Here For The Health of It

Carolyn Williams is a local business owner with a passion for helping the people of Columbia meet their fitness goals. Carolyn works day in and day out to make her business, Boss Tribe Fitness, a success as she provides personal training, meal plans, fitness education, and more. Dr. Randy Kloss and Dr. Tom Stetson dove into the fitness world with her and learned how she started her own small busin...

Stephanie Williams is an Award Winning Portrait & Personal Branding Photographer. She believes that "Every woman deserves a beautiful portrait of herself", and aims to create the most amazing portraits her clients have ever seen of themselves. In this episode, we get to know how Stephanie got started as a photographer, the process of getting a portrait, what angle to work with a mullet, and mo...

Caroline Scolamiero is a small business owner from Franklin, Tennessee who freelances as a social media manager and started her own bounce house business, The Cola Bounce House. Caroline started The Cola Bounce House as she saw a need for an energy-releasing experience in the community that provides a beautiful look and blank slate to allow creativity to flow and match any event. Her dream is to a...

Kimberly Shirk has been a provider at South Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine (SCCIM) since the clinic opened in 2016. She is an advocate for medical freedom, nutrition as medicine, and has a special interest in helping children with PANS/PANDAS. Dr. Tillitz is committed to improving the health and lives of his patients. Experienced in traditional or conventional medicine, he is excited abo...

As an Oncology Certified Nurse with 12 years of experience working with 1,000's of cancer patients from coast to coast, Adina has a huge heart for people with cancer, as well as their loved ones. With Nurse Adina, she helps cancer patients better understand their disease and treatment plan and empowers them to take control of their lives through education, advocacy, and diet and lifestyle modifica...

From growing up in a small town in North Carolina and experiencing many hardships, Scott Griswold has built a business based on helping those who often get taken advantage of in the world of life insurance - senior citizens. Griswold's business, NSC Agency, goes by the philosophy that "Every senior is special and unique with their needs. No matter what your income, age, health, or preexisting cond...

Casey Plouffe is a passionate, forward-thinking businesswoman, pastor of Church of Sovereign Temples, and an inspiring leader in the Divine Feminine Christ movement( not to be confused with the feminist movement) that’s currently sweeping the planet. From stripper to an RN, to becoming a million-dollar network marketer in a holistic wellness company, to investing in million-dollar real estate prop...

Peruvian Chef Javier Uriarte is sharing his heritage and passion for food with Columbia through his restaurant, Ratio. In this episode, doctors Tom and Randy get to know more about the perfect combination of southern comfort and Peruvian delicacies served at Ratio, what brought Javier to the south, and his journey from starting as a fry cook to creating a flourishing restaurant.

Ashley has over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Fashion Merchandising and worked at People’s Revolution and Burberry in New York City. She then set her sights on Los Angeles to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with an emphasis in styling. Ashley has worked with top stylists and brands in Lo...

Kay Krusade is a local tattoo artist in Columbia, SC who respects and loves her craft. Kay is a "Forever student of life" as she is always hungry to learn more about not only tattooing but the world around her. From a small town called Orangeburg in South Carolina, Kay has grown to become one of the most prominent and upcoming tattoo artists in Columbia. You may also recognize Kay from Ink Master...

Christine is a professional artist and muralist from Columbia, SC. Her mission is to transform public spaces into vibrant, colorful experiences using both detail & abstract language to engage with the history, architecture, and culture of a place. In this episode, we learn about how Christine has turned her passion into a business that creates public art for the community. Some of Christine's...

Emile DeFelice is the Founder and CEO of Soda City Market. Soda City Market is a producer-only market, inspired by traditional European street markets, where vendors must make or grow their own products. Soda City Market is a Columbia staple that occurs on Main Street every Saturday . Self-employed for over 30 years, Emile has a story that is inspirational for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Kelsey Sawyer Carter and Margaret Deans Grantz share a passion for serving others. Together, the hard-working duo established what is now South Carolina’s newest accessible camp and retreat facility dedicated to bringing together children, adults, and families who need it most. Their backgrounds in education, marketing, and fundraising, along with a caring and dedicated board of directors, have in...

Christian Jackson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of South Carolina. She also has her Certified Addictions Counselor credential, which helps her support people in recovery from drug and alcohol use using evidence-based practices. Her niche is trauma. As an EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist, Christian is trained to take a unique dive into processing th...

Ashley Kates is a former national-level figure competitor who saw a need in the Columbia community for intuitive nutrition, women's fitness, and women's body empowerment. One of her businesses, Heal & Seal is a 3-Phase program designed to alleviate symptoms related to Diastasis Recti and the pelvic floor prenatally, postpartum, and beyond. Mommy Strong is an exercise facility whose mission is...

Beach Loveland has had a long-time love of coffee and in building a community around coffee. He has been working in the specialty coffee industry for over 10 years and the service industry for over 15 years. Beach, along with his wife, Jessica, have had a vision of bringing the community together through their love of coffee and guidance of the Lord. The dream began with Beach becoming a barista and m...

Can you believe we recorded 31 episodes this year? In this episode, we wanted to look back at what we've recorded this year. Thank you to all of our listeners and we hope you enjoy our Best of the Year episode! 

Emily Middleton is a wife, a mom, a Registered Nurse, and a Lactation Consultant. While she has traveled and lived throughout the United States, Emily is proud to say that her southern roots run deep and West Columbia, South Carolina is her home. Her professional background is in Neonatal Nursing and Lactation Consulting. Emily has spent the past twenty years of her career in the hospital setting...

Chelsea Carrier is originally from Houston, Texas. She attended Temple University in Philadelphia, where she studied Political Science and Art History. During her years in Philadelphia, she started her career in hospitality working for restaurants such as Zahav and Lacroix in the Rittenhouse. Yet, her love of wine came from her time working at Eleven Madison Park and NoMad. These years of study ga...

Jessica Vann is a licensed professional counselor and she helps women to enhance their sexual experience through learning to prioritize pleasure. She strives to help women better understand the concept of pleasure, redefine sex, distinguish sex from intimacy & identify their sexual wants and needs. As a wife and mother of two, Jessica is all too familiar with how women's roles impact the way t...

Rebekah Hodgson is a court-appointed special advocate for children in foster care. She is also a mother of seven adoptive and three biological children! Tune in to hear about her journey in adopting seven children, how the adoption and foster care systems work, and more! 

In this episode, Taylor Shytle tells us the story of how he went from struggling with addiction to becoming the pastor at Elevation Church in Columbia. Tune in to hear Taylor's come-to-Jesus moment and how he turned his life around! 

Meghan started her practice, Soulshine because she felt like there was a void in the community that she could fill. Her goal is to bring exceptional healthcare to women and men and empower them to take charge of their wellness to create lasting improvement and to live symptom-free lives. https://soulshinepelvichealth.com/

Madison and Landon are both Chiropractic students at Logan University, now doing their preceptorship at Columbia family Chiropractic. For the past 3.5 years in Chiropractic school, they have extensively studied the body and how it functions along with multiple chiropractic techniques so they can treat a wide variety of patients. They both enjoy a natural approach to treating patients and educating...

Megan Iseman is a Physician Assistant at Prisma Health- Richland; a Level I Trauma Center here in Columbia, SC. Megan has been in practice with the Acute Care Surgery and Trauma team for the past 6 years and finds extreme fulfillment in practicing critical care medicine and helping those impacted by life-changing events. What Megan enjoys most about trauma is being able to see patients through the...