I'm Debbie Friend, the owner, founder, and facilitator of LifeCurrents.

As your personal health and wellness cheerleader, guide, and partner, I'll work with you to support your positive behavior changes and help you determine what the best course of action to take to live the best version of your life.

Where it all began...

While taking courses in anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology in college, I became fascinated and fell in love with how the human body functioned, moved, and had the ability to repair itself. This led me to pursue and earn my Master of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation.

As an exercise physiologist, I spent years counseling, educating, and training countless heart patients and healthy adults on how to develop, adopt, and practice sound dietary and exercise habits.

However, while professionally I was helping others excel at living their best lives, personally I was struggling big time. My plate was not only filled to the brim but was continuously overflowing from simultaneously raising my children, navigating a failing marriage, and dealing with close family members illnesses.

As the saying goes...When it rains, it pours...or in my case, it was non-stop monsoon season.

I knew that no matter how much I exercised and ate well, until I was able to manage my unrelenting stress, all the benefits of my healthy habits were being negated.

This led me to research, design, and implement practices that would address this quandary. On my quest to find the best and most effective stress-relieving techniques, I stumbled upon the practice of Laughter Yoga. I quickly discovered the many benefits of mirthful laughter, became a believer that laughter is phenomenal medicine, and trained to become a Laughter Yoga Leader.

Managing my own daily stressors while also refining and maintaining my healthy lifestyle routines and assisting countless others do the same led to the creation of LifeCurrents.

• Intrinsic Coach - Totally Coached, Inc.
• Laughter Yoga Leader - American School of Laughter Yoga
• Personal Trainer - American College of Sports Medicine
• Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) - City of Chicago
• Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) - State of Illinois
  

Today, LifeCurrents promotes wellness through our successful stress management, Laughter Yoga, healthy living sessions, and 1:1 health coaching.

Every program is unique, creative, and individually tailored to address each client's specific needs.

We look forward to helping you become the best version of yourself!

Learn more about LifeCurrents services here: Laughter Yoga  Healthy Living Presentations   1:1 Coaching