Chris and Cristi Moody did everything right.

Shelley Prevost established the Big Self School in 2020, with a focus on coaching and development for business teams and executives. An educational psychologist and licensed psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience working in startups and early-stage investing, Prevost blends mental health and leadership development strategies. A particular passion of Prevost's is the enneagram, a method of analyzing nine distinct personality types and the ways they interact.

Ryan Bush, 35, has stopped counting the number of times people have called her an "old soul." When you're part of the millennial generation, being called an "old soul" may or may not sound like a compliment.

Andrew Hetzler is co-founder and chief operating officer of American Exchange, a Chattanooga-based company that helps individuals find health care coverage, from picking plans on the exchange created through the Affordable Care Act to filling in gaps related to Medicare coverage.

Designer Drugs is a compounding pharmacy at 7304 Jarnigan Road that works directly with patients and their prescribers to create customized treatments.

When Charlie and Courtnay McGinness married in 2005, they had an agreement. He desperately wanted to own a business and she really wanted to have babies.

Martina Guilfoil has been the CEO of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise since 2013, leading the nonprofit organization's work to create fair access to affordable housing.

While she was growing up, Sharon Green balanced the books every Saturday for the beauty shop her grandmother and mother ran for 30 years in her hometown of Columbus, Georgia.

Patrick O'Hagan, 29, has learned that success in one's professional life is like running a marathon. It takes training, perseverance and a sacrificial mindset.

Chanda Chambers has spent the last six years aiming a steady stream of energy at growing the welding and fabrication business she owns with her husband, Brent, and that work has sparked serious growth.

When it comes to planning for retirement, health care costs can throw some uncertainty into the mix, but there are some good ways to anticipate and plan for them.

Ask Kimberly Cooper Thomas about her career path, and she can't help but laugh.

Elisha Millan opened Grass Roots, Tennessee's first hemp dispensary, in Chattanooga in 2017 after finding relief from debilitating illness through CBD, a cannabinoid derived from hemp.

When Miles Huff visited Chattanooga with his parents years ago to tour the Tennessee Aquarium and Rock City, he instantly fell in love with the city.

Julie Bestry has been a Certified Professional Organizer since 2007, but she has always been inclined to create systems for keeping track of the many tasks and challenges work and life throw at us.

It was truly the best and worst of times for Clea Klagstad in 2019 — she was expecting her first baby, but her two-year-old environmental consulting firm was struggling.

Just before she became a U.S. citizen earlier this year, Daniela Peterson, a 34-year-old social worker by training, was feeling pangs of ambivalence.

When he's in his kitchen, chef Terence Locke is often preparing more than a dish for a catering job or his new food truck.

Brittany Fulmer Ennen doesn't live in her fears.

David Ortiz landed in Chattanooga 20 years ago, moving from his native New Jersey to work in communications for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

Angela Scalla-Johnson remembers well the day she realized she wasn't her father's favorite.

Julie Daniel Davis took early retirement in May from her role leading instructional technology at a local private school, but she's just getting started when it comes to advocating for technology in education.

Sometimes in the quiet of the morning, before her 18-month-old son Harris adds his voice to the day, Rhett Bentley, a bookish child of coastal Georgia, may imagine echoes of her father.