Meet Tavie
Hi, my name is Tavie Peters. I’m an Advanced Practice Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in Functional and Integrative Medicine. I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 2005. I have worked in critical care, post surgical and hospice settings as an RN. I received Master of Nursing degree in 2016 and worked in chronic/interventional pain management until 2018. In 2018, I moved to the Texas hill country and discovered Integrative and Functional Medicine. I have spent the last 5 years in Marble Falls, TX, working along side Dr. Amy Offutt. It was there, I discovered my love for balancing hormones and taking care of the patients with chronic complex illness like Lyme and CIRS.
I have trained with the Institute of Functional Medicine, School for Applied Functional Medicine and Functional Medicine Academy. I am certified through Functional Medicine Academy. I have also completed several advanced hormone replacement courses and trained in New York with Dr. Horowitz.
I am an active member of Texas Nurse Practitioners (TNP), International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), The American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Practitioners (ASKP3), and am strong supporter of The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC).
I believe that patients should have a choice in their healthcare decisions and a partnership with their provider to make the decisions that are best for them. I get joy from helping people regain the lives that they love. I live in Johnson City, Texas with my family and a menagerie of animals. I find solace with God, family, and living like someone left the gate open with my horses.
My mission for White Horse Holistic Health is to serve Christ by helping others. Having battled chronic illness and various trials myself, I know 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 to be true.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
Patient Testimonials
Tavie has changed my life! No one got my thyroid right until I started to see her! -Paige L.
After seeing Tavie for a year or so, my wife and I both realized that she is literally better than any family practice physician or NP we had ever seen! - Jeff K.
Tavie, You have been a wonderful provider to me. No one can replace you or fill your shoes. -Karen M.
My Story
I have always felt like traditional medicine was missing something, and that most problems were preventable. I was tired of being stuck in the “sick care, band aid, pill for an ill '' model. There had to be a better way! Working in pain management was humbling as very few patients ever got better. Most were stuck in a cycle of pain and despair with no clear way out. Opiates and injections helped very little and only temporarily. No one talked about food choices, meditation or mindset. We did not look into nutritional supplements or toxic burdens as a potential source for their pain. It was mostly a no-win situation with some small victories for a few patients. It was not until I started practicing integrative medicine that I learned that toxic exposure to things in everyday life can cause a chain reaction of chronic pain, inflammation, hormone disruption, insomnia, depression, anxiety and other strange symptoms.
I started to piece together my own symptoms, (extreme fatigue, chronic itching and skin pain, sensitivity to touch, joint and muscle pain, brain fog, trouble speaking, dehydration, stomach aches, mood swings, anxiety, hair loss, weight gain) to very low functioning adrenal glands, mismanaged thyroid, histamine intolerance, candida overgrowth, and mycotoxicity from exposure to various molds throughout my life, and significant hidden mold in our home! I had spent 15 years searching for answers to some of my symptoms and was given no answers because my labs were “normal.”
My healing journey began in 2020 using the tools that I was giving to my patients. My house was torn down to the studs, and I slept in a camper for months but slowly, my pain lessened and my symptoms started to improve. There will always be ongoing work to do but I feel better now in my forties than I ever have in my life!
I have learned self love, patience, the power of positivity and to trust God’s plan and the process. These things are critical and mandatory for healing. I firmly believe that God led me to do this type of work and allowed me to get sick to experience a failed system from the side of a patient so that I can be of better service to you.
Functional Medicine is not for the faint of heart for the practitioner or the patient. It is life changing work. Very rewarding work that makes sense! It is not taught in traditional programs and most all Functional Medicine Practitioners work within this framework because either they themselves or a family member was once sick with no answers from conventional medicine.
I fully believe that most disease is preventable and health is maintainable, despite what our current culture claims. Conventional medicine is useful and much needed for sick care. If I have a ruptured appendix, broken bone, or a heart blockage, I will be first in line at the hospital. My goal is to find the underlying cause of dysfunction and fix it so that you can get back to living and thriving in your life! I consider it an honor and privilege to serve you.
With humble thanks,
Tavie Peters
What is in a name?
I chose the name White Horse Holistic Health partially out of my deep love for equines, but more so because the white horse, unlike any other animal, represents rarity, purity, strength, courage, heroism, freedom, and triumph over evil. In all of mythology and Christianity, the white horse was the only creature qualified to carry a god figure. Kings rode their white horses to victory in battle. White Horse Holistic Health is your trusty steed to deliver you to better health.
