<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wellcoaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Well: News and Nourishment]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:18:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[        Cooking as Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blog by Gary Sforzo and Margaret Moore with Claude AI For years, health and well-being coaches have known something that mainstream medicine is only beginning to fully embrace, behavior change is the engine of lasting health transformation. A new study published in Obesity - a highly respected journal - offers compelling, rigorous evidence that combining culinary skills training with health coaching principles produces meaningful, sustained weight loss over a full year. And it does so...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/cooking-as-medicine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c612</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_41a8fb4c3e0746eba577288e89e692ce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your New AI Coach Assistant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are a few of the ways that your new AI Coach Assistant can boost your efficacy as a coach! Analyze an assessment, screener or inventory and help you consider the results. Analyze a coaching session and get feedback on your skills. Learn more about coaching tools and receive guidance on how to utilize them. Check for potential risks, human harm and ethical responsibilities. Get different perspectives about an issue. Download conversations. Utilize the History Tab for downloading and...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/your-new-ai-coach-assistant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6c8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:16:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/9a6648_83da57e03b3848ff8065b41111c4d451/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality Belong at the Heart of Coaching — and Lifestyle Medicine Is Finally Catching Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[A landmark paper in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine argues that what coaches have always known is now a clinical imperative For twenty-five years, Wellcoaches has trained health and wellness coaches to start where the client is — not with a diagnosis or a diet plan, but with what matters most to them. What gives their life direction? What they’re willing to fight for when motivation fades, and old habits reassert themselves. Now, a sweeping new supplement published in the American...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/why-meaning-purpose-and-spirituality-belong-at-the-heart-of-coaching-and-lifestyle-medicine-is-f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c60e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:32:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching Graduates]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching Graduate Spotlight ~~ Theresa A. Stone, MD  shares both her experience implementing the training she received from the CHEF Coaching Program and patients success stories. May 2021.  Learn and Listen . “Thank you, Rani, Sara, Shirley, Jane, and the entire CHEF crew! The tools that I learned in the CHEF Coaching Program equipped me to bridge the gap between nutritional knowledge and patient self-care empowerment. I enjoy sharing whole food recipes and cooking tips with my...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/chef-coaching-graduates</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6c3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:50:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92FEyrh3G0&amp;feature=youtu.be" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching Faculty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karla Arancibia, MD, MPH CHEF Coaching Faculty Karla Arancibia is a lifestyle medicine physician and health and wellness and culinary coach providing services in Latin America, Europe and the United States. She is the co-founder of the Latin American Lifestyle Medicine Association (LALMA). She is a graduate of the CHEF Coaching program and is co-founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinics in Latin America and owns her own health and wellness coaching practice Healthview Lifestyle Institute in...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/chef-coaching-faculty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c62d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_fa388c8bc8f6442fa54648fb335daa3c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_992,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching in the Press]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching Articles Spice up Your Cooking to Cut Down on Salt  - Harvard Hart Letter  Culinary Medicine: A Recipe for Better Health  - US News &#38; World Report  Your new Rx for patients health: a good home-cooked meal  - American Medical Association  Culinary Medicine: A Prescription for Healthier Eating - Scientific American Practice Culinary Medicine in Your Own Kitchen  - Heraldtribune Beans: tools to improve health  – Vascular Medicine  Chef coaching – Joslin Diabetic Center Blog CHEF...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/chef-coaching-in-the-press</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c602</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:25:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_06fa01d1ad5b45a4bb20b963fbc2911b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_838,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sample Timeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a sample timeline, assuming the student begins in a January cohort. Please note we launch cohorts every month, so the timeline would adjust accordingly.]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/sample-timeline</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c5f9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:56:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culinary Coaching Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patient Outcomes Explore selected studies on the impact of culinary coaching interventions across various patient populations and their potential to improve outcomes. Innovation in Diabetes Care: Improving Consumption of Healthy Food Through a “Chef Coaching” Program: A Case Report A case report describing the outcomes of the first culinary coaching program, delivered in 2014.  We concluded that a culinary coaching program could help people with diabetes improve their culinary skills,...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/chef-coaching-research</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c622</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:07:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_9d3042f7e031449eaabdeea7dde30032~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culinary Medicine Resources]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHEF  Coaching Newsletters   Winter 2019   Spring 2019 *  Summer 2019 *  Fall 2019    Winter 2020   Spring 2020 *  Fall 2020 *  Winter 2020 *  February 2021 *  June 2021 *  September 2021 *  December 2021 *  March 2022 *  June 2022 *Resources Curated by CHEF Coaching Faculty Recipe Library Recipes - Vegan Eatingwell Wholefoods Recipes Foodnetwork Diabetes-recipes Cookinglight Myrecipes Allrecipes Chopchop Dr-Gourmet Recipes - Jamie Oliver Recipes - BBC Anne &#38; Katie Medichefs Culinary Skills...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/culinary-medicine-resources</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c634</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:04:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_8eb61bb46b574e0a90874b37f44ebb96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[About CHEF Coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHEF Coaching Faculty Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching is a two-part evidence-based program focused on culinary coaching—an innovative telemedicine approach to improve nutrition through culinary training, combined with health coaching principles. Complete our two-part program and earn a “Certificate of Completion in Culinary Coaching” from Wellcoaches School of Coaching Part 1 – CHEF Coaching the Basics (skill-based culinary coaching classes) Part 2 – CHEF Coaching...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/culinary-health-education-fundamentals-chef-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:39:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/689dc6_d353824721324f2ab2a393208aa86981/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating our Wellcoaches' Community success at LM2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Left to right, Simon Matthews, Susan Benigas, and Dean Ornish Felicitations to the 2025 ACLM Fellows ! A special hurrah to the Wellcoaches community members amongst them!: Qadira Ali, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FACLM , Deborah Chielli, MSN, APRN, AGNP-C, FACLM , Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, MSCP , Sarah-Ann Keyes, EdD, PA-C, DipACLM, FACLM , Simran Malhotra, MD, DipABLM, CHWC, FACLM , and Shanna Mello, EdD, MS, DipACLM, FACLM . Congratulations to UNT Health Fort Worth, Debbie Gillespie , &#38; Misti...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/celebrating-our-wellcoaches-community-success-at-lm2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c617</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_a6c49ccbc13d4f92879b58a76e209d55~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polypharmacy: Scope of Practice and Role for Health &#38; Well-being Coaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Polypharmacy is defined , usually though not formally, as regular, concurrent use of five or more medications. Meeting this definition is relatively easy for older adults who, on average, take four daily medications.  15% of older adults are taking eight or more meds!  This is not a problem confined to those over 65. The young and middle-aged often take prescription medicines to treat depression, pain-remediation, risk factor mitigation, and disease control.  We can easily imagine a patient...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/polypharmacy-scope-of-practice-and-role-for-health-well-being-coaches</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6d4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_635612e69a684adf8c47022bed270b88~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence in Coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Curiosity, Concern ,  or Contribution? Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a distant or merely possible concept in the coaching world. It is here. Now. AI in Coaching: Here and Now Over the past few years, discussions about AI in coaching have broadened and deepened. The questions being asked about AI reflect the same level of concern about any new technology which might upend the status quo: Will it remove value from a practice built on empathy and human connection? Will it compromise the...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/artificial-intelligence-in-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c632</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_aa4cb03bbe3241c091fda054cf6088fc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Become a Certified Health and Well-being Coach (Sept 2025 forward)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For students enrolled in cohorts beginning September 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/become-a-certified-health-and-well-being-coach-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6d1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:15:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9a6648_2748ee5aab6f4a71affa281e87bfa55b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wellcoaches and INTERVENT form Strategic Partnership ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wellcoaches and INTERVENT form Strategic Partnership to Provide an Unmatched Coaching Solution for Medical Practices Wellesley, MA (May...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/wellcoaches-and-intervent-form-strategic-partnership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c627</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 19:17:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9a6648_5f98e6fb88474290a378ccb749c13fee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_254,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2023 Addendum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine recently published “ Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: Addendum 2023 .”  ...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/compendium-of-health-and-wellness-coaching-2023-addendum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c5ea</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 17:25:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_b82a0d6545404c65a6540201c2e85e80~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Coaching Tool – The Well-being Coaching Inventory]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The Well-being Coaching Inventory (WCI): Questionnaire Development and Validation” was published on Feb 20, 2025 in The American Journal...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/a-new-coaching-tool-the-well-being-coaching-inventory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c5ef</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:20:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_f0dfd453e3c34c6ca19830cb77e49147~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health &#38; Well-being Coaches Thrive as Entrepreneurs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coaches understand the value of autonomy. They thrive on the freedom to chart their own path, enjoying the flexibility to work when and...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/health-well-being-coaches-thrive-as-entrepreneurs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6a3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:49:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9a6648_5562b3033e3b4b69b2c7ec46b8430c24~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Become a Certified Health and Well-being Coach]]></title><description><![CDATA[For students enrolled in cohorts beginning April 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/become-a-certified-health-and-well-being-coach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474d475a031e2939c6b7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:15:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9a6648_2748ee5aab6f4a71affa281e87bfa55b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s (anti-obesity meds) with Health and Well-being Coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[On November 19, 2024 the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM) published “Health and Well-Being Coaching Adjuvant to GLP-1...]]></description><link>https://www.wellcoachesnewsletter.net/post/glp-1s-anti-obesity-meds-with-health-and-well-being-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b474c475a031e2939c5e2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/689dc6_f23176a9824d41a7b120ceb4dd7b2729~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_844,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>