My Story

Dr. Tabatha Barber smiling in a garden
My Story

From high school dropout to triple board-certified physician.

DO, FACOOG, MSCP, IFMCP

I’m Dr. Tabatha Barber. I trained in the system, I burned out in the system, and God used it all to show me a better way to heal. Today I help women heal their hormones, gut and metabolism by addressing root causes, with God at the center.

The journey

Every chapter had a purpose.

A teenage mom with no answers

I became a mother at 17. Soon after, my body started breaking down, and it took test after test to find out why. I was young, scared and had no one to guide me through it.

A GED, then a doctorate

I dropped out of high school after 11th grade, earned my GED, and fell in love with science at community college. I graduated with honors in physiology, went on to medical school, and became a board-certified OB/GYN.

The doctor who forgot herself

I thought sacrificing my own health would make me a better doctor. Sleep-deprived, eating on the go and missing moments with my family, my body broke down. Then a back injury left a surgeon telling me fusion was my only option.

Choosing a different way

I said no to the surgery and stepped away to focus on healing. I changed how I ate, rested and moved, discovered functional medicine, and learned to look for the root instead of masking symptoms. And through it all, God was healing far more than my body.

Fast to Faith is born

I realized true healing requires transformation of the body, mind and spirit. That conviction became Fast to Faith®, and a mission to help one million women heal and equip them to help another million.

What thousands of women taught me

Why I stepped out of the exam room.

I love talking about hormones, gut health and fasting. But after caring for thousands of women, I discovered something more important than any lab, prescription or supplement. The women who experience the deepest, most lasting transformation aren’t simply the ones who change what they eat. They’re the women who change who they’re listening to.

So I stopped treating the body like a set of broken parts. I started seeing it the way God designed it: a symphony.

The orchestra

Your hormones, gut, adrenals, thyroid and liver. Every section doing its job.

The conductor

Your nervous system. When it feels safe, every section plays in sync.

The sheet music

Your thoughts and beliefs. Your conductor follows whatever is written there.

The Composer

The God who wrote you. Renew your mind with His truth and your body can follow.

Medicine is still part of my story, and my practice still serves women who need it. But I built Fast to Faith® because most women don’t need another appointment first. They need a new song.

“Your body isn’t broken. Your approach is.”

My mission

Whole health: body, mind and soul.

You can’t have one without the others. My work is to help women see how they connect, and to lead with the light and love of Jesus.

Body

Your body tells a story: what you’ve been eating, what you’ve been exposed to, how you move and what you’ve endured. Symptoms are signals, not the problem.

Mind

What you think affects how you feel and how you act. Romans 12:2 is the original neuroplasticity protocol. When your thinking shifts, your biology follows.

Soul

Your soul is the eternal part of you that connects you to God. Healing is sustained by faith, and God designed it to happen in community.

Dr. Tabatha laughing against a stone wall
Credentials

Trained in medicine. Called to more.

DO, FACOOGBoard-certified in obstetrics and gynecology
MSCPMenopause Society Certified Practitioner
IFMCPCertified in functional medicine
AuthorFast to Faith, Rise Up! and From White Trash to White Coat
FounderFast to Faith® and the Fast to Faith Coaching Academy
Medical DirectorHer Higher Health
Real life

The people who keep her grounded.

Dr. Tabatha playing pickleball with her mentor Taylor Welch
With her mentor, Taylor Welch
Dr. Tabatha with Ashlee, COO & Fast to Faith Coaching Academy Director
With Ashlee, COO & Fast to Faith Coaching Academy Director
Women journaling with their Bibles at a Fast to Faith gathering
Bible and journal time with the Fast to Faith women
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