National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach
Owner of Thrive Wellness Coaching
Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
Katie Engels is the Health & Wellness Coach at the MGH Ambulatory Practice of the Future (APF), the founder of Thrive Wellness Coaching, and she teaches Vinyasa yoga locally. Since June of 2018, Katie has focused on building a scalable and financially self-sustaining Health & Wellness Coaching Program embedded within primary care at the APF, and in this capacity she has expanded the program to include an ongoing roster of 125 coaching participants. As a member of MGH’s Division of Internal Medicine Healthy Lifestyle Program, her work also involves establishing the practice of healthy lifestyle as the standard of care for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.
Katie is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). She holds coaching certifications through Wellcoaches and the Center for Coaching Certification, and she has been working with coaching clients since she founded Thrive Wellness Coaching in 2014. Katie is also certified in whole-food plant-based (WFPB) nutrition by the T. Colin Campbell Foundation at Cornell University, and has personally followed a WFPB lifestyle for eight years. She studied Vinyasa yoga at Radiant Yoga Boston to complete teacher training, and she has been teaching yoga since 2016. Her yoga classes weave yoga philosophy and music along with asana (the physical practice of yoga) to cultivate a warm and welcoming atmosphere for both beginner-level and more experienced students. Prior to starting her wellness coaching business, Katie spent ten years in marketing and project management in the financial services industry. She holds a B.A. in English from Boston College.
Katie’s personal wellness formula involves helping others pursue lasting lifestyle change, spending time with her family and friends, reading, cooking, hiking, skiing, swimming, and daily yoga practice. To learn more about Health & Wellness Coaching visit her coaching blog.