Massage therapist and Pacific College faculty member Karin Elías joins David and Timur to explore how hands‑on work becomes a somatic, energetic, and emotional support for women in midlife. She traces her path from shiatsu and essential oils to sound healing and holistic practice, reflecting on how decades of experience, motherhood, and teaching have transformed the way she touches and listens to the body.

Karin dives into perimenopause and menopause as a soul journey, shares why many women still feel unseen by conventional care, and describes how thoughtful, scope‑honoring bodywork can help them navigate physical change, relationship shifts, and the search for meaning in the “years of change.”

Pacific College of Health and Science massage therapy students and faculty share their experiences completing externship hours at OnPoint NYC, a harm‑reduction center in Harlem.

Through their stories, we explore trauma‑informed care, the Holistic Center’s unique healing environment, and what it means to bring free, dignified massage to people navigating addiction, houselessness, and everyday survival—released in celebration of ABMP’s Massage Is For EveryBody Week.

Holistic nurse, educator, and researcher Dr. Caroline Ortiz joins David Sol and Timur Lokshin to explore curanderismo, the Mesoamerican healing traditions she inherited in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, and bridges with her holistic nursing practice in New York City. She shares stories and lessons to show how ritual, community, and the language of “imbalance” rather than “disease” can reshape our understanding of health and wellness care.

Designed for massage therapists, nurses, and bodyworkers, this conversation explores traditional medicine from central Mexico, the idea of touch as a gift, and the role of practitioners as facilitators rather than “healers.” Caroline also speaks candidly about burnout and loneliness, and why caregivers must become their own first patient to stay balanced and be “good medicine” for others.