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Margaret Trudeau
Margaret Trudeau is an actress, author, former talk show host, mental health advocate and, perhaps most famously, former First Lady of Canada and mother of current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
She also has suffered with the stigma of mental illness for decades. “I was diagnosed more than 40 years ago with bipolar disorder and spent decades walking down the dark side of the street,” she said. Now Trudeau is sharing her story widely in the hopes of helping others, including through her one-woman show, “Certain Woman of an Age.” She performed it for live audiences at Chicago’s famous UP Comedy Club at The Second City prior to the pandemic, and it’s now available on Audible.
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton has faced Stage 4 testicular cancer and three brain tumors. The Olympic gold medalist, broadcaster, father and author of “Finish First” says that despite it all, he remains an eternal optimist.
At the height of his ice skating career, figure skating became too expensive for his family. After years of underachieving, his mother passed away and he asked himself, “What had she sacrificed so much for?”
So, Hamilton got serious. He got competitive. “Figure out what’s held you back and chip away at those things that prevent you from moving forward.” If you keep showing up every day and outwork everybody, there’s nothing at which you can’t be successful.
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Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville’s voice has been an unmistakable part of the American music scene since the 1960s. His voice conveys wisdom, experience and lessons learned. One of the hardest lessons to learn was how to live without his beloved wife, Joel, who died of lung cancer on their 48th anniversary.
A couple of years later, he unexpectedly found love again with photographer Sarah Friedman. “Sarah encouraged me to talk about Joel, and it helped to get some of the sadness out of me. Before her, I felt like there was no tomorrow, but here I am, years later, happy and alive,” he said. Today, he and Sarah are married, and he’s continuing to make new music.
