08/12/2026
Chris Miles didn't set out to start a restoration company. He was sitting on his couch one night reading a book about ministry in the marketplace when he felt the Holy Spirit tell him to go into business for himself. He had no idea what that business would be. His wife, a schoolteacher, thought he'd lost his mind. But soon enough he found himself in the restoration business, cleaning clothes after house fires.
This week on American Business Story with Taylor Walden, Taylor sits down with Chris Miles, founder of RevitaLife, to talk about what it's really like to walk people through the worst days of their lives. Chris shares the story of the airplane that flew into a second floor bonus room in Manteo (and yes, the pilot and his son walked away without a scratch), why most people don't understand their insurance policies until it's too late, and the moment God showed him he was carrying things he was never meant to carry.
During our conversation, Chris walks through why he shifted his business from residential to commercial work, what advice he has for business owners on developing an Emergency Response Plans so you can be proactive instead of reactive, and the two prayers God told him were the only things he needed to ask for. He also gets real about operating by faith instead of fear, why electrical fires are some of the worst he's seen, and the advice his dad gave him that still guides every decision: at the end of the day, just do the right thing.
This episode is an honest, unfiltered look at what it takes to serve people in crisis, how to build a business with humility, and why surrounding yourself with good counsel might be the most important decision you ever make.
