When she puts on the nose and bright makeup, Cait Papa becomes Cait the Clown!

As an emotional support clown., Cait brings more than balloon twisting and good vibes to the table. She's also available as your go-to pal in difficult, awkward, or even sad situations, helping to lighten the mood and offer support!

Cait the Clown on Instagram: Instagram

Cait's Website: Cait the Clown | emotional support clown | Worcester, MA, USA

Despite having no professional culinary experience or training to speak of, in just a few short years, Bri Azier has built a wildly successful business selling hand-crafted, award-winning, artisan chocolates and treats!

Bri's Sweet Treats started as an at-home pandemic hobby and now has an online store and two retail locations in Worcester (inside the Worcester Public Market and the DCU Center). From giant peanut butter cups to chocolate-dipped cookie sandwiches and different flavored chocolate bark, Bri's Sweet Treats has so many different delicious goodies to offer—all made with love and local ingredients!

Bri's Sweet Treats' Website: Bri Sweet Treats

Bri's Sweet Treats on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shopbrissweettreats?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

What started as a part-time job nearly a decade ago most recently became a full-time business ownership venture for Nicole Drouin. In 2022, she took over as the owner of Balloons All Over, a balloon artistry and event rentals company.

Veronica Basdeo hasn't always been a professional cookier, but she's always loved baking as a hobby! After spending a decade in the lab working for a biopharma company, she decided to make a career change.

Today, we know her as The Cookie Lady's Daughter, the business that aims to inspire connection through cookie decorating! She teaches local cookie decorating classes, offers take-home cookie decorating kits, and makes branded cookies.

Most recently, she's expanded into the B2B side of things, selling her cookie designs, cookie cutters, recipes, and class plans to other cookiers! ⏲️

Hear more about her business ownership journey and TCLD's upcoming offerings in this episode!

TCLD's Website: DIY Decorated Sugar Cookies, Kits, Classes, & More! – The Cookie Lady's Daughter

TCLD on Instagram: The Cookie Lady's Daughter (@thecookieladysdaughter) • Instagram photos and videos

The Burncoat Center for Arts & Wellness is a community destination for sustainable living, arts & wellness education, and local/handmade shopping.

Opened in early 2020, co-founders Kim Mowers (a sewist) and Barbara Alteri (a psychotherapist) joined forces to create a neighborhood center dedicated to nurturing the balance between creativity and wellness.

Learn more about their mission and everything the BCAW has to offer in this episode!

BCAW's Website: Burncoat Center for Art and Wellness in Worcester, MA | BCAW

BCAW on Instagram: Worcester’s First Refillery (@bcawworcester) • Instagram photos and videos

Dahci-Snow Croci is a color analyst and franchise owner of House of Colour's West Side Worcester location. Color analysis is a tool that can be used to embrace your style with ease and confidence. Using color science, Dahci is able to determine her clients' color season to tell them what colors of clothes, makeup, accessories, and even hair look best on them!

Listen in to learn how Dahci became a color analyst, what color season she is, how color analysis can be life-changing, and what getting your colors done can do for you.

House of Colour - West Side Worcester's Website: House of Colour

Instagram: House of Colour West Side Worcester (@hoc_westsideworcester) • Instagram photos and videos

Tori Judd and Sarah Jacobs are the proud co-owners of Pink Sunday Salon & Suites in Clinton, Massachusetts. Coming up on one year in operation, Pink Sunday is a full-service beauty salon serving as a one-stop shop for hair, nails, lashes, and esthetics.

Listen to learn more about how Tori and Sarah met, their individual experiences with hair and cosmetology, their future goals for Pink Sunday, and more!

Pink Sunday's Website: Home - Pink Sunday Salon & Suites (pinksundaysalonandsuites.com)

Pink Sunday's Instagram: Pink Sunday Salon & Suites (@pinksundaysalon_) • Instagram photos and videos

Margie Breault is an energy medicine practitioner, medium, foundational mentor, author, speaker, and owner of Prism of Brilliance. Through her business, Margie guides people who are on a journey of profound self-discovery and personal transformation. She offers immersive retreats, coaching, energy healing (in a variety of modalities), and guided coursework.

In this episode, we unpack Margie's self-discovery and healing journey, as well as how she came into practice and started a business.

Prism of Brilliance Website: PRISM OF BRILLIANCE - Prism of Brilliance: Bringing You Into Flow

Prism of Brilliance on Instagram: Prism of Brilliance (@prismofbrilliance) • Instagram photos and videos

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Zafera Kambouris' career started 17 years ago with an apprenticeship. For the last 7-plus years, she's been tattooing out of her own studio, North Moon Tattoo in Millbury, where she's grown to now employ a handful of other artists.

Zef describes her style as more ornamental, floral, and tribal-looking dark-black tattoos. She aims for North Moon to be a place where art blends with mindfulness.

Hear more about Zef's experience and her private studio in this episode!

North Moon Website: Home | northmoontattoo (northmoonart.com)

North Moon on Instagram: North Moon Tattoo (@_northmoontattoo) • Instagram photos and videos

Zafera on Instagram: Zafera (@_zaferatattoos) • Instagram photos and videos

Rosanty Garcia is bringing all sorts of delightful drinks directly to you thanks to her brand-new mobile bar! With the help of her husband, she converted an old trailer into a mobile bar that travels right to the site of your special event in Massachusetts! In addition to the mobile bar, Sabores also offers bar services, cocktail and mocktail table set-ups, and mixology classes!

We sit down with Rosanty to hear about her passion for mixology and entrepreneurship, the process of converting a 1986 horse trailer, and more!

Sabores' Website: Sabores Mobile Bar (saboresma.com)

Instagram: Sabores LLC | MA Mobile Bar (@sabores_ma_) • Instagram photos and videos