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, Lifestyle Medicine and Hypnotherapy. 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 Head of Health Coaching and Psychology for Morrow Health in Singapore, and a Director of the US not-for-profit Global Positive Health Institute. Simon consults internationally in the areas of lifestyle medicine, health coaching, behaviour change, social connection and positive psychology. When not working, Simon also loves talking about his other passions of travelling and cooking. He lives in Madrid, Spain.
Simon is currently completing his PhD at Avondale University on the topic 'Implementation of a Lifestyle Medicine intervention for mental health in primary care settings: Examining acceptability, facilitators and barriers to service delivery'.
Morton, D. P., Renfrew, M., & Matthews S. (2024). The American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s offering of a mental health and wellbeing program (The Lift Project) to its members – Caring for the carers. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 18(5), 671-680. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276231178762
Matthews, S. (2023). Nudging as a support for behavioral change in lifestyle medicine. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 17 (6), 775-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276221103476
Matthews, S. (2023). Lifestyle medicine and health coaching - a perfect marriage? Lifestyle Medicine Research & Reviews, 1(1), 32-34. https://doi.org/10.37897/LMRR.2023.1.5
Lianov, L. S., Adamson, K., Kelly, J. H., Matthews, S., Palma, M., & Rea, B. L. (2022). Lifestyle medicine core competencies: 2022 update. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 16(6), 734-739. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276221121580
Matthews, S. (2020). Health coaching as an intervention for picky eaters. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 14(6), 606-611. doi: 10.1177/1559827620943821
Matthews, S., Morton, D., & Rankin, P. (2022). The ACLM lift project - Caring for the carers [Conference presentation abstract]. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 17(1_suppl), 74. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276221128370
Renfrew, M., Morton, D., & Rankin, P. (2022). A localized lifestyle medicine initiative targeting mental health [Conference presentation abstract]. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 17(1_suppl), 75. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276221128370
Matthews, S., & Morton, D. (Host). (2022, March 6). Stephan Herzog: Player (No. 5) [Audio podcast episode]. In Leaders in Lifestyle Medicine. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/podcast/stephan-herzog-player/
Matthews, S., & Morton, D. (Host). (2022, February 27). Jessica Matthews: Integrative health educator (No. 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In Leaders in Lifestyle Medicine. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/podcast/jessica-matthews-integrative-health-educator/
Matthews, S., & Morton, D. (Host). (2022, February 20). Garry Egger: Pioneer (No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Leaders in Lifestyle Medicine. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/podcast/garry-egger-pioneer/
Matthews, S. & Morton, D. (Host). (2022, February 13). Meet Liana Lianov (No. 2) [Audio podcast episode]. In Leaders in Lifestyle Medicine. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/podcast/meet-liana-lianov/
Matthews, S. & Morton, D. (Host). (2022, February 1). Who are Simon Matthews and Darren Morton? (No. 1) [Audio podcast episode]. In Leaders in Lifestyle Medicine. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/podcast/who-are-simon-matthews-and-darren-morton/
