Felicia Brown, LMBT-Spa Consultant & Trainer - Spalutions!

Felicia Brown, LMBT is the owner of Spalutions!, (http://www.spalutions.com/) a firm that provided business solutions for spa professionals through business consulting, marketing coaching and staff training programs. She has written for numerous trade publications including Massage Therapy Journal, Massage Magazine, Massage & Bodywork, Spa Management Journal and Dermascope and has also released her first CD, "Just Breathe: Guided Meditations for Inner Peace." Felicia has been a licensed massage therapist since 1994, founded Balance Day Spa in Greensboro, NC (which she sold in 2005), and is a licensed commercial real estate broker.

Felicia currently serves on an advisory board for the Massage Therapy Journal, a publication of the American Massage Therapy Association and reviews trade-related textbooks, manuscripts and other materials for MiladySalonovations and Health Positive Inc.  She is also the Assistant Editor for the Day Spa/Medical Spa Bible 2^nd Edition, a publication which is being put out by the Day Spa Association (DSA) and the International Medical Spa Association (IMSA).  Felicia also provides free business and marketing advice and resources for spa ad wellness professionals on her blog at http://blog.spalutions.com/ and through a regular teleseminar series.

Felicia has won numerous awards for her business skills and accomplishments including the 2005 Small Business Person of the Year (Greensboro Chamber of Commerce), 2004 Women in Business (The Business Journal), 2003 Forty Leaders Under Forty (The Business Journal), 2003 Best Places to Work (The Business Journal for Balance Day Spa), and 2005 Best Spa in Greensboro (Triad Style for Balance Day Spa). In 2007, she was also given an award for Volunteer (committee) of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association.

Felicia is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina and has lived there her whole life except for a three year stint in Crested Butte, Colorado where she taught kids skiing. Prior to her career as a massage therapist, she also taught figure skating and worked in the hospitality industry as a staff trainer, waitress and bartender. In her free time, Felicia enjoys running, yoga, reading, cooking, travel, and spa/travel adventures of most any sort. She also enjoys volunteer work and has worked in the past with the Melanoma Research Foundation, Greensboro Jaycees, Mobile Meals, Triad Health Project, The MS Society, and MDA to name a few. Felicia is married to David Clayton, and together they have a houseful of pets - 3 dogs and 1 cat - all of whom are rescued.

Felicia Brown can be reached by email at Felicia@Spalutions.com

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