{"id":64152,"date":"2024-10-22T09:44:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/?p=64152"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:02:25","slug":"managing-and-embracing-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing and embracing change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Autumn is undoubtedly one of the seasons most conducive to change. Vegetable gardens fade, students return to school, and the sun sits lower in the sky. The kitchen clock picks up a steadier rhythm, reluctantly leaving behind the soft hum it produced during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, change surrounds us every day, all year long. Decisions are made, and certain actions beyond our control disrupt the path we are on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Search of Oneself<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNothing happens for no reason; I truly believe that,\u201d confesses Esteban L., massage therapist at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/\">Bota Bota<\/a>. Since discovering massage therapy in 2016, he has been learning more about himself through life\u2019s ups and downs. \u201cFew massage therapists have a career without hurdles. We are limited by our bodies,\u201d a reality Esteban knows all too well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a very active and cheerful child, Esteban grew up feeling like he was always doing too much. \u201cInstead of bringing people closer to me, I would push them away\u2026 It wasn\u2019t working out the way I wanted,\u201d he says with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t really know what I wanted to do with my life. I just knew I wanted to help others,\u201d he recalls. He didn\u2019t have a passion for studying but harbored a distant desire to enter the medical field, though without much conviction. \u201cI had a kind of blues about the path I was supposed to take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of comfort, he joined the electronics field, where his father also worked. He installed booths in the audiology department at CHUM, but the work didn\u2019t fulfill him as he had hoped. \u201cI only really enjoyed the troubleshooting and talking with clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This zest for life and constant need to be close to others finally became clear to him a few years later, through the profession of massage therapy. \u201cI realized that being welcoming, caring, and taking care of others, even strangers\u2014that\u2019s what I wanted,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facing Change in the Blink of an Eye<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of 2019, Esteban\u2019s worst nightmare took shape in the form of a thumb injury caused by overwork. \u201cIt was the worst moment of my life, by far. Losing massage therapy, which meant everything to me.\u201d His world crumbled as he discovered the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/massage-therapy\/discovery-massages\/\">Lomi Lomi Nui<\/a>&nbsp;massage offered at Bota Bota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hit rock bottom without a parachute. I lost a part of myself,\u201d he says, five years later, his voice still betraying the emotion from the incident. While his doctor insisted he could no longer practice the profession he loved, Esteban found solace in his family, who supported him through this difficult time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reluctantly, Esteban embarked on a new professional path in 2020. Driven by his natural curiosity, he began training in flight regulation in Quebec, where he discovered a new passion for meteorology. In 2021, he was hired by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airmedic.net\/home\">Airmedic<\/a>, an air ambulance company operating throughout Quebec, and started a new way of reconnecting with his desire to help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA year later,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navcanada.ca\/en\/\">NavCanada<\/a>&nbsp;called me with a training offer I couldn\u2019t refuse.\u201d He joined the program at the only company in Canada mandated to manage air traffic, where he learned a great deal about meteorology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly a year, once again far from his family, Esteban had the opportunity to learn extensively about aviation and meteorology. Despite intensive learning and gaining a wealth of new knowledge, Esteban was unable to qualify during the final stage of this long journey filled with changes and sacrifices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to square one, he found himself once again facing major life questions. \u201cI had a long reflection last summer. Should I return to electronics? Go back into aviation with the experience that would open many doors? Or return to the only place where I always felt at home and happy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>After the Effort, Comes the Comfort<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It has now been a year since Esteban returned to the spa-on-the-water. He sees signs everywhere: \u201cOn October 4th, I signed my contract at Bota Bota, and a year earlier, on the same date, I joined NavCanada.\u201d In hindsight, he views his period of transition with gentleness: \u201cYou have to be at peace and let yourself be carried by what life has planned for you. I cried so many tears of pain, I suffered so much. Today, it\u2019s joy that I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy primary motivation was to offer my family a better quality of life,\u201d he explains about his decision to join NavCanada\u2019s training program. If that opportunity hadn\u2019t arisen, Esteban would probably never have left Airmedic and, ultimately, might never have made a full return to massage therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he returned to Bota Bota, he gave a massage to Arnaud Gaston, the Director of Care on board. As they finished the session, Esteban asked him if he had lost much precision. \u201cNo, you\u2019ve gained a lot,\u201d Arnaud replied, a true testament to how time heals even the deepest of wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMassage therapy never left me. I\u2019m much more careful today. I really want this to last.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BotaBota_051022-38.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Constance Carpan\u00e8se\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Constance Carpan\u00e8se\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Constance Carpan\u00e8se\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/13a3ad926b2e0fa4996d2cab9b77ea14\"},\"headline\":\"Managing and embracing change\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\"},\"wordCount\":847,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Psychology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\",\"name\":\"Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Managing and embracing change\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau\",\"description\":\"Spa Nordique Vieux-Port\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bota Bota\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Spa-bota-bota.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Spa-bota-bota.png\",\"width\":250,\"height\":185,\"caption\":\"Bota Bota\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/13a3ad926b2e0fa4996d2cab9b77ea14\",\"name\":\"Constance Carpan\u00e8se\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/501d671f435e1fe25f9f3e01b19f4fa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/501d671f435e1fe25f9f3e01b19f4fa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Constance Carpan\u00e8se\"},\"description\":\"Directrice artistique|Artistic Director\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/author\/ccarpenese\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau","description":"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau","og_description":"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.","og_url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/","og_site_name":"Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau","article_published_time":"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1366,"url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BotaBota_051022-38.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Constance Carpan\u00e8se","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Constance Carpan\u00e8se","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/"},"author":{"name":"Constance Carpan\u00e8se","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/13a3ad926b2e0fa4996d2cab9b77ea14"},"headline":"Managing and embracing change","datePublished":"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/"},"wordCount":847,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Psychology"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/","url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/","name":"Managing and embracing change | Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-10-22T13:44:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-07T21:02:25+00:00","description":"Esteban L., massage therapist at Bota Bota, invites us into the story of the last years of his life, full of changes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/psychology\/managing-and-embracing-change\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Managing and embracing change"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/","name":"Bota Bota, spa-sur-l&#039;eau","description":"Spa Nordique Vieux-Port","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#organization","name":"Bota Bota","url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Spa-bota-bota.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Spa-bota-bota.png","width":250,"height":185,"caption":"Bota Bota"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/13a3ad926b2e0fa4996d2cab9b77ea14","name":"Constance Carpan\u00e8se","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/501d671f435e1fe25f9f3e01b19f4fa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/501d671f435e1fe25f9f3e01b19f4fa6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Constance Carpan\u00e8se"},"description":"Directrice artistique|Artistic Director","url":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/hublot\/author\/ccarpenese\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64152"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65181,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64152\/revisions\/65181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/botabota.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}