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37Grove City Area Chamber Community Guide Vol. VI 2015-2017 Nicole Peachy Bashams career path was mapped out for her early in life. As a freshman in high school two senior boysathletesconvinced her to rub their sore shoulders in science class one day. Before long they were handing over their lunch money every day for her to ease their aching joints and muscles with her magic hands and she was all too happy to accept their gratuities and their compliments. I was not cute at all she said. So it was pretty cool that these two jocks liked me. I was making some good cash too. After graduation she supported herself working as a server as she had since she was 16 years old. However within a few years she was restless and ready for a change and she recalled the advice of the two boys from her science class. They said I should become a massage therapist that I was a natural she said. Basham enrolled in the Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy and quickly discovered that she never really learned how to study. I didnt take school very seriously she said. I was a socializer and spent most of my time talking to friends. Her classes were incredibly hard especially anatomy. But she studied hard excelled in the program and graduated as a massage therapist. Basham worked in her new trade for a short time in Grove City but was lured to Florida after visiting a cousin there a few times. Living in Orlando she drifted away from massage therapy and began working as a server again. Two years later she came to her senses realizing shed become caught up in a lifestyle that was not conducive to achieving her career goals. When youre living in vacationland its hard to be productive and I was wasting time she said. Back home in Grove City again Basham was determined to make a real go of her massage therapy career this time. Partnering with a local chiropractor she began performing chair massages for his clients after their treatments. One client requested an in- home massage and Basham gladly obliged her. Word traveled of her excellent technique and exceptional customer service and soon she had a thriving mobile massage therapy business on her hands. It was fun but it had its down sides she said. Like when her car got stuck in a clients snowed-in driveway. It took both of us two hours to dig it out she said. And by then I was too tired to do her massage. And then there was the time she showed up at the wrong persons house for an appointment. Those were some embarrassing moments she said. Basham now 33 years old says Business is good. JustPeachy Shes a therapist in more ways than one her clients trust and confide in her. When her Aunt Marlene first set eyes on her as a creamy-skinned fuzzy-haired newborn she named her niece after the fruit she resembled. Shes been called Peachy ever since.