GLAMoms continues to celebrate women-owned businesses in Greater Lansing!
An ongoing celebration of the women who make our community shine. Earlier this year, we kicked things off with International Women’s Day—and today, we continue to be proud to share the GLAMoms Women-Owned Business Guide!
From boutiques and travel to fitness studios and professional services, the Greater Lansing area is filled with inspiring women-led businesses that bring innovation, creativity, and passion to everything they do. These businesses not only contribute to our local economy but also foster a sense of community, mentorship, and empowerment for the next generation of women entrepreneurs.
Our guide is more than just a directory—it’s a celebration of the resilience, dedication, and ambition of women in business. Whether you’re looking for a new favorite coffee shop, a trusted professional service, or the perfect gift from a small local shop, this guide will help you discover and support women-owned businesses in our area.
We are proud to share this resource with you, and even prouder to continue promoting and boost the voices of these incredible business owners!
Let’s celebrate and support local women-owned businesses—because when women succeed, our entire community thrives.
Explore the guide and shop local today!
Michelle Gimbutis
barre3
@barre3eastlansing
Barre3 is a group fitness studio offering efficient, effective workouts combining strength, cardio, and mindfulness. Our mission—and the driving factor behind every move we do in class—is to teach people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. We offer group classes 7 days per week, and offer childcare during select classes.
Kendall Nelson
Barre & Company
@thebarreandcompany
Barre & Company. is a boutique fitness studio that focuses on controlled, low-impact movements designed to build strength, endurance, and flexibility. Our classes blend elements of Pilates, strength training, and mobility work to create a balanced, full-body workout. With expert instruction and a supportive atmosphere, we help clients improve posture, tone muscles, and gain confidence. Whether you’re new to barre or looking to challenge yourself, Barre & Company. offers a results-driven approach to feeling strong and energized.
Tammy Timlin
Mid-Michigan Academy of Martial Arts
@midmiacademyofmartialarts
Tammy Timlin is the President and Senior Chief Master Instructor of the Mid-Michigan Academy of Martial Arts, a cornerstone of character-building and discipline in the Greater Lansing area. Founded alongside her late husband, Dan Timlin, the Academy has been empowering kids, teens, and adults for over two decades through martial arts training and life coaching. Tammy continues to honor Dan’s legacy by helping students become confident leaders both on and off the mat. Her mission is simple: strong bodies, strong minds, and even stronger values. ‘Martial Arts for a Better Life’
Tiffany Wyrembelski
Reform Wellness Pilates Studio
@reform_wellness_pilates_studio
Reform Wellness Pilates Studio is a boutique reformer pilates studio offering expert pilates instruction for all fitness levels. Over 24 group class times are available weekly; open 6 days a week. Private sessions and duets are perfect for those looking for more individualized fitness training. A maximum class size of 7 ensures that everyone gets plenty of attention.
Samantha Corbit
Yoga Connect Haslett
@yogaconnect_haslett
Yoga Connect Haslett, a space for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. We provide fitness classes and yoga to support physical and mental health while striving for true human connection.
Keila McKenna
WILDCATS Cheer Pride
@wildcatscheerpride
WILDCATS Cheer Pride is a woman-owned cheerleading and tumbling gym in Lansing, Michigan, focused on building confident leaders through the sport of cheer. Now in our 16th season, we offer programs for ages 3–18, from beginner classes to competitive teams. Our mission goes beyond skills—we teach perseverance, accountability, confidence, teamwork, and growth through every practice and performance.
More Greater Lansing area women-owned fitness businesses are listed below:
Stephanie Wagemann
Auntie Anne’s / Jamba
@auntieannesjamba_eastlansing
The Meridian and Lansing Mall locations have been women owned and locally operated since 1999. Auntie Anne’s and Jamba in East Lansing is our newest streetside expansion added in 2024, bringing healthy smoothies & bowls, and delicious pretzels to the heart of the city. This dual-branded store offers a convenient stop for students, locals, East Lansing employees, and late-night snackers. We are a family-owned and operated business and love being part of and serving the local community. Whether you’re craving a protein-packed smoothie after a work out, a classic pretzel, or catering for your next event, we’ve got you covered. We cater to all types of events from 5 to a few hundred guests, including college gatherings, corporate meetings, birthday parties, weddings, bridal and baby showers, bachelorette, and game day celebrations. Come visit us and fuel your day with the perfect blend of flavor and community!
More Greater Lansing area women-owned businesses are listed below:
BIGGBY Coffee
@biggbycoffees.lansingdrivethru
Rachel Redmond
Redmond Functional Health
@rachel.e.redmond
Rachel Redmond is the founder of Redmond Functional Health, a boutique wellness practice specializing in functional medicine and acupuncture, with a focus on hormone balance, gut health, fertility, and overall health optimization.
At Redmond Functional Health, Rachel offers a high-touch, personalized approach, utilizing functional lab testing, individualized nutrition, and integrative treatments to support long-term wellness. Whether managing hormone imbalances, digestive health concerns, or seeking sustainable wellness solutions, she is dedicated to guiding her patients toward optimal health.
Valerie Lott
Divine Flow
Divine Flow on Facebook
Experience deep healing and renewed vitality with Divine Flow. As a certified Spinal Flow Practitioner, I help you release physical, emotional, and chemical stress stored in your spine, allowing your body to naturally heal and restore balance. Whether you’re seeking pain relief, improved energy, or emotional clarity, Divine Flow guides you toward greater well-being and inner peace. Reconnect with your body’s innate intelligence and feel the transformative power of Spinal Flow today!
Dana Simon
Grand Beauty Aesthetics
@grand_beauty_aesthetics
Grand Beauty Aesthetics specializes in non-invasive cosmetic procedures in the Greater Lansing Area. They offer anti-wrinkle injections, platelet-rich plasma injections, microneedling, hair rejuvenation, under-eye injections, dermal fillers, chemical peels, Ultherapy, facials, lasers, tox boosters, skincare, and much more. All of their treatments are individual-focused and top-of-the-line, taking pride in improving a person’s natural beauty.
Together we can work to achieve the best you!
Jess Farhat
NECTAR body•face•skin
@nectarbodyfaceskin.mi
Meet NECTAR, we are shaking up the med spa industry by offering a boutique, luxury experience. Our award-winning team redefines natural beauty and enhances your true essence.
Brooke Cummings
Resilient Physical Therapy
@beresilientpt
Resilient Physical Therapy was founded out of a deep love for our patient’s successes and a commitment to providing patient-centric physical therapy and wellness services in a manner that optimizes the patient experience and provider wellness. Through a holistic, integrative, functional approach patients will receive one-on-one individualized plans of care geared towards pain management, mobility, strength and overall health. We want you to understand your body, take control of your health and live your life your way. You are resilient!
Rachel Boots
Sad Tribals Laser Tattoo Removal
Sad Tribals Laser Tattoo Removal on Facebook
Sad Tribals Laser Tattoo Removal is passionate about serving those who want to remove tattoos to improve their confidence, appearance, and well-being. We live in an increasingly image-conscious society, and for some people, their tattoos may be the only thing holding them back from their happiness and potential. Sad Tribals Laser Tattoo Removal aspires to provide exceptional, personalized services to clients to help them achieve their ideal image through technology, compassion, and collaboration.
Dr.Elisabeth Dahl
Brave and Balanced Children
At Brave and Balanced Children, we provide virtual mental health treatment for children (and their parents/caregivers) with anxiety.
We specialize in treatment of childhood anxiety disorders and related (e.g. OCD, adjustment disorders), as well as medical setting anxiety training for parents/caregivers! If you have medical or dental anxiety and hope to avoid this same fate for your child(ren), Brave and Balanced Children’s 2-4 session medical setting anxiety training aids parents/caregivers – especially those with their own medical setting anxiety – to best support their child(ren)’s emotional reactions, including anxiety, in medical settings and during medical interventions.
Let’s work together to help your child find their inner superhero for all the scary situations in life. Let’s help them find balance so they can engage to their best abilities in their activities while honoring what they bring to the table with their personality, development, and readiness for different stages of treatment.
Brave and Balanced Children, offers telehealth throughout the entire state of Michigan.
More Greater Lansing area women-owned health and wellness businesses are listed below:
Katrina Hofstetter
Cornerstone Legal PLCC on Facebook
@katrina.cornerstonelegal
LinkedIn – Katrina Hofstetter
With a deep background in legal administration, a strong entrepreneurial vision, and a heart for making estate planning accessible to everyone, Katrina created Cornerstone Legal and set out to build something different. Something mobile. Something personal. Something deeply rooted in the Greater Lansing community. Estate Planning is an investment and the product and services should reflect that. Katrina feels strongly that estate planning legal documents should be thorough and robust so that they avoid the conflicts and court interventions that most people are trying to avoid. Learn more about Cornerstone Legal HERE.
Megan Dowell
Do-Well Remodel
Do-Well Remodel on Facebook
We are Megan and William Dowell, a husband and wife duo who started Do-Well Remodel in 2016 after realizing we both share some amazing skills and a passion for making homes beautiful. We specialize in drywall, painting, flooring, and basement remodels. In addition to running a business and tackling some of the coolest remodels throughout the lower half of Michigan, Megan and Will also have 2 children, and teach a series of classes in the Mid-Michigan area.
Kim Barber
Globetrotter Travel
@myglobetrottertravel
Globetrotter Travel is a full service, award winning travel agency established in 2015. We plan trips all over the USA and world for solo travelers, couples, families, friends, destination weddings, groups, and companies. We specialize in ocean and river cruising, all inclusive resorts, Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, African Safari, and Europe, but we’ve planned travel to all 7 continents and love making bucket list trips a reality for our clients.
Sarah Grasshoff
Magical Moments Vacations by Sarah Grasshoff
@SarahG_MagicalMomentsVacations
I am a trusted and experienced Travel Advisor specializing in all Disney destinations and Universal Parks & Resorts. My services are complimentary when you book with me and you’ll receive my one-on-one attention to detail, expertise, discount monitoring, dining and lightning lane guidance, and access to my detailed planning guides that I tailor specifically to you and your vacation. You don’t have to be stressed out planning a vacation when you have a professional planner by your side!
Emily Reist & Samantha Pearl
MyHandyma’am
@myhandymaam
MyHandyma’am is led by a mother-daughter team providing home repairs, updates, and small renovations. Both Samantha and Emily are licensed residential builders. Emily is also an artist, and both of them are handy as heck! (#handyma’am) Together, with the crew, they make things beautiful and functional.
Amy Murphy
Real Estate RN at Keller Williams
@RealEstateRN
I’m Amy Murphy, “The Real Estate RN,” a former critical-care nurse turned Greater Lansing market expert. I help buyers and sellers of all kinds by combining honesty, compassion, and professionalism with hyper-local real estate insights. My goal is to empower you with the right facts so you can make confident, educated decisions about your next move. With me, you’re not just completing a transaction—you’re gaining a trusted partner who always has your best interests at heart.
Kareen Lubas
VIP Assisting
VIP Assisting on Facebook
VIP Assisting provides personalized household management and personal assistant services tailored to busy professionals and families. From coordinating schedules and managing projects to handling errands and daily tasks, we help simplify your life and reduce stress. Our goal is to give you back valuable time so you can focus on what matters most.
Rachael Therrian
Wacousta Cooperative Preschool
@wacousta_cooperative_preschool
Wacousta Cooperative Preschool is a small non-profit cooperative preschool located in Grand Ledge. We have been joyfully serving our community for over 50 years! Our mission is to create a nurturing, play-based learning community that embodies the warmth of home, empowering children to thrive emotionally, socially, and academically through our cooperative model. We envision a future where our graduates contribute positively to society, embodying the values of empathy, collaboration, and lifelong learning instilled during their time with us. By continuing to uphold our commitment to inclusivity, respect, and academic excellence, we aspire to be a cornerstone of educational innovation and community enrichment for generations to come.
More women-owned professional services in the Greater Lansing area are listed below:
Full Circle Financial Planning
Full Circle Financial Planning on Facebook
HyperFocus Cleaning
HyperFocus Cleaning on Facebook
Liberty Tax
Liberty Tax on Facebook
Relax Travel Group
Relax Travel Group LLC on Facebook
Maurer’s Sanitary Cleaners
Maurer’s Santitary Cleaners on Facebook
Trusted groups and organizations offering support, services, and connection for women, families, and the Greater Lansing area community are listed below:
MI Safe Harbor
MI Safe Harbor – Dena Roberts on Facebook
Lynn Ross
Mother & Earth Kids
@motherandearth
Mother & Earth Kids is a locally mom-owned toys and gift shop. Get the great service you deserve and hands on experience with toy and gear demonstrations. You’ll find unique gifts and popular brands like Jellycat, Tonies, Brio, Nuna, and Uppababy. Don’t stress! We can help you set up your baby gift registry or find the perfect gift. Visit us in the Target Plaza across from Lansing Mall or online.
Jenina ‘Nina’ Halitsky
Nina’s Notions Paper Crafting
@ninasnotionspapercrafting
Nina’s Notions, located downtown St. Johns, is a must-visit for craft enthusiasts! We specialize in quality paper crafting, stamping, and quilling supplies, but our classroom is open, and always staffed by one of our knowledgeable instructors. We offer evening classes, self-led activities during Crafternoons, and we love to take your private party requests! Our team teaches paper crafts of all kinds (including how to use your new Cricut machine), cookie decorating, crochet, jewelry making, and so much more. Find the current class schedule on our website, book a private lesson, or shop our selection at ninasnotions.shop.
Candice Pizzo
Oracle’s Apothecary
@oraclesapothecary
Oracle’s Apothecary is a shop that aids in wellness of the Mind, Body, and Spirit. We are host to several local small businesses, have amazing skincare and home goods. We also have over 100 herbs, organic or wildcrafted, from small businesses and some for local farmers. We believe in supporting our neighbors in health and business.
More women-owned Greater Lansing area retail options – both brick and mortar and online options – are listed below:
Heart & Soil Mi
Social media coming soon!
heartandsoilmi.com
This guide is just the beginning of celebrating and supporting the incredible women entrepreneurs in Greater Lansing. Let’s continue to uplift and support the amazing women making a difference in our community!
If you own a women-led business or know someone who should be featured, we’d love to include you! Contact us today to get listed and be part of this highly visible resource that will continue to be updated as we learn of more interested women-owned businesses who would like to join!
Have an idea of someone who should be part of this list please share and email GLAMoms at [email protected]