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26 MARCH HER
     Freelance entrepreneur makes strides, dives into diverse outlets
In an attempt to blow off steam while carrying out a dedicated role of her day-to-day career
routine, self-employed massage therapist and local poet Catherine Flocken has discovered a way to tie together the activities she loves most: the art of massage, reciting poetry, and last, but not least, the practice of taekwondo in martial arts.
After enlisting in the military at age 17, the 23-year-old Hot Springs
native spent four years defending her country by serving in the Air Force.
With the end of her military du- ties, Flocken had no specific career plans in mind to pursue until the young entrepreneur stumbled upon a friend’s blank college application for Radiance School of Massage in Hot Springs.
“It’s a great place,” she noted. “I honestly didn’t have a clue what I was going to do, (then) I saw the
application for massage therapy at a friend’s house ... they ended up not filling out the application and I filled it out instead. It’s the best decision that I’ve made.”
While the struggles of making a living can be trying for anyone ven- turing out into the business world on their own, Flocken recognized the challenge. She also points out that her line of work proves other- wise, as there is a high demand for services such as these in the grow-
ing city of Hot Springs.
A split schedule between run-
ning her own individual practice and two business locations at Younger Salon and at the down- town district’s Quapaw Baths & Spa, subjected Flocken to vast forms of massage styles and techniques used by a myriad of experienced massage therapists in the area.
“Being an entrepreneur has been really tough, (but) massage therapy is sort of one of the best careers out
26 March/April 2020 ¯ HER MAGAZINE
Story by Rebeca Rector, photography by Grace Brown



















































































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