Webinar: Lifestyle Medicine - Therapy Without The Couch, by Simon Matthews

Mental and physical health are deeply interconnected, yet traditional mental health care often overlooks the power of lifestyle in fostering emotional well-being. This one-hour webinar explores how Lifestyle Medicine (LM) provides a practical, evidence-based framework to support mental health, offering strategies that have been shown to benefit mental health.

We’ll delve into the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine—nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, social connection, and substance reduction—and examine their role in preventing and managing the most common mental health conditions - anxiety, depression. Participants will gain insights into how lifestyle factors influence emotional resilience and overall mental well-being, while also addressing the real challenges that depression, anxiety, and fatigue present for behavior change.

Through a blend of scientific evidence and actionable strategies, this session will highlight how small, sustainable changes can create lasting improvements in mental health. We’ll discuss practical tools such as habit stacking, leveraging social support, and aligning health behaviors with personal values to enhance motivation and adherence.

Whether you’re a health professional, coach, or simply interested in optimizing mental well-being, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge and tools to use Lifestyle Medicine as a powerful complement to mental health care.

About the Speaker:

Simon Matthews, FACLM, FASLM, MHlthSci, DipIBLM, MAPS, NBC-HWC, PCC

Simon is a psychologist and leadership coach, with a particular interest in supporting leaders in healthcare. He is also a certified coaching mentor and supervisor. He is a Fellow of both the American College and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Simon is Board Certified in Health Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at Avondale University Lifestyle Medicine & Health Research Centre and is Lead Coach and faculty with Wellcoaches School of Coaching (US, Australia, Singapore, China).

In addition, Simon is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Instituto de Medicina de Estilo de Vida of Spain, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Romanian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi. He is a Director of the US not-for-profit Global Positive Health Institute.

Simon consults internationally in the areas of health coaching, behaviour change, social connection, positive psychology, and lifestyle medicine. When not working, Simon also loves talking about his other passions of travelling and cooking. He lives in Madrid, Spain.

Publications: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=s1LJIAMAAAAJ&hl=en