About BeWell IT

Bringing researched wellbeing to everyone

BeWell IT was founded to make research-grade wellbeing programmes accessible to everyone.

BeWell IT Limited is a boutique company founded by Stephan Schoenig, registered in England and Wales (Company No: 16095961). We design and build digital platforms that help healthcare professionals, researchers, and wellbeing practitioners deliver evidence-based wellbeing programmes at scale.

Our Journey

Key Milestones

2018
Mindful Brian launched
The first BeWell IT product goes live, bringing guided mindfulness practices to mobile devices.
2020
MSc Mindfulness completed (Bangor University)
Founder Stephan Schoenig completes the MSc in Mindfulness-Based Approaches at Bangor University. His research study achieves top-quartile usability (86/100) and usefulness (94/100) ratings, validating the platform's evidence-based approach.
2023
UCSF partnership begins
Strategic partnership formed with Dr Carter Lebares at the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. Work begins on a custom BeWell Catalyst app for Enhanced Stress Resilience Training.
2024
BeWell IT Limited incorporated
Company registered in England and Wales (Company No: 16095961), formalising the business behind the platform.
2024
BeWell Catalyst platform developed
A white-label, multi-tenant platform enabling organisations to launch their own branded wellbeing applications.
2025
ESRT StrongMind launched
A custom app on the BeWell Catalyst platform, delivering Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery.
2025
1,000+ users across all platforms
Mindful Brian and ESRT StrongMind collectively reach over 1,000 registered users spanning healthcare, education, and independent practice.
2026
Platform opens to wellbeing practitioners worldwide
Wellbeing practitioners worldwide can now use BeWell Catalyst to deliver their own evidence-based programmes, from independent practitioners to university research teams.

Founder

The Person Behind the Platform

Stephan Schoenig

Stephan Schoenig

Founder & Principal

When Stephan trained as a mindfulness teacher, his participants wanted their course content in an app. The problem was, no fit-for-purpose platform existed to digitalise an evidence-based programme without compromising its integrity. With over 30 years in IT, including enterprise leadership roles at Shell, and a deep personal mindfulness practice, he was unusually well placed to build one.

Since 2018, the BeWell Catalyst platform has supported healthcare professionals and wellbeing practitioners across multiple institutions, powering programmes including ESRT from UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. The platform handles everything from participant engagement to research-grade data collection, so practitioners can focus on teaching rather than technology.

Stephan holds an MEng in Computer Science and an MSc in Mindfulness-Based Approaches, and regularly presents at international conferences and runs workshops on digitalising wellbeing delivery.

Conferences & Workshops

Speaking Engagements

Upcoming

WellMed 6 Greece, May 2026

Workshop: "Creating Wellbeing Ripples: From Personal Practice to Organisational Impact through AI-Enhanced Interventions"

Past

Improving Wellbeing, Teamwork and Resilience at Work Wales, October 2025 ~100 participants

Workshop: "Scaling Digital Wellbeing: From Personal Practice to Team Transformation." National Endoscopy Programme

International Conference on Mindfulness – Asia Pacific (ICMAP) 2025 Hong Kong, July 2025 300+ participants from 28 countries

Oral presentation: "From Mindful Brian to BeWell Catalyst"

WellMed 5 Greece, November 2024 ~40 participants

Workshop: "Enhancing Healthcare Provider Resilience through Digital Mindfulness"

International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM) 2024 Bangor, Wales, August 2024 300+ in-person, 1,000+ including online

Poster: "Enhancing Mindfulness Teaching and Research with the Mindful Brian App: A Grassroots Approach"

Interested in a workshop on digitalising wellbeing delivery or AI-enhanced interventions?

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Strategic Partners

Working Together

Dr Carter Lebares

Dr Carter Lebares, MD

Strategic Partner

Programme Development

Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF and Director of the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. Dr Lebares' research focuses on stress and resilience in surgeons and the development of evidence-based interventions to promote surgeon wellbeing. She created Enhanced Stress Resilience Training (ESRT), and her programme is delivered through ESRT StrongMind — a custom app on the BeWell Catalyst platform. She is a member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators and Vice-Chair of the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Surgeon Wellbeing. carterlebares.org

Rebecca Maine

Dr Rebecca Maine, MD, MPH, FACS

Strategic Partner

Clinical Implementation

Dr Maine is a trauma surgeon, professional coach, and implementation scientist. She is also an Enhanced Stress Resilience Training coach, which gives her a practical understanding of what works when delivering wellbeing interventions in high-stress healthcare settings. Her research covers global surgery, outcomes research, healthcare technology implementation, and quality improvement, including early work in mobile health platforms. At BeWell IT, she advises on platform strategy for healthcare, helping to make sure the technology serves the people who actually use it.

Dr Veronica Sullins

Dr Veronica Sullins, MD, FACS

Strategic Partner

Institutional Expansion

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Physician Wellness Officer for the UCLA Department of Surgery, and Co-Founder and Director of the UCSF | UCLA Wellbeing in Surgery (WISe) Collaborative. Dr Sullins has been the Principal Investigator on Enhanced Stress Resilience Training research at UCLA since 2020, studying the impact of ESRT on mental health, stress, and performance in resident physicians. She serves on the American College of Surgeons' Surgeon Well-being Committee and the American Pediatric Surgical Association's Wellness Committee. At BeWell IT, she partners on expanding evidence-based wellbeing interventions across academic medical centres, with ESRT StrongMind now deployed at UCLA through her research programme.

Advisory Board

Our Advisors

Deepti Behl

Deepti Behl

Advisory Board

Sales and technology leader at Shell, where she has built and scaled new business lines across multiple international markets.

Nick Loizos

Nick Loizos

Advisory Board

Certified executive coach with EMCC and Insights Discovery Practitioner credentials.

Gill Johnson

Gill Johnson

Advisory Board

Mindfulness teacher and mentor with qualifications in MBSR, MBCT, MiSP, and MBCT-L, and a background in Oxford Mindfulness.

Gayatri Abbott

Gayatri Abbott

Advisory Board

Innovation leader at Shell with over 20 years of experience turning data and AI capabilities into commercially viable products and services.

Urban Nilsson

Urban Nilsson

Advisory Board

VP at Vivicta and enterprise architect specialising in large-scale technology systems.

Last updated: 25 March 2026