like Healwell's. It doesn't take one extraordinary gift to make a difference. It takes all of us, giving what we can, together.

This year, twice as many patients, families, and medical providers have reached out to Healwell for care as did last year. The need is growing, even as healthcare institutions cut back on supportive services.

Now, your gift can go twice as far. A generous member of our community will match every donation made before October 31, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000.

✨ $75 can fund a massage therapy session for a child receiving a bone marrow transplant.

✨ $225 can provide three sessions for someone experiencing a sickle cell pain crisis.

✨ $750 can fund ten sessions, bringing consistent care to patients who need it.

Every gift helps make comfort, connection, and relief possible for someone facing serious illness.

You don't have to give $40,000 to change someone's experience. You just have to be part of the community that shows up.

Help care spread. Give before October 31 and your gift will be doubled. 💛

🔗 Donate today

10/09/2026

There are only three weeks until the 2026 International Virtual Symposium. Join practitioners, educators and industry representatives from Australia and overseas on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October for two days of online learning, professional connection and international perspectives.

Presented under the theme Practitioners Enhancing Health and Wellbeing, the symposium is delivered in collaboration with the Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association, Healwell and Massage Aotearoa New Zealand.

Massage & Myotherapy Australia members can claim 6 CPE hours for attending, and all registrants will receive access to session recordings for six months.

To learn more about the 2026 International Virtual Symposium, click the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/44s9t642

10/06/2026

A moment to breathe.
A moment to rest.
A moment to feel like yourself.

For someone facing serious illness, those moments matter.

Throughout October, we’re sharing some of the moments that remind us why Healwell’s work matters—and why comfort, connection, and compassionate care belong alongside medical treatment.

This is what care can look like.

10/02/2026

Massage therapy can be genuinely transformative in the care of people of people with serious illness, but it takes more than good intentions. Cal Cates, Founder and Executive Director of Healwell explains why all three pillars of Healwell's mission are inextricably connected and equally important.

Healwell's mission is Touch. Teach. Advocate.We touch people affec...

09/25/2026

🌱 FINAL FRIDAY: Become a Healwell Trailblazer

There’s something powerful about showing up—not just once, but again and again.

Our Trailblazers are Healwell’s recurring donors, and they are truly the heart of our donor community. Their monthly gifts create a steady foundation that helps us keep bringing massage therapy, education, and connection to people affected by serious illness.

This Final Friday, we’re looking for 5 new Trailblazers to join them.

Your monthly gift can be whatever feels right for you. $10. $25. $50. Every recurring gift matters because every month, you’re there.

🌱 Five new Trailblazers.
🌱 A stronger foundation for Healwell.
🌱 A commitment to keep showing up.

Will you be one of the 5 people who helps Healwell move forward?

Become a Trailblazer today.

09/15/2026

💻 Happy National Online Learning Day!

Learning doesn’t have to happen in a classroom. Sometimes, the most meaningful growth happens when we make space to listen, reflect, and consider how we show up in the world.

This National Online Learning Day, we’re highlighting Healwell’s Course of the Month: The Power of Our Words.

Words matter. The language we use can shape how people feel, how they see themselves, and how safe and welcome they feel in our care.

The Power of Our Words invites us to slow down and consider the impact of the words we choose—and how thoughtful communication can help create more compassionate, respectful experiences for the people we serve.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your practice, earn continuing education, or simply become more intentional about the way you communicate, this course is a chance to learn wherever you are.

📚 Make learning part of your practice. Explore The Power of Our Words today.

https://online.healwell.org/courses/power-of-our-words

09/14/2026

Behind every diagnosis is a person. Behind every treatment is a human experience.

These words from patients, caregivers, and healthcare staff remind us that compassionate care helps make space for comfort, dignity, and connection.

Swipe through to hear the people who know its impact best. 💛

09/13/2026

What does it mean to truly feel at home in yourself?

For those of us who spend our days caring for others, it can be easy to become disconnected from our own needs, our own bodies, and our own inner lives.

That’s why we’re beginning Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming with a keynote that asks us to turn inward.

Cindy E. Farrar will open Homecoming with “At Home in Your Being: Living from the Inside Out,” an invitation to pause, reconnect with ourselves, and explore what it means to live and practice from a place of greater presence and authenticity.

Because the work we do asks us to be present with other people’s bodies, experiences, and stories.

But what happens when we bring that same curiosity and compassion to ourselves?

Come begin Homecoming by slowing down.
By listening inward.
By remembering that you are part of the care equation, too.

Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming
October 23–24, 2026 | Arlington, VA
13 CEs • Yoga • Sound Bath • Rooftop Reception • Meals Included

✨ Come home to your practice, your community, and yourself.

Event sponsor American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA

09/12/2026

A scar may be small. The changes happening beneath it can be anything but.

After surgery or injury, the body continues to heal, adapt, and reorganize long after the incision has closed. Scar tissue, lymphatic function, mobility, sensation, and movement can all be part of the picture—and understanding that bigger picture can change how we approach our clients.

At Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming, Cathy Ryan and Laura Bryant-Earner will lead Scar Tissue and Lymph, a science-informed exploration of post-surgical healing and the ways skilled touch can support recovery, mobility, and long-term outcomes.

This is an opportunity to move beyond simply working on a scar and develop a deeper understanding of what’s happening throughout the healing process.

Come ready to learn, ask questions, think critically, and build your clinical confidence.

Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming
October 23–24, 2026 | Arlington, VA
13 CEs • Yoga • Sound Bath • Rooftop Reception • Meals Included

✨ Come home to your practice, your community, and yourself.

Event sponsor American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA

09/11/2026

What if some of what we were taught about fat… needs to be rethought?

Fat is more than something we see, measure, or try to change. It’s living, dynamic tissue with important roles in the body—and the way we think and talk about it can have a real impact on the people in our care.

At Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming, Nicole Trombley will lead The Big “Fat Agenda”: Rethinking How We Touch Fat, inviting us to question assumptions, examine the science, and consider how our beliefs about bodies can influence the way we practice.

Because our clients deserve more than care based on outdated assumptions.

They deserve practitioners who are curious.
Who keep learning.
Who question what they think they know.
And who approach every body with skill, respect, and compassion.

Come challenge your thinking—and rethink what it means to touch fat.

Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming
October 23–24, 2026 | Arlington, VA
13 CEs • Yoga • Sound Bath • Rooftop Reception • Meals Included

✨ Come home to your practice, your community, and yourself.

Event sponsor American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA