I Help High Achievers Stop Running on Empty.
Natalie Youssef, MPH — Performance & Health Coach
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 not another morning routine. 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. But what stayed with me wasn't the competition. It was what happened when I later led wilderness therapy expeditions and watched people transform simply by being taken out of their usual chaos and given space to reset.
That curiosity about how environment shapes resilience led me to study Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College and earn my Master of Public Health from George Washington University, where I focused on environmental health, social determinants of health, and community wellness design.
Before founding Thrive With You, I worked in public health research and policy, building systems-level solutions. But I kept coming back to the same question: How do we help individuals rebuild their own systems before they break?
What Actually Drives Change
What drives me now isn't just research or theory — it's people.
I work with high-achieving professionals who are brilliant at what they do but exhausted by how they're doing it. People who've tried everything and still feel like they're running on fumes.
My training in behavioral physiology, neuroscience, and public health gives me a specific lens — one that looks at your biology, your habits, and your environment as one interconnected system. Not separate problems to fix. One system to align.
We rebuild energy from the ground up — through nervous system regulation, sustainable habits, and rhythms that actually fit your real life.
This isn't about perfection or willpower. It's about alignment.
Because your health isn't just about what you eat or how you move. It's about how you live, how you work, and whether the systems around you support or quietly undermine you.
The Thrive With You Method™
My work is organized around three interconnected systems — because sustainable performance depends on all of them working together, not just one at a time.
This isn't about becoming a different person. It's about coming back to yourself with better tools.
Let’s Build Something Sustainable
You've already proven you can push through.
What if you didn't have to anymore?
If you're ready to understand what's actually driving your exhaustion — and build something that lasts — I'd love to talk.