Meet Linda Chollar

Linda Chollar mentors from the heart of one who knows the holistic business world and from the soul of one who has responded to their calling.   She believes one of the greatest joys is when your life calling can be expressed through your work.   As The Reflexology Mentor, she coaches solo-preneurs to create their ideal reflexology wellness practice in the heart-based work they’ve been called to do.

As a professional business coach and nationally accredited reflexology educator, Linda has embraced a gift of mentoring others in business for two decades. With a mission to increase access to the health benefits of reflexology, Linda wants others in the reflexology business to succeed so that more lives can be impacted with natural healing approaches. She loves sharing the strategies of owning and enjoying a wellness business and invites you to join her in her mission to make a difference with your own success.   

Always investing in personal self-growth and education, she is trained and certified as a professional coach through Wellcoaches Corporation in partnership with the American College of Sports Medicine, nationally certified in reflexology,  board acccredited as a Reflexology Educator, State licensed as a massage therapy instructor, certified in polarity therapy, cranial-sacral therapy and Reiki. 

Linda’s committment is to foster awareness of reflexology as an effective modality in integrative medicine. She is is a contracted instructor for Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Community Health Educatiion where she teaches classes on the benefits of reflexology and aromatherapy. To further the academic growth of reflexology she serves on the national board of directors for ACARET, the American Commission for Reflexology Education and Training and Linda is an approved continuing education (CE) provider by the American Reflexology Certification Board. She holds the highest teacher credentialing in reflexology as an ACARET Accredited Reflexology Educator (AAEd).  

Advocate for Reflexology Research and Science-Based Education

Linda’s love for research and continued education led her to study with the renowned reflexology researcher, Jesus Manzanares, M.D. from Barcelona, Spain.  In 2007, Linda aligned with Manzanares to organize venues in the U.S. for him to share his reflexology research and to teach The Manzanares Method of Reflexology™, a reflexology training course which is based on his 30 years of rigorous reflexology study.

In her 20 year career, Linda has had the opportunity to lecture and teach in major teaching hospitals, nursing universities, hospice care and oncology hospitals.  She once initiated her own independent study while providing an in-service skills training for nurses at a major heart hospital. Her private client who was the head cardiologist at the hospital, invited her to teach reflexology to his operating room nurses. After designing the 100% experiential training, she documented data from 29 participating cardiology nurses over the six-week course. The nurses reported reduced stress and pain across the board as well as marked results from giving their patients reflexology.

As a Certified Wellness Coach and an advocate for integrating reflexology into mainstream healthcare for chronic pain and fibromyalgia, Linda offers pain management as a specialty in her private wellness practice. For internal study to document the effects of one reflexology treatment, she conducted A Fibromyalgia Day, with several fibromyalgia clients receiving reflexology specific protocols.  Assisted by a medical student recording before and after pain levels, all participants reported 100% reduction in pain levels after one treatment.

Linda believes that the future of reflexology is only as strong as the standards in education. She has supported increasing minimum standards for certification in reflexology training and encourages reflexology educators and schools to include more science-based teachings to equip reflexologists for the emerging opportunities in the mainstream healthcare system.

In mentoring reflexologists and health and wellness practitioners, Linda stresses the necessity of always advancing their education in their craft and skill in order to be a successful healthcare service provider. With a strong focus on study of the science of reflexology, she supports Dr. Manzanares’ research and reflexology training course as one of the most progressive offerings currently available in science-based reflexology.

Media

As a writer, Linda’s articles appear in media, web and print. She is available for interviews via email, by phone and in person. For information or to book Linda for speaking, contact linda@reflexologymentor.com. 

Personal

Linda is active in her community and enjoys life, family & friends, living near the beach in sunny California.

Published Article Sites

UK Fibro News (Online Magazine)
State Reflexology Associations
Reflexology Association of America
National Fibromyalgia Association (print and online)
American Holistic Nurses Association
Go4Women Health & Fitness
SelfGrowth

Integrative Reflexology Courses Taught

Torrance Memorial Medical Center, CA
University of Arkansas College of Nursing
Arkansas Baptist Hospital System
University of Arkansas Myeloma Institute
National Reflexology Association
Chiropractic Assn. Of Arkansas
Dallas, TX United Cerebral Palsy
National Fibromyalgia Association
Heart Hospital of Arkansas
Children’s Hospital of Arkansas

Keynotes/Seminars/Lectures

2010:
California Baptist University, School of Nursing, Transcultural Patterns in Nursing: Reflexology
University of CA(UCLA) Westside Fibromyalgia Support: “Holistic Approaches for FM”

2007
National Fibromyalgia Physician/Patient Summit, CA: “A Dialogue with the Nervous System”

2003-2009:
Keck School of Medicine, USC, CA: “Reflexology for Pain Management”
Casa Colina Rehab, CA: Fibromyalgia Support Group Self-Help
Torrance, CA Unified School District: Fibromyalgia Lecture Series
Parkinson’s Resource Organization, CA: “Chronic Illness and Reflexology”
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, CA: Stress Management Series
National Fibromyalgia Association: “Reflexology for Fibromyalgia”
Reflexology Association of America: “Fibromyalgia, It’s Real”
Reflexology Association of Arizona: “Integrative Reflexology for Chronic Pain”
Reflexology Association of Washington: “Reflexology and Fibromyalgia”
UHP Healthcare, CA: “Workplace Stress Management”

2000-2002
University of Central Arkansas: “The Future of CAM”
University of Arkansas College of Nursing: “Reflexology in Nursing”