Health and Well-being Coaching Research and Resources
FEATURED: Health and Wellness Coaching Research Compendia
Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2023 Addendum, Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 2025
Addendum to Compendium of the Health & Wellness Coaching Literature, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2019
Compendium of the Health and Wellness Coaching Literature, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2017
A Systematic Review of the Literature on Health and Wellness Coaching, GAHM, July 2013
Health and Well-Being Coaching Adjuvant to GLP-1 Induced Weight Loss, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2024
Lessons Learned from the Wellness Coaching Profession. The Path to Healthcare Recognition, ACSM Health and Fitness Journal, 2024
Health & Wellness Coaching Services: Making the Case for Reimbursement, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2024. Clinical evidence for using insurance codes.
Ground Zero in Lifestyle Medicine: Changing Mindsets to Change Behavior, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2023
A Coach Approach to Facilitating Behavior Change, Journal of Family Practice, 2022
Dosing of Health and Wellness Coaching for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Research Synthesis to Derive Recommendations, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2022
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Networking
Stay informed and connect with partner organizations.
Leadership Coaching
Support leaders in health care organizations to create a culture of coaching.
Physician Coaching
Taking care of our health care leaders with coaching.
Mayo Clinic Proceeding study defining physician coaching competencies (contributions by Wellcoaches CEO, Margaret Moore)
JAMA Network Open: Physician Coaching by Professionally Trained Peers for Burnout and Well-Being
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology: Coaching for primary care physician well-being: A randomized trial and follow-up analysis
NEJM: Coaching to Enhance Individual Well-being, Foster Teamwork, Improve the Health Care System
Coach Meg Blog: Physician Well-being: Despairing to Coaching to Gratitude
Residents and Medical Students
Medical education is transforming with the the introduction of coaching into its curriculum.
AMA Faculty handbook for coaching in medical education (academic coaching)
Harvard Medical School – residency coaching program
Coaching & Lifestyle Medicine
Discover how health coaching complements lifestyle medicine.
Defining Culinary Medicine: A Call for Consensus on Competencies to Improve Nutrition, Nutrients, 2025
Webinar: Coaching & Lifestyle Medicine: Marriage made in Health (password - CoachLM)
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The Lifestyle Medicine Team: Health Care That Delivers Value. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2018. Abstract.​
Patient Coaching
Read more about the application of coaching.
Wolters Kluwer: Wellcoaches Coaching Psychology Manual
Compendium of Health & Wellness Coaching Literature, (2017) American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching –nbhwc.org
Coach Meg video on path to national standards
AMA Guidelines for health coaching in primary care
Coaching in Healthcare
Applying coaching in primary care and other medical settings.
Health and Well-Being Coaching Adjuvant to GLP-1 Induced Weight Loss, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2024
Supporting Sustainable Health Behavior Change: The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2024
Coaching in Healthcare, Chapter 29, The SAGE Handbook of Coaching
Institute of Coaching (IOC) –www.instituteofcoaching.org
Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare Conference, Harvard Medical School
Organize Your Mind for the Operating Room, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons keynote
Coach Meg Blog: Coaching in healthcare…it’s turtles all the way down