Positively Naperville | The COVID Pivot
by Jim Elliott | June 17, 2026 When COVID shut down the world in 2020, nonprofits everywhere were forced to rethink everything. For Diveheart, a…
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Positively Naperville |Can a Ventilator-Dependent Person Scuba Dive?
by Jim Elliott | April 14, 2026 Muscular Dystrophy entered Matt Johnson’s life at an early age. It progressed to the point where Matt’s life…
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Positively Naperville | Want To Be in a Movie?
I believe there are no chance meetings and in July 2021 while conducting adaptive scuba training in Cozumel, Mexico, I was on a boat with…
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American Warrior Radio Mar 2026
Diveheart Foundation – Jim Elliott and Tinamarie Hernandez Diveheart Foundation Founder and President Jim Elliott, along with Executive Director Tinamarie Hernandez join American Warrior Radio to tell us more…
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Positively Naperville | Blind Skier Turns Diver Turns Actor
Blind Downhill Skier Turns Blind Scuba Diver Turns Actor in the Upcoming Film By Jim Elliott In the mid 1980’s I started guiding and teaching…
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Positively Naperville | No Arms, No Legs, No Worries.
Anna was born with no arms or legs. A term technically referred to as Tetra-amelia syndrome (TETAMS) is an extremely rare genetic disorder causing the…
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Positively Naperville | Birth of Scuba Therapy
I had no burning desire to learn how to scuba dive, but as a young journalism student at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn,…
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Positively Naperville | Chicago Bears Recognition After 40 Years
This year the Chicago Bears sent me something that I didn’t expect. You can imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I received a package…
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Positively Naperville | Mermaid Dreams Come True
What is your favorite place to scuba dive? Well, after decades of teaching scuba diving, that’s a question I get a lot. And believe it…
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Syed Abd Rahman of Malaysia to Be Inducted Into ISDHF in 2026
The International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (ISDHF), headquartered in the Cayman Islands, has announced that Malaysian diving pioneer Syed Abd Rahman will be inducted into its…