Brentwood, TN January 2022 by City Lifestyle

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It’s a new year, and that signifies new beginnings and a fresh start. With how busy life becomes, it is a nice reprieve to be still for a moment and reflect on where we have been, what the past year has taught us, what we want to grow and learn from, and where we want to go from there. The practice of establishing new goals or a resolution for the coming year is something that can help us focus on what is truly a priority or at least what should be. Some of the most popular New Year’s resolutions center around getting healthier and spending more time with the people we cherish. Other goals may be more community focused revolve around being intentional about finding ways to help people in need in our city. Whatever your goals may be this year, know that the simple act of making a goal is a great first step. We then just have to move from simply thinking about doing those things and make a daily decision to act on them. Our January issue is dedicated to health and wellness in the New Year: eating right, physical fitness and purposeful connections. The importance of being healthy in body, mind and spirit is the focus of this issue. Our hope for you in this New Year is one of wellness, health and love but don't forget to have fun too. Here's to a healthy and happy 2022!

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F E ATU R E D

D E PA RTM E NTS

54 Getting Life In Order

Lifestyle Letter

City Scene

Estate Planning Is Crucial

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60 How To Live Like The Hobbys: The Fine Art of Being Led By Your Soul

From Chart-Topping Hits To The Amazing Race, This Magical Duo Bets On Keeping It Real F E ATU R E D

20 Business Monthly 26 Expert Help

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36 Giving Back

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42 Mental Wellbeing 54

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60 Back Stage

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New Rosebrooke Community Plans For Early 2022 Opening Rosebrooke, Brentwood’s newest luxury-home community, is scheduled to open in spring 2022. It's the second project co-developed by Ford Classic Homes and CPS Land, LLC, the development team behind Witherspoon, another Brentwood luxury community. Rosebrooke, located along Sunset and Split Log roads, will consist of 124 homesites on approximately 174 acres. Prices are projected to range from approximately $1.7 to $4-plus million. For more information, visit RosebrookeBrentwood.com.

Vascular Surgeon Joins Vascular And Vein Institute Vascular surgeon Lauren Frye, D.O., recently joined Nashville Vascular and Vein Institute, PLLC, at 310 25th Avenue N, Suite 100, in Nashville. She resides in Brentwood. She formerly interned at the United Nations in pandemic preparedness. She's been trained to perform a wide variety of vascular procedures for PAD and aneurysmal disease, both open and endovascular -- on the carotid, subclavian, mesenterics, thoracic and abdominal aorta, lower extremity stents and bypasses, ports, and dialysis access.

City Commission Considers Design For Brentwood Inclusive Playground Brentwood city leaders are reviewing final design plans for the new Miles Together Playground, to be in Granny White Park. The inclusive playground will cater to children of all physical and intellectual disabilities and allow all children to play together. The total estimated cost to install the playground equipment and surface is $730,000. The total project cost is estimated at $1.675 million. Custom Recreation was selected as the contractor.

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Eve Of Janus Celebrates 50 Years With $1 Million To Children’s Hospital The Eve of Janus, the longest-running fundraising event for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, celebrated its 50th year anniversary with a $1 million gift to the hospital’s Tri Delta Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic. As part of A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer: Soaring Higher, Dreaming Bigger, the donation will help expand space dedicated to clinical care for pediatric and adolescent cancers and will address the needs of more families in the region. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

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Brentwood At Its Best

SHINING A LIGHT ON LOCAL EXPERTS WHO CAN HELP OTHERS THRIVE

Whether you’re in need of dental care, chiropractic treatments, and/or other health and wellness services, Brentwood has plenty of amazing local providers. Of course, we can’t cover them all here, but we do have a great sampling of professionals who will make you feel as if you’re living your best life!

Dr. Ashley Guthrie, of Guthrie Facial Plastic Surgery, loves using her skills to impact patients’ lives in powerful, positive ways. “Being a surgeon allows me to make immediate, significant changes and improvements to a person’s appearance, and there is no greater satisfaction than seeing the joy that can bring,” she says. “Not only do I get to make people feel better about themselves for cosmetic reasons, but I also get to help reconstruct and repair patients who have experienced trauma, scarring, or cancers of the face.” The practice offers a full range of surgical options such as facelifts, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, lip lifts, and hair transplantation, as well as nonsurgical options for facial rejuvenation like Botox, Dysport, and an array of fillers. It also offers the most up-to-date equipment and cosmetic systems, which she says, produces substantial skin tightening and smoothing. Her extensive training ensures her patients are in safe hands. “I believe it’s extremely important to find a surgeon who has experience treating the intricacies of the face,” she says. “The anatomy is unique and sometimes challenging, which can be overwhelming for a surgeon who doesn’t focus solely on that. I feel confident that I can deliver great results for my patients.” Guthrie Facial Plastic Surgery offers an individualized, detail-oriented approach to each patient. “Every person who walks into our office is special to us, and he/she is treated as our number one priority,” she says. DrAshleyGuthrie.com

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Connie Williams Stretching Specialist/ Fitness Expert

Connie Williams has been working in the fitness industry in various capacities for 42 years. In addition to teaching aerobics, she has owned a personal training business. But, she feels her greatest contribution to the fitness industry was co-creating the step-aerobics program in the late ‘80s and travelling the world training instructors on how to teach it. For the past 24 years, Connie has been teaching group exercise classes at the Brentwood YMCA and, four years ago, opened her own stretching business. “I love being a stretch coach,” she says. Stretch Therapy with Connie offers 60-minute oneon-one sessions and small-group classes, as well as many online stretch workshops.

People can sign up on her website. She realized the importance of stretching after suffering a hip injury five years ago. “I set out on a quest to research and learn everything I could about the amazing life changing benefits of stretching,” says Connie. During her journey, she worked with university professors, attended workshops and obtained certifications in her quest to gain enough knowledge so that she would be able to help others hopefully before they suffer an injury. “What I learned was that stretching is the missing link in most fitness routines,” she says. “My clients’ testimonials are incredible and inspiring” says Connie. “Stretching has truly changed their lives! My passion for stretching and my experience and knowledge is what, I believe, makes what I do stand out.” StretchTherapyWithConnie.com CONTINUED > JANUARY 2 0 2 2 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C OM/B R E N T WO O D

“Our team puts an emphasis on continuing education so that we can offer the most up-to-date skin care procedures.”

Tara Schaffer Aesthetician

Tara Schaffer, the owner of Schaffer Skin, has been a licensed aesthetician for more than 20 years. She and her experienced staff now offer high-quality customized skin treatments for every skin type. “I started in a medical office that was developing a skin spa,” she says. “So, I was able to learn both skincare and how to build a business. In 2002, I was given the opportunity to work for a private dermatology practice in the Cool Springs area. I was mentored on how to care and treat each patient.” After 10 years of growth, she continued her career working for a large medical group overseeing their skincare department until opening her own practice in 2020.

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“Our services include laser treatments, IPL [intense pulsed light therapy], microneedling, HydraFacials, chemical peels, injectables and dermatology,” says Tara. The long-term goal at Schaffer Skin, she explains, is to be clear in their vision and to stay connected as a team in order to be successful in their craft. “We’re able to provide services from our licensed aestheticians to our dermatology nurse practitioner. Developing personal relationships and educating patients is our priority. Our team puts an emphasis on continuing education so that we can offer the most up-to-date skin care procedures.” Tara and her team value their patients’ time and are proud that they are able to provide efficient and effective skincare services all in one place. SchafferSkin.com

Dr. James Rynerson Ophthalmologist

The Dry Eye Center of Brentwood focuses on not just treating dry eye disease, but more importantly, fixing it. “I use new and unique knowledge gained from my research in dry eye to treat dry eye disease like no one ever has before,” says Dr. James Rynerson, the founder of the practice. He does this, he explains, by focusing his efforts on the meibomian glands, which produce the oil layer of our tear film. “We’re able to put a stop to years of damage that goes unnoticed until it is too late in most patients,” he says. “By focusing on the underlying cause of dry eye, a bacterial biofilm, we can eliminate symptoms along with the inflammation that causes such damage to our tear glands, and makes the eyes red, irritated, dry or conversely, sometimes watery.” Dr. Rynerson followed his father, a family practice doctor, into medicine. Due to his excellent manual dexterity and hand/ eye coordination, his father suggested that he would be very good at ophthalmology, which required microsurgical skills, and was a specialty which had a nice balance, combining surgery with medicine. “It is very rewarding to be able to educate long-frustrated patients and finally put an end to their misery,” he says. Dr. Rynerson is also the president and founder of BlephEx, LLC, a painless in-office procedure that very precisely and carefully removes debris and exfoliates eyelids. CentersForDryEye.com

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Dr. Elizabeth Baker & Dr. Caleb Powell Chiropractors

Dr. Elizabeth Baker knew she wanted to go into the medical field, and after going to a chiropractor herself for many years, decided to follow that path. Ten years ago, she took over ownership of Maryland Farms Chiropractic. “We focus on corrective chiropractic care,” she says. “What that means is we look to figure out the underlying problem for someone’s pain and we develop a treatment plan based on the patient exam, their history, their age, and the length of the issue.” Digital X-rays, says Dr. Baker, are used to help determine the best ways to alleviate patients’ pain as quickly as possible, while focusing on how to heal and correct the issue or injury so it doesn’t continue to deteriorate and degenerate in the future. “We adjust manually using traditional adjustment techniques, and we do soft tissue work if necessary” she says. “We also have some other in-house therapies for more full-service treatments including decompression therapy. And, we have a part-time massage therapist.” In August of 2021, Dr. Caleb Powell joined the practice. “The benefit of this is we both have very similar skill sets and styles, but we also have a few different tricks and areas of expertise so patients get two doctors to help in their healing,” she says. In addition, having two doctors on staff allows them to help more patients in a timely manner. MarylandFarmsChiro.com In August of 2021, Dr. Caleb Powell joined up with Dr. Elizabeth Baker at Maryland Farms Chiropractic in Brentwood. “I chose to join Maryland Farms because they share the same chiropractic values as I do and the atmosphere created in the office is unbeatable,” he says. He went into the chiropractic field after suffering a sports injury. “I competed in weightlifting in college where I injured my shoulder and lower back,” says Dr. Powell. “I was referred to a chiropractor for treatment and from that I found my interest in chiropractic. Chiropractic allowed me to

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get back to the quality of life I had before my injuries. Now I want to do the same for others.” For new patients who may be a little nervous, he first finds out what they’re anxious about and then does his best to alleviate their concerns. Their unease sometimes stems from the many misconceptions about chiropractic care. “Chiropractic is not about cracking backs,” says Dr. Powell. “We adjust the spine to allow the body to work at its full potential.” He stresses that adjustments don’t hurt - instead they help relieve symptoms. But, one adjustment does not fix the problem. “It’s just like going to the gym to get a six pack; you have to be consistent with it,” he says. MarylandFarmsChiro.com

“I’m constantly learning and pushing myself to be a better injector and practitioner.”

Kim Engelhardt Nurse Practitioner

The Aesthetic Loft, which opened in 2020, offers a full range of medical aesthetic procedures. “Our most popular treatments include Botox/Dysport injections to treat wrinkles,” says owner Kim Engelhardt. It also offers hair restoration, dermal fillers, microneedling, and platelet-rich plasma therapies for the skin. Medical-grade skin care is another popular offering and includes Diamond Glow, a medical-grade facial. “I’m constantly learning and pushing myself to be a better injector and practitioner,” she says. “I attend conferences as well as subscribe to several continuous learning platforms. Most importantly, I can relate to most of my patients because I fall into their same demographic and am dealing with a lot of the same skin issues they are. I listen to their concerns, come up with

realistic treatment goals and work with my patients to achieve these goals.” Kim has been a registered nurse for 23 years and a nurse practitioner for 19 years, so she is very familiar and comfortable with medical procedures. “I have worked in many different areas of medicine from ICU to outpatient settings,” she says. “I got my start in medical aesthetics while working for a plastic surgery practice where I assisted with surgical procedures, as well as non-surgical, aesthetic treatments.” Her number one concern, she stresses, is her patients’ safety and satisfaction, even if that means less profit for her in the end. “I always say, ‘I’m a really good nurse practitioner, but possibly not the best business woman,’” she says laughing. TheAestheticLoft.net CONTINUED > JANUARY 2 0 2 2 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C OM/B R E N T WO O D

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One Nashville restaurant helps balance wage gaps between front-of-house and back-of-house employees through a new initiative called "Tip The Kitchen." Fresh to the Nashville restaurant scene as of September 2021, Church & Union Nashville managers are challenging the industry standard of only tipping servers by adding a second tip line to guest checks as part of their Tip the Kitchen initiative. Guests voluntarily can leave a gratuity for essential back-of-kitchen staff not typically seen during dining, such as kitchen managers, prep cooks, sous chefs, line cooks, pastry chefs, kitchen callers and dishwashers. The full amount of guest-donated money goes directly to the employees. In addition to tips left by guests for the back-of-house, Church & Union Nashville matches that amount up to $500 a night. Church & Union is one of multiple restaurants owned and operated by Charlotte-based, 5th Street Group. Patrick Whalen, 5th Street Group owner, says the goal of their new effort is to make a living wage a reality for all employees working in their dining establishments. He says he also wants his employees to be happy and feel valued. "Based on average work weeks before the pandemic, a restaurant employee may only make about $22,000 per year. That's living below the U.S. poverty line. When the volume of diners picked back up rafter the initial pandemic shutdowns, we realized there was a staffing crisis. Restaurant employees were being asked to come back to typical hourly wages that were unsustainable to begin with," recalls Patrick. "We didn't want to raise menu prices, and we operate overall on thin margins. Raising per-hour wages by a small amount seemed like a self-defeating approach, like we'd just be treating symptoms rather than solving the challenge."

Then a firsthand development hit Patrick's awareness hard: an employee asked about a possible loan to buy personal groceries. "I felt physically ill thinking that one of our employees may not have enough to eat. I couldn't live with that," he remembers. Patrick and his managers brainstormed how to get more money into the pool for their back-of-the-kitchen crews, with the objective to hopefully increase those employees' annual salaries by $15,000 to $20,000 per year. "We're sharing in this increase, and I'd like to help every employee get to middle class wages. It's been a game changer. Out of the company's 315-plus employees, about half of them work in the kitchen," he says. Since starting the initiative in April by explaining the program on menus, Patrick says they've noticed a more productive work environment and reduced turnover. Specifically, after being open for 15 days, the kitchen staff at Church & Union Nashville had received $16,000-plus in tips for the kitchen staffers, he says. More than $817,245 companywide has gone to the kitchen staff since they launched the initiative earlier this year, Patrick adds. "We project the tally will be at a million dollars by mid-January." 5th Street Group employees who qualify for Tip The Kitchen are those making less than $70,000 per year. In the spirit of 'partnering' with diners, Patrick is publicly transparent about the status of the initiative by posting the data and financial contributions on the company's social media. He also posts the company's sales information. At press time, 20.7 percent of guests were participating in the optional kitchen effort, with an average of an additional $63 per shift awarded to each kitchen staffer. "We hope this action brings insight and compassion into the mix, and that more Nashville restaurants will join

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“We’re sharing in this increase, and I’d like to help every employee get to middle class wages. It’s been a game changer. Out of the company’s 315-plus employees, about half of them work in the kitchen,” he says.

this unique initiative to change the way tipping can support every employee supporting restaurants. Having said that, we also believe a kitchen gratuity should only be awarded for experiences that are worthy, so we work together as a team to create great meal services," he says. Patrick shares that his main, underlying reason for launching Tip The Kitchen is because he would like the restaurant business to be a viable career for all who especially desire and enjoy working in the hospitality sector.

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MaxWell Clinic’s Dr. David Haase Explains Regenerative Plasma Exchange For Dr. David Haase his career in medicine is a natural fit. “I just love seeing people thrive…” says Dr. Hasse, Founder and CEO of MaxWell Clinic. “Wherever somebody needs help, I like to pitch in and be that help…” This outlook has led to opening his practice in 2003 to help improve the health of people in middle Tennessee. With knowledge gained from his medical training from Vanderbilt University and his residency at Mayo Clinic, he founded the MaxWell Clinic—which has two locations in Brentwood and Clarksville, Tennessee—to drive forward the innovation of advancements in fields such as nutrition, genomics, systems biology, apheresis, and brain assessment. Over the past decade, Dr. Haase has focused on Regenerative Plasma Exchange as a way to treat and slow down the process of cognitive decline in patients. “We are pioneering the field of personalized regenerative systems medicine,” shares Dr. Haase. While the science behind Regenerative Plasma Exchange is complex, Dr. Haase illustrates it in a way that almost everyone can understand, equating the treatment to changing the oil in your car. “Do you change the oil in your car? Why do you do that? Because dirty oil wears down the engine,” explains Dr. Haase. “Turns out that our plasma is the oil that pumps through our body and that can have an accumulation of damage that can build up in the plasma, just like when the accumulation of damaged molecules and rust and little oil particles happen in the oil your car. That turns out it builds up in our plasma. When we’re young, we don’t make a lot of those damaged molecules and rusted molecules…As we age, we tend to make more degenerative products or more degenerative substances… What plasma exchange does, is essentially the oil change.” Dr. Haase further describes that Regenerative Plasma Exchange works in such a way that it makes old stem cells start to behave as young stem cells and can “resuscitate body-wide stem cell activity.” “It’s like having a highly technical IV. It’s an IV with two different IVs running simultaneously,” he explains of the treatment. “One where the blood’s coming out of your body and one where the blood’s coming back in your body. In between, we help clean the blood.” While each Regenerative Plasma Exchange session does take some time to complete, Dr. Haase and his team have created a comfortable environment in which to experience the process. “The treatment can take anywhere from about 1.5 to 2.5 hours. You’re sitting in a comfortable chair surrounded by the most amazing nurses on the planet, tending to your every need and usually enjoying some great conversation,” he says of his staff.

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Regenerative Plasma Exchange is designed to work in conjunction with medical treatment that patients are already receiving for their health issues. When it comes to who can benefit from this treatment, there are several different groups that have proven to find it impactful. This treatment is primarily used to help individuals with severe autoimmune diseases including Scleroderma, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica, and Guillain-Barre syndrome. Additionally, it is used to treat those with cognitive decline and has demonstrated successful results. “…This is supported by the AMBAR trial and that showed that individuals with moderate Alzheimer's disease had a 60% slowing in their rate of decline over 14 months,” says Dr. Haase of those undergoing the treatment. “In individuals with mild Alzheimer's disease, there was a strong trend towards improvement over those same 14 months. That was with the protocol we think now we have improved upon. So, it’s just really incredible…” According to Dr. Haase, the treatment also has successful results for people he calls “body hackers”, referring to those who want to improve their own human performance and enhance overall body healing. Through “before and after” testing, his team has proven that in some cases people who have undergone Regenerative Plasma Exchange have had their “…markers of

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biologic age get younger after a treatment, sometimes four to six years younger after one plasma exchange.” Since all patients may react differently to treatment, they should discuss certain potential side effects including [insert side effects here] with [LV1] their physicians and treatment administrator. Dr. Haase and his team understand that no two people are exactly the same, which is why they focus on tailoring each treatment plan based on the unique patient “…Every treatment should be personalized to the needs of that individual…” explains Dr. Haase. “We start with utilizing the data from the largest published trials, which would typically for somebody with cognitive decline would start with doing one plasma exchange a week for six weeks and then we reassess…Some people are improving at a level where we want to continue doing it more frequently and others are plateauing or don’t have as much need for improvement and then we switch to every two weeks, [then] every month, in that order…” For Dr. Haase, he sees Regenerative Plasma Therapy as the future of longevity medicine and his goal is to help bring people more good days. “It’s a great life to help people get better,” he says. 615.370.0091 MaxWellClinic.com/RPE

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Some people's New Year's resolutions include plans to get their lives better organized. The COVID-19 pandemic reminded everyone that estate planning is vital. "Every family is unique. We guide clients through each facet of the estate planning and asset protection process," says Larry Bray, attorney at Patterson Bray PLLC. Brentwood Lifestyle asked Larry about important estate planning components. A POWER OF ATTORNEY LEGAL DOCUMENT DESIGNATES AN AGENT TO HANDLE YOUR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF INCAPACITY. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A POA? In most cases, family members will hire an attorney to file a petition in Probate Court to name a conservator for the incapacitated person. The Judge will appoint another attorney, referred to as the guardian ad litem, to represent the best interests of the incapacitated person, or ward. The guardian ad litem will interview the ward, the ward’s family, the ward’s doctors and others and will make a recommendation to the judge as to whether the ward is in need of a conservator and whom the conservator should be. The conservatorship process is often lengthy and expensive. WHAT MAKES A LEGAL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENTS? A holographic, or handwritten, Last Will and Testatment is legal if it is entirely written in the handwriting of the testator. However, most Last Will and Testaments are typed and signed by the testator in the presence of two independent witnesses. Additionally, the witnesses should sign a self-proving affidavit to avoid the necessity of the witnesses testifying as to the testator’s competency in Probate Court after the testator’s death. Because of these technical requirements for a legal Last Will and Testament, having the document drafted by an attorney is strongly recommended.

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In a world of flashy swipe-ups, contrived collaborations, filtered moments in time and oversaturated influence, Caroline Hobby, wife, mother, former country music darling and podcast contender, wants you to get real. Reclined in a plush, camel-colored chair in her stylish, ranch-style Brentwood home, an iced matcha latte in hand, and casually dressed in black yoga pants and a T-shirt, she looks impossibly radiant. Her aura does more than smile; it beams. “Some people walk into a room and want to be a big powerplayer, but I walk into a room and feel everyone’s feelings. I feel like my gift is to sit with those who feel misunderstood, undervalued or unheard. I like to help people make their story a beautiful work of art,” she says. She speaks with a gaze so tenderly penetrating and voluminously compassionate, you get the sense that she means it. There’s something about her that makes you feel as though it’s safe to drop whatever heavy emotions you might be lugging around, and come back home to who you are. Her husband, Michael Hobby, lead singer of the Southern Rock band, A Thousand Horses, is kicked back in a chair a few feet away from her, taking slow sips of his coffee, encompassed by rows of song plaques. He’s a real rock-n-roll spirit, though there’s a humility and a sensitivity about him that’s equally as inviting. While Caroline’s presence chirps and roars like a summer anthem, Michael’s lands with more of a bluesy whisper. Yet, there’s something infectiously harmonic about their synergy as a couple. It’s impossible not to like them. Now both well into their 30s, and doting parents to their 2 year-old daughter, Sunny, their first

encounter stretches all the way back to their early 20s. They were both musicians at the time, saturated in the Nashville scene, playing gigs and wandering out of bars at all hours of the night. They fell madly in love and dated for four years, but it didn’t work out because they each had a roster of self-discoveries to strum through. At the time, Caroline, a Texas native and Belmont University graduate, was busy recording and touring with her trio, Stealing Angels, alongside Jennifer Wayne, granddaughter of John Wayne, and Tayla Lynn, granddaughter of Loretta Lynn–opening up for the likes of Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Lady A. Michael was riding the early success of A Thousand Horses, a band whose roots were dug somewhere in his hometown of Newberry, South Carolina. Two years after parting ways, and after a series of unexpected detours, when they came back together, sparks flew–each carrying a flame for the other that had never burned out. Four months after reconnecting, they eloped on a small island in the Bahamas while on a trip with Caroline’s family. “The funny thing is, my plan was to ask Caroline’s dad for permission to marry her while there, but she had no idea. When I was talking to her brother about it, Caroline ran toward me and shouted, ‘Hey! What do you say we get married down here?’ It was so Caroline,’” Michael says, grinning fondly. Days later, the couple stood on the pale pink sand, exchanging vows of forever, a few feet from the sparkling, turquoise-hued waters of the Caribbean, surrounded by their closest loved ones. “Everything fell into place in a divine way. It’s important to mention that because the way we got married is also how we live our lives and raise our daughter. Michael and I are big believers in taking risks, trusting your gut and not being afraid to take leaps of faith,” Caroline says. Though it might appear that theirs is a perfectly charmed life, they’ve trampled through a lot of hard stops and restarts–separately and together. Michael, whose band was first signed to Interscope by Jimmy Iovine when he was 20 years old, had traveled through a few lifetimes by the time he'd left his musical thumbprint on Nashville. CONTINUED >

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Spending much of his childhood in and out of hospitals, he watched his older brother, Grayson, suffer with cancer for seven years before his body succumbed to illness. Growing up, Michael was serenaded to sleep by the beeping of his brother’s heart monitors. Music, though already in his bloodline, considering his cousins are Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes, became his haven of healing, joy and refuge. “From a young age, I learned that life isn’t always fair. But, even with the bad things that happen, you can make beautiful things,” Michael says. And he’d have to loop through this theme many times over. Although his band’s song, “Suicide Eyes” would be featured in the 2011 remake of Footloose, after six months with Interscope, A Thousand Horses was suddenly dropped, along with the rest of the label’s rock roster. Caroline has spun through a series of high and low notes as well. Once it became clear that the Stealing Angels singles weren’t charting well, the trio self-destructed. “It felt like my world had suddenly ended. But it quickly proved to be divine because that’s when I got the opportunity to be on The Amazing Race. That was the beginning of me learning to trust my intuition, and to know that nothing ends without a new opportunity coming your way,” she says. Between seasons 22 and 24, Caroline traveled to 20 countries. She was hurled into the belly of small town America and into tiny nooks of countries she’d never imagined visiting. She befriended locals. She worked in a sweatshop, making shirts and building a canoe to race across the Amazon. “Following my curiosity and listening to my soul is what led me to my true passion, which is podcasting. I had no way of dreaming the direction it would take, though. I just let my soul naturally lead me. There’s never a road map, but when you follow the open doors that feel good to you, you’re taken on the most amazing adventure,” she says. Caroline’s podcast, Get Real, launched in the spring of 2016, spotlighting Darius Rucker as her first guest. “I even got a tear out of Darius. I felt like Barbara Walters,” Caroline says, laughing. The podcast now boasts 1.6 million downloads annually, and she’s since featured celebrated figures from Lauren Alaina to Taylor Dayne, her childhood idol. And, in true Caroline fashion, she wraps up every episode with the heartfelt sentiment, “Leave your light.” Michael reflects on both Caroline’s and his career, emphasizing the necessity of being tuned to the melody of living vibrantly and knowing your “why.” Because, though you might find yourself at the top of the mountain one day, your wildest dreams unfolding like a heart-thumping ballad, you could suddenly wake up to find out that you’ve tumbled to the bottom of the valley.

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He says that success is rarely what you imagine it’ll be, and transcends the fantasy of being rich and famous–of hearing your songs on the radio, of traveling the world in private planes and graduating from cozy venues to roaring arenas, and that none of it can satiate you if you aren’t driven by a sense of purpose. “I’ve been through multiple record deals and management teams. The thing is, you have to be truly in love with what you’re doing, because if you don’t, you’ll quit when it gets hard, and then you’ll miss out on the most incredible thing that could be around the corner,” he says. Just a few years after being dropped by Interscope, Michael’s band was signed to Big Machine Records. Their hit, “Smoke,” set a record for the highest debut by a new act, opening at number 28 on the Country Aircheck radio chart and later soaring to Number One. And, when Michael’s dad passed away two years ago, that loss further punctuated his allegiance to a spirit of openness and resiliency. His life-long hero, Michael’s dad was burned from head to toe at 3 years-old when a hot water heater burst near his crib. “Shortly before my dad died, he said to me, ‘Live life all the way. Go and do whatever you want while you can. No one is entitled to anything, so take responsibility for the life you want to live,’” Michael says. Caroline is moved to tears as she listens to her husband reflect upon that near-final message, adding that it embodies a life stance that the two of them fully embrace. The couple, who credit so much of their empowered outlook to Porter’s Call, an artist-geared counseling center located in Franklin, hope to inspire others by sharing their hearts. Michael says that, most essentially, when his name floats across someone’s desk, or anywhere in the world, his intention is that it be met with a warm feeling. Caroline nods in passionate agreement, adding, “Michael and I have the same goal, which is to create a colorful world around us, and to be led by our souls. For him, it’s through music. For me, it’s through sharing stories,” she says. The electricity between them is energizing and potent, with a takeaway that gleans clear: Seek refuge in the things you love. Turn the volume up on your intuition, and follow the nature of its song. Be a steward of your own healing, and encourage others to embrace theirs, too. And don’t forget to leave your light. Photographer: Ford Fairchild Stylist: Cirby Ryan Snodgrass Hair: Tyler Bishop Caroline Cut and Color: Marissa Martin Michael Cut: Chris Morris Makeup: Paige Higgins Suits: Any Old Iron

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CIRBY RYAN STYLE Born and raised in Texas, music was what initially brought Cirby to Nashville nearly 8 years ago. She and her sisters chased a career in music together, gaining so many friendships and connections within the industry along the way. After their journey on stage came to an end, Cirby knew she wanted to find a way to stay involved in the creative spirit of all that makes up Music City. Through her experience, she knew that “Stage" and “Style" were two things that went hand-in-hand, and with fashion being a huge passion, Cirby knew this would be her way in. She has had the privilege of styling some pretty inspiring and talented people. To name a few, Cirby Ryan Style has been featured in People magazine by Whiskey Myer’s lead guitarist, John Jeffers. Walmart’s CEO, John Furner, was recently interviewed rocking CRS on the Today show, and Caroline & Michael Hobby of the "A Thousand Horses" band are frequent clients/friends of CRS. Cirby knew from the start that the ultimate goal is to be working red carpets and styling the stars, but she also knows that there’s a lot of work to be done for the everyday clientele. She wants to style that exhausted mom who’s ready to get her groove back, or the bride-to-be who is struggling to find the perfect timeless outfits for such memorable moments, etc. Cirby feels blessed to have had the support of so many already, and she is beyond excited to see where this road will lead Cirby Ryan Style.

PAIGE HIGGINS Born in Ohio, Paige always had an interest in makeup growing up. She originally went to college at Ohio University to become a science teacher, but discovered it wasn’t the right fit for her. Upon graduating OU in 2014, she went directly into cosmetology school at Aveda Fredric’s Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. While in school, she worked part time in her local salon building up her resume in makeup. Anything from weddings, fashion shows, photoshoots, and charity events. Whatever she could do to work on her craft she did. While working in the salon, she also applied to MAC cosmetics. They had a part time position open in Columbus, Ohio. Paige took the job and worked

tirelessly commuting to between jobs which were an hour and a half apart from each other. "I'm not afraid of hard work, and making sacrifices. I embrace them. I know it’s molding me into the artist I want to be and the person I want to become,” says Paige. One of my favorite quotes, “hard works beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard” You can be born with a gift, but if you’re not working hard, taking risks, making sacrifices, failing, winning, learning, growing, evolving, then it’s a gift gone to waste. To me, the experiences of the ups and downs in pursuing your dreams makes life so beautiful and the job so rewarding” After two years working with MAC Cosmetics, she took a leap of faith, and moved her life to Nashville, TN in 2017. Retail didn’t allow her any free time for freelance work, so she left the cosmetic giant and an easy salary to pursue her goals, build her brand, and tap into the Nashville celebrity community. She’s currently working on the hit reality show Chrisley Knows Best. Other clients she has worked with are Jessie James Decker, Caroline Hobby, Jana Kramer, Temecula Road, Mallory Irvin, Lindsay Ell, Breland, Gabby Barrett, Hannah Ann Sluss from the Bachelor, and will soon have her first documentary film coming out on Paramount + this January called “Love, Tom.” You can follow her on Instagram: @makeupby_paigehiggins

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She launched the nonprofit during February 2018 with only one other survivor and the mission to provide a safe community for women to increase practical skills while restoring their lives and souls. The jewelry is designed and packaged by the women employed, with 100% of sales dedicated to providing more job opportunity and training to survivors. Now, she's working with about 35 ladies. The idea to create jewelry as a life pathway came from Holly visiting Thailand in 2012, where she witnessed women exiting sex trafficking from Bangkok brothels. She says she watched survivors make jewelry, which they sold to help support their rescue goals. "They stopped and celebrated each time a woman finished a piece. There was such pride and self-esteem building, and that's when I realized there was something incredibly special about the act of making jewelry together," she adds. After recently relocating from Austin, Texas, to the Nashville region, Holly says she's in discussions with possible Nashville office locations as well as local nonprofits who want to partner. "With every purchase going directly to help someone in need, every time shoppers support the Sanctuary Project, they have a real and meaningful impact on a woman’s life. In fact, a $40 purchase funds one survivor's participation in our job training program for a whole day," Holly explains. Each of the group's handmade pieces is made to inspire others. Shoppers can look forward to new jewelry collections during 2022 for spring, summer and the holiday periods.

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