Natalie Youssef, MPH, NBC-HWC

A Coach with a Public Health Lens

I'm Natalie — a performance and health coach who built a career at the intersection of science and human behavior because I kept asking the same question:

Why do capable, driven people keep burning out — even when they know better?

The answer isn't more willpower. It's understanding the deeper patterns — biological, behavioral, and environmental — that are quietly running the show.

That's what I help people uncover. And change.

How I Got Here

I grew up as a competitive freestyle skier — eventually making it to the Junior Olympics. What stayed with me wasn't the competition. It was what I learned later, leading wilderness therapy expeditions, watching people transform simply by being removed from their usual chaos and given space to reset.

That curiosity about how environment shapes human performance led me to study Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College and earn my Master of Public Health from George Washington University — focused on environmental health, behavioral science, and the systems that shape how people live and function.

Before founding Thrive With You, I worked in public health research and policy. But I kept coming back to the same question: how do we help individuals rebuild their own systems before they break?

Coaching is my answer.

What Actually Drives Change

I work with high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs — people who are capable, driven, and hitting a wall they can't think their way out of.

Sometimes it's a career transition or identity shift. Sometimes it's performing at a high level but running on empty. Sometimes it's knowing exactly what to do and still not doing it.

In every case, the work is the same: look honestly at what's driving the pattern — your biology, your habits, your environment as one connected system — and build something that works with your life, not against it.

My background in behavioral physiology, neuroscience, and public health gives me a lens most coaches don't have. This isn't wellness advice. It's systems-level change.

Let’s Build Something Sustainable

If you've landed here, something already told you it's time.

Not time to push harder. Time to understand what's actually been driving the pattern — and build something that lasts.