Women of Fort Mill Podcast | Women in Business, Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business

Kellie Hoover and Leah Williams

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Welcome to the Women of Fort Mill Podcast – your weekly dose of connection, inspiration, and empowerment for women who live, lead, and thrive in our beautiful Fort Mill, SC.Hosted by Leah Williams and Kellie Hoover, this show goes beyond business spotlights. We're here to help you grow personally and professionally, through real conversations with local women who are making a difference.Each week, we bring you inspiring stories from local female business owners who are breaking boundaries, lifting each other up, and making a real impact. Whether you're looking to level up in business, master your health and wellness, or...

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Kelly and Leah connect entrepreneurship and career change to motherhood, health, identity, and the practical realities surrounding women's work.

Kelly and Leah approach business through the lives built around it. Their conversations connect entrepreneurship and professional change with motherhood, burnout, money confidence, and the strain of maintaining a working life when health or identity feels unsettled.

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Sound bowls enter the business conversation just when your hustle pep talk has worn thin.

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  • to hear a new mother describe the strain of a high-pressure finance job without turning it into a triumph speech
  • to hear someone take sound healing and Human Design seriously, even if you're still deciding what you think
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Beyond a Dream Inc: Empowering the Next Generation of LeadersFeb 25, 2026

A grounded look at personal struggle turned into practical nonprofit support.

This episode follows a nonprofit trying to support young people, with the focus staying on the adults who keep showing up and the structure around that work.

Money, Meaning, and Starting Over Series: The Moments That Made Me (Part 2 of 3)Nov 8, 2025

A grounded discussion of people-pleasing, money, and the clarity that comes from naming what is keeping someone stuck.

Kelly and Leah keep the focus on how people-pleasing can spill into money, boundaries, and self-trust. The strongest part is the way they connect the habit of smoothing things over for parents, spouses, clients, and everyone else to the harder work of being honest about what…

How Human Design Helps You Heal, Thrive, and Live with PurposeOct 15, 2025

A motherhood reset framed through boundaries, self-trust, and the search to feel like yourself again.

The episode follows a hard turn into motherhood, with postpartum depression, a colicky child, and the sense that an old version of confidence no longer fits.

Navigating the Guilt Trip: A Conversation on Mom GuiltAug 20, 2025

A plainspoken look at guilt, presence, and the cost of trying to be everywhere.

This episode centers mom guilt and keeps it tied to the practical arithmetic of work and home that gives it force. Kelly's memory of missing her daughter's first step while she was in Las Vegas for a pharmaceutical meeting lands with real emotional weight, and Leah answers it…

How to Not Crumble in life when you are facing a life crisisAug 6, 2025

A crisis episode that treats resilience as a habit, not a slogan.

The episode keeps its focus where it belongs: on what it means to keep going when a brain tumor, surgery, and the risk of blindness are all on the table. The pressure of showing up for young children gives it a grounded tension, and it never slips into easy inspiration.

Personal Growth, Relationships, and Parenting

A grounded conversation about growth, money, motherhood, and the relationships women carry.

This episode takes a clear look at how personal growth, money, motherhood, and the relationships women work to protect can all collide at once.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    How to Create Meaningful Impact in Your Community with Mara Campolungo (The Sandbox)

    Hidden gem

    Leah Williams introduces Mara Campolungo as a wedding officiant, community mentor, and executive director of The Sandbox, a nonprofit that has served over 5,000 families facing complex medical journeys.

    ·23m·1 clip
  2. 2

    Raising Confident & Polite Kids: How Junior Assembly is Shaping the Next Generation

    ·16m
  3. 3

    Finding Balance: 3 Daily & Weekly Habits That Align Business and Personal Goals

    ·20m
  4. 4

    How to Build Better Relationships with Nicole McAlister | Contribution Mindset Explained

    ·13m
  5. 5

    Money, Meaning, and Starting Over Series: The Moments That Made Me (Part 1 of 3)

    This episode segment introduces the hosts and their podcast, focusing on personal stories of overcoming financial struggles and empowering women in business and life.

    ·19m
  6. 6

    Peptides & GLP-1s for Women’s Health (3-Part Series)

    ·13m
  7. 7

    Peptides & GLP-1s for Women’s Health (3-Part Series)

    ·19m
  8. 8

    The Myth of Balance: How Real Woman Make It Work

    Hidden gem

    Kelly and Leah frame balance in Women of Fort Mill Podcast as a moving target, not an equal split, with Kelly saying one quadrant may get 75% while the others get 7.5%.

    ·25m·1 clip
  9. 9

    Seasons of Growth: Knowing When to Pivot, Pause, or Push

    Hidden gem

    Leah Williams and Kelly Hoover use the Women of Fort Mill Podcast to talk about “seasons of growth” and the decision to pivot, pause, or push.

    ·23m·1 clip
  10. 10

    Discover Your Season: How Color Analysis Can Transform Your Confidence with Amy Casey of House of Colour Waxhaw

    Hidden gem

    Kelly Hoover welcomes Amy Casey of House of Colour Waxhaw, who says she spent over 25 years as a teacher and college professor before opening her business on October 1 last year.

    ·28m·1 clip
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    Time Management for Busy Moms: How to Plan Your Week Without Losing Your Mind

    Hidden gem

    Women of Fort Mill, South Carolina focuses on Kelly Hoover’s time-management system for moms, including a Sunday reset, paper planning, Google Calendar, and a $5-a-month DAC board in the kitchen.

    ·21m·1 clip
  12. 12

    The Truth About Pageants with Julie Holmes, Mrs South Carolina 2025

    ·17m
  13. 13

    Finding Peace Through Tachyon Healing

    Hidden gem

    Adrienne, founder of Torchbearer Tachyon in Cornelius, says a 2020 surge of COVID anxiety pushed her from breathing and meditation into acupuncture, network spinal, and then tachyon.

    ·32m·2 clips
  14. 14

    Money, Meaning, and Starting Over Series: The Moments That Made Me (Part 3 of 3)

    Hidden gem

    Leah Williams speaks with Helen Armstrong and Jen Payer of Divine Health Alliance in Weddington, North Carolina, as part of her "Moments That Made Me" series on the Women of Fort Mill podcast.

    ·32m·2 clips
  15. 15

    Minerals Before Detox: The Missing Foundation for Women’s Energy, Hormones & Stress

    Hidden gem

    Kelly opens with a personal confession.

    ·29m·1 clip
  16. 16

    Personal Growth, Relationships, and Parenting

    Hidden gem

    Kelly and Leah open with a question that leaves room for honest reflection.

    ·25m·1 clip
  17. 17

    Nervous System Regulation for Women: How to Stop Surviving and Start Flourishing | ft. Dr. Patience Canty

    Hidden gem

    Kelly and Leah talk with Dr.

    ·32m·2 clips
  18. 18

    Peptides & GLP-1s for Women’s Health (3-Part Series)

    ·14m
  19. 19

    How to Build Confidence with Money as a Woman in Business

    Hidden gem

    Kelly Hoover opens the Women of Fort Mill podcast by shifting the show toward real-life conversations with co-host Leah Williams about women, money, and confidence.

    ·23m·1 clip
  20. 20

    Breaking Down Financial Barriers: ClimbFund's Impact on Small Business Growth

    Hidden gem

    Leah Williams interviews Keonta Ramsey, Director of Growth for Climb Fund, about how the nonprofit CDFI helps South Carolina small businesses when traditional banks say no.

    ·26m·1 clip
  21. 21

    Time Management (Part 2) - Owning Your Mornings for a Happier, More Confident You

    Hidden gem

    Women of Fort Mill Podcast returns with a Part 2 conversation on time management focused on “owning your mornings” and building a routine around self-care, hydration, and planning.

    ·23m·1 clip
  22. 22

    From Burnout to Balance: Sound Healing, Nervous System Regulation & Women’s Wellness

    Hidden gem

    Diana Ryskowski says a layoff after 20 years in corporate marketing became the push that led her into sound healing, a wellness podcast, and a future wellness center.

    ·33m·2 clips
  23. 23

    From Teacher to Attorney: Tristan Hunkin on Family, Legacy & Regifting Grace

    Hidden gem

    Tristan Hunkin, founder of Hunkin Law, explains how she moved from teaching business to ninth through 12th graders to graduating from Georgetown Law and building a virtual legal practice.

    ·26m·1 clip
  24. 24

    Nervous System Healing & Pain Relief Through Massage | Olympic Trials Runner Sarah Allers

    This episode of the Women of Fort Mill Podcast features hosts Leah Williams and Kellie Hoover discussing self-care, financial confidence, and the podcast's mission to empower women through honest conversations about business and life.

    Mar 4, 2026·31m·3 clips
  25. 25

    Beyond a Dream Inc: Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders

    Hidden gem

    Hopelessness is where this episode starts.

    Feb 25, 2026·28m·2 clips
  26. 26

    Money, Meaning, and Starting Over Series: The Moments That Made Me (Part 2 of 3)

    Kelly and Leah spend the episode on the quiet ways women lose themselves while trying to keep everyone else comfortable.

    Nov 8, 2025·29m·2 clips
  27. 27

    How Human Design Helps You Heal, Thrive, and Live with Purpose

    The co-hosts open with a frank look at how motherhood can unsettle a woman’s sense of self.

    Oct 15, 2025·29m·1 clip
  28. 28

    Confidence After Kids and Truly Rebuilding the Woman in the Mirror

    Hidden gem

    Kelly and Leah explore how motherhood fundamentally shifts identity, triggering confidence loss from loss of control, perceived failure, and physical change.

    Aug 27, 2025·21m·1 clip
  29. 29

    Navigating the Guilt Trip: A Conversation on Mom Guilt

    Kelly and Leah, co-hosts of Women of Fort Mill podcast, unpack mom guilt—the universal experience of guilt many mothers carry.

    Aug 20, 2025·29m·2 clips
  30. 30

    How to Not Crumble in life when you are facing a life crisis

    Hidden gem

    Kelly and Leah, hosts of Women of Fort Mill podcast, candidly discuss navigating major life crises.

    Aug 6, 2025·25m
  31. 31

    Get Pregnant Naturally with Dr. Dalynes Villalobos

    May 21, 2025·17m
  32. 32

    The Dental Office You’ll Actually Want to Visit with Dr. Katie Macken

    May 14, 2025·17m
  33. 33

    Keep Kids Learning All Summer with Huntington’s Summer Camps

    May 7, 2025·24m
  34. 34

    Natural Skincare That Actually Works with FARM•A•COLOGY

    Apr 30, 2025·16m
  35. 35

    Why Minerals Matter in Women’s Health with Kathryn Linden

    Apr 23, 2025·20m
  36. 36

    Inside a Teen’s Mind: How to Support Your Child’s Mental Health

    Apr 16, 2025·19m
  37. 37

    Bringing Love to Children Awaiting Placement with Isaiah 117 House

    Apr 9, 2025·20m
  38. 38

    The Easiest Way to Save Your Memories Forever with Lynn McKinness

    Apr 2, 2025·21m
  39. 39

    Feeling Lost? Reconnect and Grow Mindfully with Jaymie Barette

    Mar 26, 2025·21m
  40. 40

    Create Success Without Burnout with Nicole McAlister

    Mar 19, 2025·18m
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    Rediscover Yourself in Midlife Through Travel & Purpose with Bree Schumacher

    Mar 12, 2025·19m
  42. 42

    Boost Your Child’s Confidence & Grades with Huntington Learning Center

    Mar 5, 2025·25m
  43. 43

    The Reality of Foster Care & How You Can Help with Fostering the Family

    Feb 26, 2025·19m
  44. 44

    Unique Catering in Fort Mill with Let’s Brie Friends

    Feb 19, 2025·14m
  45. 45

    How Vintage Daisy Photography Captures Memories with Jamie Shook

    Feb 12, 2025·17m
  46. 46

    Managing Stress with Erin Wallen: From Monkey to CEO Mode

    Feb 5, 2025·20m
  47. 47

    Fighting Human Trafficking with Kayla Leonard

    Jan 29, 2025·19m
  48. 48

    Meet Kellie Hoover

    Jan 22, 2025·15m
  49. 49

    Meet Leah Williams

    Jan 22, 2025·16m
  50. 50

    Welcome to the Women of Fort Mill Podcast!

    Jan 14, 2025·8m