Nancy Kontney is a retired teacher, wife, mother of three and daughter. She had the time of her life as an educator but her most important jobs have been, wife, mother, as well as daughter. Nancy has three grown children who are off on their own and beginning their independent lives. Her daughter is Chinese and her twin boys are Korean. Nancy and her husband have had the honor of being their parents since they were 7 months old! Listen in to see how she has thrived in every stage of her life including as she moves forward in retirement.

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Jim Lyman, AARP Volunteer Drive Safety Instructor - Jim is one of 4,000 volunteer instructors across the country who are dedicated to improving driving skills for seniors, thereby increasing roadway safety for all of us. Jim has lived in the Chicago area for the past 50 years, most of them while working as an architect. Now retired, Jim embraced AARP’s goals and well-researched driver safety programs and has been teaching classes for several years.

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Links:

https://www.aarp.org/auto/driver-safety/?cmp=RDRCT-DRVE_JAN02_014

or call 888-227-7669 for more information, to access an online classes, or to find a local in-person class.

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Bonnie Hillman Shay is a Certified Photo Organizer and founder of Mariposa Photo Organizing based in the Chicago area. She has been a photo organizer for 17 years.

Bonnie organizes, edits, and scans her clients’ lifetime of printed photos that for years may have been hiding in boxes, spare bedrooms, attics and basements. She wants her clients to have access to their family photo treasures so that they can enjoy them and share them with their children, grandchildren and generations to come besides being safe from unexpected disasters.

Bonnie loves helping her clients reconnect with their photographic memories and to tell their story which is part of their legacy. Clients tell Bonnie that she works magic and they are so grateful for what she does. Bonnie’s business tagline is “Curate Your Photos, Preserve your Legacy.”

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonniehillmanshay/

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Rae Luskin is an award-winning artist, author, and creative mindfulness mentor who helps people transform pain into purpose through the healing power of the arts. A lifelong advocate for the expressive arts, Rae blends mindfulness, storytelling, and creativity to reduce stress, build resilience, and reclaim self-worth.

She is the creator of Creative Activists: Turning Pain to Purpose, a social impact platform and upcoming docuseries that uplifts courageous stories and fosters healing from gender-based violence through creative expression and community.

As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Rae knows the pain of feeling broken and invisible—but also the power of creative expression and service to heal and ignite a life of purpose. Today, she guides survivors, creatives, and changemakers to step into their power, share their truth, and make an impact.

Because it’s never too late to turn pain into purpose.

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https://www.raeluskin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CreativeActivists

https://www.instagram.com/creativeactivistgroup/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raeluskin/

https://creativeactivsit.substack.com

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Abby Bakos, Attorney and Owner of Bakos Law, a real estate, estate planning and civil rights firm. Abby brings over a decade of legal expertise to our conversation today. While she's built an impressive reputation serving as lead counsel on high-profile federal civil rights cases and complex litigation, she's found her true calling in helping families protect what matters most through her estate planning and trusts practice. Her journey has taken her from the high-stakes world of federal civil rights litigation to founding her own practice, where she now focuses on guiding individuals and families through the critical process of legacy planning and asset protection as well as residential real estate transactions.

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Links:

https://bakos.law/

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Richard Greenswag is the Vice President of Hunger Resource Network and has been practicing law in the Chicago suburbs for 46 years. He has been a board member of PADS Lake County for 19 years and was a former president for 4 years. Richard is a lifelong volunteer and has been active in various roles at multiple organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Lake and McHenry County Advisory Boards, Winnetka-Northfield-Glencoe Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors and Hunger Resource Network.

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rgreenswag@fgcclaw.com

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Dr. Jessica Marabella is a board-certified family medicine physician and the founder of Blossom Family Medicine, a concierge medical practice located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. With a passion for building long-term, personalized relationships with her patients, Dr. Marabella focuses on preventative health, obesity medicine, and women’s health.

Through her concierge model, she is able to offer longer visits, same-day appointments, and truly individualized care—all in a welcoming, unhurried environment. Dr. Marabella is committed to helping her patients thrive by blending evidence-based medicine with a compassionate, whole-person approach.

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The Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR) is an extension of 7 park districts in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and provides recreation programming and services all for individuals with disabilities within those seven park districts.

Formed in 1972, and the second special recreation association in the state, M-NASR’s mission is to provide individuals with disabilities access to meaningful and life-enriching recreation and leisure opportunities.

Trisha Breitlow, Executive Director of M-NASR has been in the field since 1999 and at M-NASR for six years. She has her degree in Therapeutic Recreation and is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) and Certified Parks and Recreation Executive (CPRE).

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