Hello my name is Carol and I am about to tell you the real story of the creation of Heel Your
Sole, Inc. My daughter Rachel and I opened our doors in February 2006. Before this time I was
feeling empty and dissatisfied with my profession in healthcare. At the end of the day I realized that
my time was spent struggling with insurance and drug companies in an attempt to get patients what
they needed but couldn’t afford. These long days wore on my spirit. Personal life changes awakened
me. I needed a space that would allow me to be creative and nurturing to myself and others. I found
the courage to pursue a new path. I drew on past nursing experience that taught me the power of
healing touch. I dusted off my “alternative” healing books I acquired during my years of practicing
massage therapy, and I bought a few more.
My daughter and I took a trip to visit friends in Maine where we all had a great foot massage in a
quaint Tea house. My daughter “nagged” me for the next 6 months telling me that we should do this.
I resisted, and besides I am a coffee drinker. I thought maybe I would have a little gift shop and offer
the same customer service I had experienced in the south, I knew that I wanted people to feel very
special. Nothing really came together until one morning I woke up at 3 am and could not get back to
sleep due to the voice in my head that said we needed to open a foot sanctuary. Instead of calling a
psychiatrist I called my daughter, who responded “finally!”
We met for lunch at the Pizza Grille where we began our planning. While driving home my
daughter called to tell me she thought of a name. “Heel Your Sole.” I heard, Heal your soul. I said
that sounds like a church. “No mom like in your foot.” Then I got it! My daughter began her research
into essential oils, and created our menu and protocol. Our location presented itself, and we put my
son-in-law to work renovating and building. We found a master potter- Mark Fitzgerald willing to
work with our unusual request.
Our “work” has been a learning process over the last two years and we have made changes as
needed. We have been blessed with professional therapists that share our mission. We have served
over 1200 people since we opened, and at the end of the day my spirit has been lifted by the “soles”
we have comforted.
Sole, Inc. My daughter Rachel and I opened our doors in February 2006. Before this time I was
feeling empty and dissatisfied with my profession in healthcare. At the end of the day I realized that
my time was spent struggling with insurance and drug companies in an attempt to get patients what
they needed but couldn’t afford. These long days wore on my spirit. Personal life changes awakened
me. I needed a space that would allow me to be creative and nurturing to myself and others. I found
the courage to pursue a new path. I drew on past nursing experience that taught me the power of
healing touch. I dusted off my “alternative” healing books I acquired during my years of practicing
massage therapy, and I bought a few more.
My daughter and I took a trip to visit friends in Maine where we all had a great foot massage in a
quaint Tea house. My daughter “nagged” me for the next 6 months telling me that we should do this.
I resisted, and besides I am a coffee drinker. I thought maybe I would have a little gift shop and offer
the same customer service I had experienced in the south, I knew that I wanted people to feel very
special. Nothing really came together until one morning I woke up at 3 am and could not get back to
sleep due to the voice in my head that said we needed to open a foot sanctuary. Instead of calling a
psychiatrist I called my daughter, who responded “finally!”
We met for lunch at the Pizza Grille where we began our planning. While driving home my
daughter called to tell me she thought of a name. “Heel Your Sole.” I heard, Heal your soul. I said
that sounds like a church. “No mom like in your foot.” Then I got it! My daughter began her research
into essential oils, and created our menu and protocol. Our location presented itself, and we put my
son-in-law to work renovating and building. We found a master potter- Mark Fitzgerald willing to
work with our unusual request.
Our “work” has been a learning process over the last two years and we have made changes as
needed. We have been blessed with professional therapists that share our mission. We have served
over 1200 people since we opened, and at the end of the day my spirit has been lifted by the “soles”
we have comforted.
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
| © 2008 Heel Your Sole Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Let Your Life Speak
Heel Your Sole
Foot Sanctuary
| 106 West Main Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 | 717.591.CALM |