Can peer coaching improve resilience and wellness in high stress individuals?⁣ ⁣ In an 8-month pilot study using 11 graduate students, researchers Rebecca Fried et al. evaluated how peer mentorship combined with motivational interviewing could impact the lives of coachees. Citing a 2018 study by Evans et al., the researchers want to assist the highly stressed population of graduate students, who report experiencing anxiety and stress at six times the rate of the general population. ⁣ ⁣ As an intervention, the researchers used Motivational Interviewing (MI) via Co-Active Life Coaching (CALC), which the they define as a “theoretically-grounded, collaborative type of coaching wherein the coach and client are seen as equals who function as a team to resolve issues upon which the client chooses to focus.” ⁣ ⁣ With the structure of MI via CALC, Fried et al. hypothesized that individuals will experience less anxiety and increased resilience. Over the duration of the 8-month study, participant...