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The Enrichment Stylist

Name: The Enrichment Stylist
Address: New Lenox, IL, 60451, US
Telephone: +17082277260
Price range: $$$

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Samantha Palya, The Enrichment Stylist, is a pet stylist and educator specializing in enrichment-based grooming.

She is also a small business strategist, brand advisor, and business coach helping pet care professionals build stronger, sustainable business

09/03/2026

🍫🐾 ONE WEEK TO HERSHEY!

Okay, everyone… are you ready?! Because NOW is the time to check that list. ✔️😂

📚 Classes selected?
🗺️ Trade show map printed or saved?
🛍️ Shopping list made?
💳 Called your bank/card companies about travel?
🎟️ Tickets and confirmations saved?

Now check that suitcase…

👟 Comfortable walking shoes — trust me on this one!
👜 Bag for classes
📝 Notebook & pens
🔋 Phone charger/power bank
✨ Mingle outfit
👗 Dinner/Awards outfit
💳 Business cards
🧳 And a little extra suitcase space for everything you KNOW you’re bringing home. 😂🛍️

Check your list. Pack your bags. Charge your phone.

🍫 GROOM EXPO HERSHEY IS ONE WEEK AWAY! 🍫

Now I want to hear from the Hershey veterans…

👇 What’s the ONE thing you never go to Groom Expo without? What did we forget?!

09/01/2026

🏆📚 Just a little reminder… have you voted yet?

Samantha Palya’s Business Mastery Series is a BOOK OF THE YEAR nominee, and voting ends September 7! 🗳️

If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time!

To everyone who has already shown their support — THANK YOU! 💙🐾 We’re so grateful to have you cheering on the Business Mastery Series.

08/30/2026

🐾 Great teams don’t happen by accident. They’re built.

Finding the right person for your business is about so much more than filling an open position. It’s about finding the right fit, asking the right questions, creating a strong onboarding process, and building a team that actually wants to stay.

Join Samantha Palya at Groom Expo Hershey for:

MASTERING EMPLOYEE HIRING & ONBOARDING

📅 Friday, September 11
⏰ 9–10 AM
📍 Groom Expo | Hershey, PA

Samantha will walk you through practical strategies to help you:

🔎 FIND the right fit
💬 INTERVIEW with purpose
🤝 ONBOARD with intention
❤️ DEVELOP for success
⭐ RETAIN with culture

Because hiring someone is only the beginning. Building a team that helps your business thrive is the goal.

📚 And if you want to keep working after class, Samantha’s Business Mastery Series books will be available throughout Groom Expo at the Cosmos Booth 38!

🎟️ Pre-register for the seminar through Groom Expo and add this one to your Hershey schedule!

08/27/2026

🚂🍫 TWO WEEKS TO HERSHEY!

The countdown is officially ON!

🗳️ Get your votes in.
📚 Select your classes.
✨ Pick out your outfits.
🧳 And start getting those bags packed!

Then get ready for a whole lot of learning, connecting, laughing, and some good ol’ Hershey fun! 🍫❤️

We’ll see you at Groom Expo Hershey — September 10–13!

08/24/2026

Well… this was pretty cool to wake up to. 💙

Someone searched “The Enrichment Stylist” on Facebook today and asked Meta AI what it knew about me.

And seeing the answer stopped me for a minute.

It talked about The Enrichment Stylist, my work helping grooming professionals, the Business Mastery Series, our 2026 Barkleigh Honors nomination, and even my upcoming Enrichment Stylist Certificate Course at Groom Expo Hershey.

Sometimes when you’re busy building something, teaching, traveling, creating, and working toward the next goal, you don’t really stop to see how far it’s reached.

Apparently… Meta has been paying attention. 😂

But the part that means the most isn’t seeing my name in an AI summary.

It’s seeing the mission reflected back:

Helping grooming professionals better understand the pets in their care, create more positive grooming experiences, and build stronger businesses.

That’s what The Enrichment Stylist was created to do.

And we’re just getting started. 💙🐾

08/23/2026

🐾 What if grooming could be more than just getting the job done?

What if we could better understand why a pet is reacting the way they are — and use enrichment to help create a grooming experience that feels better for the pet and the professional?

At Groom Expo Hershey, Samantha Palya is bringing her Enrichment Stylist Certificate Course — a comprehensive 4-hour course designed to help groomers look at the grooming experience differently.

You’ll explore pet behavior, enrichment strategies, ways to build trust, and techniques that can help create a more positive grooming experience from start to finish.

And this isn’t just another one-hour seminar.

🎓 You’ll leave as a certified Enrichment Stylist.

📍 Groom Expo — Hershey, PA
📅 Thursday, September 10
⏰ 12 PM – 4 PM

If you’ve been wanting to better understand the pets on your table and add another valuable skill to your professional toolbox, this is the class to put on your Hershey schedule.

🐾 Come learn. Grow. And start looking at grooming through a whole new lens.

Pre-register through Groom Expo and save your seat!

08/21/2026

⚠️ WARNING: This post may cause happy tears. 🥹❤️

✨ Two Best Friends. Two First-Time Nominees. One Industry That Brought Them Together. ✨

Sometimes this industry gives you more than a career.

Sometimes, it gives you your people. ❤️

The grooming industry brought Samantha Palya of The Enrichment Stylist and Staci Allen of Cosmic Suds together — and somewhere along the way, industry friends became best friends.

They’ve supported each other, cheered each other on, watched each other’s businesses grow, and shared plenty of the crazy that comes with being part of this industry. 😂

And this year, they get to celebrate something pretty special together…

🏆 Samantha and Staci are BOTH first-time Barkleigh Honors nominees!

Two women.
Two businesses.
Two first-time nominations.
And one friendship that never would have happened without the grooming industry. 🐾❤️

No matter what happens when the awards are announced, this moment is already worth celebrating.

If Samantha, Staci, The Enrichment Stylist, or Cosmic Suds have made a difference in your grooming journey, we’d love your support during Barkleigh Honors voting.

Here’s to friendship, growth, supporting one another — and getting to celebrate the big moments together. 🥂✨

08/20/2026

THIS is what it’s all about. ❤️🐾

Seeing groomers leave a class excited, inspired, and ready to bring what they learned back to the pets in their care means more than I can say.

Congratulations to The Fairy Dog Mother Grooming & Spa LLC on becoming a Certified Enrichment Stylist! 🎉

Thank you for trusting me to be part of your education and for choosing to continue learning new ways to create a more positive grooming experience for the dogs we serve.

I can’t wait to see you put it all into practice! 🐾✨

Address

New Lenox, IL
60451

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5am
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 2pm

Telephone

+17082277260

Website

https://linktr.ee/theenrichmentstylist?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a7af1087-b757-4af4-bd6b-cd0747a97ee9

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