Profile: Breast Friends Break Down Boundaries

By Susan Regier

Your Breast Friends for Health is London, Ontario’s only integrated approach to complementary health therapies for women including hormonal balance and breast health, cleansing and detoxifying, nutrition, weight loss, homeopathic medicine, natural skin care products and treatments. Five local health care professionals, who advocate a drug-free approach to breast and hormonal health, work together from the Thermography Clinic, 140 Oxford St. East, Suite 309, London.

Co-founders Patricia Kennedy and Rebecca Liston coined the term “Breast Friends” while speaking to a group of women about breast health…and the term stuck. They both had a dream of creating a place where women would be comfortable and to remove redundancies from seeking help with various practitioners.

“Our vision was to form a centre where women could put together as many pieces of their health puzzle as possible,” said Liston. “We wanted one location that connected various modalities of alternative health.”

Because of their medical backgrounds – Kennedy, a registered nurse and Director of Clinical Services at Thermography Clinic London, and Liston, a homeopathic physician and ultrasound technologist who operates a general family clinic – they support both natural and mainstream medicine…and the freedom to choose the best approach for each individual.

“We’re here to educate and support women in what often can be a stressful time in their lives,” said Kennedy. “Every woman needs a Breast Friend – someone she can trust to answer her most intimate questions and for support and empowerment to make the choice that best suits her wellness needs.”

Other practitioners include Melissa Henderson, registered massage therapist; Donna Costa, a registered homeopath, nutritional consultant, and Laughter Yoga teacher; and Lynda Carlson, a certified aesthetician, anti-aging specialist, and reiki master.

The team from Your Breast Friends for Health can be heard on Radio Western CHRW 94.9FM’s weekly Holistic Health Hour where they openly discuss butts, boobs, nutrition, libido, and other hot topics that women really do want to talk about. For more information, visit their Web site at www.breastfriendsforhealth.com.


Susan Regier is the publisher of www.NetworkingToday.ca, London’s online business resource, and head writer of Vantage One Writing, a professional writing service for businesses. 519.471.8726 Email: susan@vantageone.ca Web site: www.vantageone.ca

Published in Networking Today April 2008