Stop Asking Me For A Happy Ending: Soft and Hard Times of a Hollywood Massage Therapist Hardcover – April 30, 2025

As a certified massage therapist with over a decade of experience, I’ve worked in just about every setting imaginable—from tech companies offering corporate chair massages, to on-demand apps like Zeel and Soothe, to luxury retreat spas, modest chiropractic offices, and franchise chains. You name it, I’ve worked there.Starting massage school at just 18 gave me a unique opportunity: to grow up in this profession. Through years of trial and error, I’ve learned hard lessons, faced misconceptions, and witnessed the profound power of healing thousands of people with my hands.This book is my story, written for aspiring massage therapists and anyone curious about what it’s really like in this field. If I can shed light on the challenges we face—like being wrongly profiled as sex workers, or the stark gap between what we earn and what clients pay—while also celebrating the deep, meaningful work of healing others, then I’ve done my job. Read more