05/12/2026
✨ Student Spotlight: Meet Evelyn ✨
Watching someone begin their grooming journey reminds me exactly why I fell in love with this industry almost 29 years ago. I’m so proud of Evelyn and the passion, patience, and gentle heart she’s already showing at the grooming table. She’s going to make an incredible groomer someday. 💕✂️🐾
Truthfully, if she lived closer, I’d hire her in a heartbeat.
This moment also has me reflecting on my own journey. In 2018, after my car wreck in 2017 left me permanently disabled 15%, I was told by 3 orthopedic specialists and a chiropractor that my body likely wouldn’t survive grooming more than another 3 years. Yet here I am in 2026… still showing up every day for the pets, the people, and the passion that built me.
Has it taken a toll on my body? Absolutely.
But when you’re a single mom with dreams bigger than your circumstances, you learn how to keep going even when life tells you not to.
If there’s a place to groom, I’ve probably groomed there…
Corporate salons.
Mom & pop shops.
Veterinary clinics.
My own home.
Clients’ homes.
Under a carport.
Even once out of the trunk of my car.
This industry has been my entire life, my survival story, and my calling all wrapped into one.
As I approach my 30th year in grooming, my goals are shifting. I dream of stepping back from the grooming table and focusing more on growing MeowWoof into the peaceful synergy-based grooming spaw I’ve always envisioned — with a small team of groomers who truly care about the emotional and physical wellbeing of pets.
I also want to continue building my Synergy coaching program, mentoring future groomers, and hopefully one day teaching and speaking at grooming expos. Because every groomer has something valuable to teach… and something new to learn.
That’s one thing I always tell my students:
Learn from as many groomers as you can.
Take what resonates.
Leave what doesn’t.
What works for me may work for you. What works for you may help someone else.
There are far more pets needing quality grooming than there are groomers to provide it — and if I can leave even a small positive mark on this industry through teaching, coaching, and encouraging others, then every hard season along the way was worth it. 💜
Welcome to the journey, Evelyn. I can’t wait to see where it takes you. 🐾
~Your Zenful groomer, Krissy 💜🫶🏻