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Dr. Gregg Gerstin is the Lead Chiropractor at Align Wellness Center in Northbrook, Illinois, where he has been serving the North Shore community for over 18 years. Advanced Certified in Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP), Dr. Gregg brings a deep understanding of movement and spinal health, holding a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Michigan, where he also worked as a student athl...

Carolyn Collins is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist, Health Coach, and the Founder of Be Healthy Within, a wellness company dedicated to promoting mental health awareness, cultivating a growth mindset, and deepening connections to self and others. Using a whole-body, integrative approach, Carolyn helps individuals find balance by fostering self-awareness, a...

Paula Carballido is the Executive Director and co-founder of Lake County Honor Flight, a nonprofit dedicated to honoring our veterans by bringing them to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials built in their honor. Since launching in 2013, the Lake County, Illinois hub has completed 29 flights and honored 639 veterans, ensuring each one receives the recognition, gratitude, and sense of closure th...

Chef Ann is Your Go-To for Pressure Cooking & Air Frying! Ann brings the kitchen to your home with her skills in pressure cooking and air frying. From meal preps to events, she's your culinary maestro! Chef Ann can handle everything from your daily meal prep to preparing the entire meal for the holidays or catering all your special events! And, in between she offers cooking classes for tho...

Officer Richard Rash is the Community Relations Supervisor with the Northbrook Police in Northbrook, IL.  Rich has 30 years of Law Enforcement experience. He has worked in Patrol, Traffic Division, Detective Bureau as the Background Investigator, Patrol Sergeant / Field Training Supervisor, and now as a Community Relations Supervisor. As well as an Adjunct Professor at the Suburban Law Enforcement...

Chelsea Duggan is an expert in fitness, health and wellness. Founder of The Ritual Fit, she provides simple and effective rituals to level up your life. Her core belief in bringing health and wellness to others is that you should be fit enough to do the kinds of things you’d like to do. You should feel good, eat to fuel your body and enjoy your life. Chelsea lives this mantra through commitment to...

Mindy Leonard is the owner of Super Organized Spaces/SOS. SOS helps people feel better in their homes by decluttering, purging and organizing. They also help people wit staging, packing a unpacking when moving. SOS focuses on creating functional, efficient and personalized spaces for each one of their clients.     Subscribe, leave a review and follow us on social media…Join us next Wednesday for a...

Our hosts, Shannon & Jasmine, give us an update about what they’ve been up to, what to expect in the spring market, and how they serve their clients. Subscribe, leave a review and follow us on social media…Join us next Wednesday for another episode of Help! Nobody Told Me… Hosts:  Shannon Johnson sjohnson@bhhschicago.com Jasmine Shapiro  jshapiro@bhhschicago.com Instagram: https://www.instagra...

Randall Wubs of Randall Resources specializes in Long Term Care Insurance. Long-Term / Extended care...is NOT a specific disease, chronic illness, disability, frailty of aging...or a place, like Assisted Living , Memory Care or Nursing Home.   It's a life-changing event that could have irreversible physical, emotional and financial consequences on those we love, protect and provide for. - Rand...

Don Hull is owner and manager of Assisted Living Locators Chicagoland North, a senior living placement service. He is Dementia Care Certified. His mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2012 and lived in a memory care community for five years. Subscribe, leave a review and follow us on social media…Join us next Wednesday for another episode of Help! Nobody Told Me… Hosts:  Shannon Johnso...

Michael Mann is a licensed insurance advisor with HealthMarkets, helping individuals and families navigate the often confusing world of healthcare. Licensed in 18 states, he specializes in Medicare, Marketplace coverage for those under 65, and a wide range of supplemental products such as dental, vision, hospital indemnity, and life insurance. With years of experience, Michael has built a reputati...

Glenn Mallek has been teaching Pilates in the North Shore area since 2018. Originally he opened the Buffalo Grove and Libertyville studios in a management role but is now focusing on teaching other teachers to create a welcoming and fun culture where Pilates can be for everyone. His classes are always fun, informative and focus on making everyone feel successful and strong. In a mentorship positio...

Lynn Wendt is a professional with a diverse and dynamic career, she brings a unique blend of skills to her work as a ghostwriter, helping clients grow their businesses and persevere their legacies. Her background spans a lifelong passion for writing including being a published author, a successful career in global IT project management, and over a decade as a designated managing broker of a boutiq...

Suzy Carbrey started out as a speech-language pathologist in cognitive-communication rehab, helping adults recover skills like attention, memory, and organization after medical events. Over time, she noticed those same challenges showing up in everyday life, especially for adults with ADHD and executive functioning challenges. Now, as an ADHD and executive functioning coach, she blends her clinica...

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 paren...

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 progr...

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...

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 imp...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Dr. Gregg Gerstin is the lead chiropractor at Align Wellness Center, in Northbrook, Il. He has been providing chiropractic care for the north shore of Chicagoland for over 23 years and is Advanced Certified in Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP). He received his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan in kinesiology where he also worked with the athletic teams as a student athletic trainer. His passi...

Sharon Kaczmarek has been a volunteer at Village Treasure House for the past 6 years and a manager for the past 2. Sharon found the organization when she was editing a family member’s estate locally in 2017. She Googled resale shops for furniture, dropped off the approved items and the rest is history. Sharon’s background includes production scheduling at a manufacturing plant and inventory manage...

Julie Ratowitz is a private chef and owner of Chefs for Seniors North Shore Chicago. A modern approach to in-home cooking for those looking for healthy, delicious meals. Julie helps seniors handle nutrition as they age as well as the difficulty of shopping and preparing meals.   Subscribe, leave a review and follow us on social media…Join us next Wednesday for another episode of Help! Nobody Told...