Katherine Engels, NBC-HWC

Katie Engels is the Health & Wellness Coach at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Beacon Hill Primary Care Practice, the founder of Thrive Wellness Coaching, and she teaches Vinyasa yoga locally. Since 2018, Katie has focused on building a scalable and financially self-sustaining wellness coaching program embedded within primary care at MGH. 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 and wellness coach (NBC-HWC), holding coaching certifications through Wellcoaches and the Center for Coaching Certification. She has been working with coaching clients since she founded Thrive Wellness Coaching in 2014. Katie is also certified in whole food plant-based nutrition by the T. Colin Campbell Foundation at Cornell University. She studied Vinyasa yoga at Radiant Yoga Boston, and has been teaching yoga since 2016. Her classes weave the physical and philosophical aspects of yoga together with music to cultivate a warm and welcoming atmosphere for both beginner and experienced students. Katie is also certified in lifestyle medicine by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and in culinary medicine by The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. 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 family and friends, reading, cooking, being active outdoors and daily yoga practice. To learn more about her work and coaching style, visit the Thrive Wellness Coaching Blog.