The Portrait

Christie Jordan, a native of Seoul, South Korea, who has lived in the Chicago area for the last four decades, began meditating in the early ‘90s—a personal practice that would ultimately lead to a profession. “I started meditating to access a greater peace within myself when I was in inner turmoil. The process of going

Growing up in Portugal, Tiago Campos Rodrigues spent his weekdays in Lisbon but headed for the beaches and hills of Grândola on the weekends. His work would end up taking him all over the world, landing him in Lake Forest in 2016. While our city on the Lake Michigan shore is a bit different than

Maureen Bennett’s life, so far, has been one of happy accidents and fateful encounters. Growing up in a close family in Peoria with two sisters and one brother, she might have never imagined that she’d someday end up living in Lake Forest happily married to a sweaty stranger she would meet at a Chicago 5K.

When Emily Krall moved away from her native Lake Forest to go to college and start her life, she always knew she’d find her way back to the area. “So many people share the same love of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff and it really adds to the welcoming nature of this extended community,” says