Nathalie Simmons Jorge is the Co-Founder and CEO of Companion Health, an innovative medical practice that is redefining what modern healthcare can feel like: human, unhurried, science-driven, and deeply connected.
With more than 25 years of leadership across healthcare, technology, and education, Nathalie is a strategist, entrepreneur, and health innovator who bridges two worlds: the rigor of science and the real-life complexity of human behavior. She rebuilt her own family’s health through determination, curiosity, and the refusal to accept “this is just how it is,” and today she brings that same mindset to helping others reclaim their wellbeing.
Nathalie’s work focuses on the issues most people struggle with but rarely talk about openly, including midlife shifts in hormones and energy, burnout, brain fog, chronic stress, and the invisible load carried by high-achieving women. She designs wellbeing programs for companies like KPMG and partners with organizations to help leaders and teams build sustainable health from the inside out.
A graduate of the University of Virginia and UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, Nathalie has been recognized by The Charlotte Ledger’s 40 Over 40 and is a member of the CEO School Millionaire Founders Club. She co-founded Companion Health with her husband, Dr. Carlos Jorge, with one mission: put the human back in healthcare. Together, they are building a new model of medicine that blends primary care, functional medicine, and longevity science into a cohesive, integrity-led approach that puts people first and dollars second.
Nathalie brings clarity, hope, and straight talk to every room she enters. Her mission is simple: help people stop outsourcing their health and finally feel like themselves again.
What is a health coach?
As you’ve probably experienced firsthand, there is a lot of conflicting nutritional advice out there. It can be difficult to navigate all the mixed media messages, let alone the aisles of the grocery store.
- Is gluten good or bad for me?
- What about dairy?
- Should I go keto?
- I eat a low-fat diet, so I’m good, right?
- Vegan?
At Companion Health, our health coaches are trained in over 100 different dietary theories, so they can help guide you to figure out which foods work best for you.
There’s no one-size-fits all diet because all our bodies are different. Plus, what works for you one day may not work for you the next. Our bodies are always changing, so our nutritional requirements change over time too. Our health coaches work with you one-on-one to determine which foods best support your body’s unique needs.
And although the food on our plate is definitely important to achieving optimal health – yes, we all need to drink lots of water and eat lots of fruits & veggies – there are other things in our lives that nourish us, including our:
- Relationships
- Careers
- Physical activity
- Spirituality
When any of these areas are out of whack, our bodies let us know in all kinds of ways. Stress and poor sleep can be particularly problematic.
The role of a health coach is complementary to your doctor’s role in helping you live your best life by working with you on the things that nourish you both on and off the plate.
At Companion Health, our doctors and health coaches work hand-in-hand to help guide you on a transformative health journey.