About Us

A Sanctuary For Your Natural Healing

To empower people to restore their health, through a balanced approach. 

Balanced Health Functional Medicine is dedicated to empowering individuals to restore their health through a realistic and balanced approach. Rather than relying solely on medications or extreme diets, the practice focuses on both physical and mental health as interconnected. Each care plan is personalized, emphasizing sustainable solutions, patient education, and long-term wellness to help individuals achieve optimal, balanced health.

Meet the Team

Specialties:

Alyssa Vest, FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner

Alyssa is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a lifelong passion for health and wellness, bringing a comprehensive, patient-centered approach to healthcare. She is a Certified Practitioner through The Institute for Functional Medicine and a Certified Healthy Gut Practitioner through The Microbiome Restoration Center, with specialized training in applying the functional medicine approach to gastrointestinal disorders. She has also completed advanced training through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, furthering her expertise in preventive and integrative healthcare and certification in peptide prescribing.

Alyssa’s philosophy centers on identifying and addressing the root causes of symptoms rather than simply managing them. She promotes optimal health through evidence-based lifestyle modifications, nutritional guidance, and highly individualized care plans tailored to each patient’s unique needs and circumstances. While prescriptions may be warranted in certain instances, she believes they should rarely be the first-line approach; instead, she focuses on supporting the body’s natural healing capabilities.

What sets Alyssa apart is her commitment to creating a therapeutic partnership with every patient she sees. It’s important that her patients feel heard and validated. “Your health journey is unique. You know your body better than anyone else, so what you have to say is one of the most important things to bring to the appointment. My goal is to listen, hear you, and apply my education and experience while we work together to balance your health.”

This collaborative approach, combined with her extensive functional medicine training, allows Alyssa to provide comprehensive care that addresses not just symptoms but the whole person.

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Tiffani Pierson, FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner

Tiffani Pierson, FNP-C, is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a deep commitment to root cause care, functional medicine, and a multidimensional approach that honors the body, mind, and spirit. Her work is grounded in returning to our biology and understanding how the body is designed to function, focusing on identifying underlying patterns rather than simply managing symptoms. As a mother and fierce advocate for empowering people with medical knowledge, Tiffani brings warmth, curiosity, and joy to her work.

With a special focus on nervous system health, she views regulation as the foundation for healing. Tiffani integrates care that supports circadian rhythm, addresses mineral deficiencies, reduces toxic and physiologic burden, and restores cellular resilience. Her approach blends functional medicine with lifestyle, environmental, and mind-body strategies to help the body regain its natural capacity for balance, repair, and vitality.

Tiffani offers a personalized framework known as the CALMER Method, guiding patients through calming the nervous system, assessing total burden, lightening the load, mending deficiencies, and embodying sustainable practices. This process is revisited intuitively over time to support lasting, meaningful change.She is dedicated to creating a space where patients feel heard, respected, and empowered, and she loves educating people on their own biology so they can understand their body, trust its signals, and actively participate in their healing journey. Tiffani’s passion is helping people, including pediatrics, women, and men, restore balance, vitality, and resilience, whether in-person or virtually.

Specialties:

Emalee Vest

office Assistance

Emalee is excited to work with the Balanced Health FM community and genuinely enjoys meeting new people and helping them get the answers they need. Her enthusiasm for connecting with patients is evident in every interaction.

Outside of the office, Emalee’s favorite pastimes include spending time with her cats, Montee and Skittles, and with her friends and family. She enjoys a good cup of chai tea, relaxing in her hammock, and taking drives up the canyon to unwind and recharge.

Emalee looks forward to meeting each new patient and assisting them in any way she can on their journey to better health.

Get in touch

You deserve answers, not just prescriptions. Whether you’re ready to book or want to learn more, we’re here to help you take the next step toward balanced, lasting health. Reach out today, because your healing journey starts with one conversation.