Program Overview

Lifestyle medicine has become a powerful tool in the fight against chronic diseases, driving a surge in demand for health and wellness coaching. As new developments in health and well-being emerge, wellness professionals need to stay ahead and provide the most effective guidance for their clients.

The Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching program is designed to equip you with practical skills and frameworks to help wellness clients make informed lifestyle changes tailored to their needs and guide them on their journey to holistic health. A cutting-edge curriculum, professional resources, and expert instruction from Harvard Medical School faculty will elevate your coaching skills and empower you to help others adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.

Curriculum

The Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching program is designed for health coaches, health care professionals, and those seeking to improve their personal health and well-being. During the program, you will:

  • Explore the Foundational Lifestyle Pyramid — an exclusive framework developed by Dr. Beth Frates, a pioneer in lifestyle medicine and an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School — through a set of practical tools, exercises, and activities.
  • Incorporate the most recent research and the six pillars of lifestyle medicine into your coaching practice so that you can empower individuals compassionately and effectively to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. 
  • Acquire the tools to build a level of rapport that enables you to support clients even in challenging circumstances. 
  • Learn how to empower clients to navigate disruptive life events so that they can learn to maintain healthy living patterns even in the face of stress.
  • Gain valuable insights into encouraging resilience and building and restoring client rapport through interviews with subject-matter experts.
  • Access valuable resources to navigate the changing wellness landscape, and create a lifestyle coaching journal that outlines how you will integrate key techniques into your practice.
Beth Frates.

Elizabeth “Beth” Frates, MD, Program Director

Full Bio

Module 1: Using Lifestyle Coaching to Prevent, Treat, and Put Chronic Conditions into Remission

Learn how to effectively and compassionately communicate with others about the pillars of a healthy lifestyle and how maintaining healthy behaviors can prevent, manage, and even reverse chronic illnesses.

Module 2: Building and Sustaining Rapport as the Foundation of Lifestyle Coaching

Discover how building rapport and working with strengths allow coaches to build connections, develop trust, and create safe and productive coaching environments.

Module 3: Coaching While Addressing the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine

Discover coaching techniques and frameworks that facilitate deep connections and help coaches guide their clients in adopting behavior changes and developing self-compassion when they face challenges.

Module 4: The Power of Resilience: The Secret to Adopting and Sustaining Healthy Lifestyle Patterns

Learn about the power of positive psychology and how coaches can use it to foster resilience in their clients, allowing them to overcome obstacles and thrive even in the face of adversity.

Module 5: Key Coaching Concepts, Part 1

Identify clients’ readiness to change and utilize behavior modification strategies related to exercise and nutrition.

Module 6: Key Coaching Concepts, Part 2

Apply behavior modification techniques related to sleep, stress, social connections, and risky substances, and examine the concept of a personal lifestyle pyramid.

 

This Harvard Medical School Executive Education program is taught by HMS faculty and is promoted by Emeritus. Emeritus is responsible for advertising, marketing, registration, and collecting payment.

Questions?

Contact one of our program advisors at learner.success@emeritus.org.

Teaching Team

Elizabeth Frates.

Elizabeth Frates, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Director of Wellness Programming, Stroke Institute for Research and Recovery, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Guest Speakers

Robert Brooks, PhD
Clinical Psychologist; Former Director of Department of Psychology,
McLean Hospital

Stelios Kiosses, MS, GMBPsS, BACP
Clinical Lead and Psychotherapist; Dissertation Supervisor
University of Oxford

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