We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Stacia Peters a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Stacia, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.

After three decades of working behind the scenes in entertainment, my defining moment came when I realized that my unique position—having supported high-profile talent through every aspect of their personal and professional lives—had given me something invaluable: the blueprint for what was missing in elite healthcare.

I’d spent years observing how even the most talented individuals, with access to exceptional specialists, still faced challenges in getting the coordinated support they needed. The entertainment industry’s demanding schedules, unique pressures, and privacy requirements created a complex landscape that traditional healthcare approaches weren’t designed to navigate. I witnessed how fragmented care—no matter how high-quality each individual component—often left gaps that could impact both wellbeing and career success.

.The moment of clarity came when I realized that my greatest skill had been orchestrating complex teams of professionals around talent—ensuring doctors, therapists, security personnel, and core teams all had the information they needed while maintaining absolute confidentiality. I had become the central communication hub in order to make everything work seamlessly. When a client was struggling, I could instantly mobilize the right combination of specialists, streamline information flow between them, and ensure everyone was working toward the same goals without stepping on each other or compromising privacy.

That’s when I understood my true calling wasn’t just helping individual artists and high profile clients anymore—it was enhancing how the entire system served them. My entertainment industry experience hadn’t been separate from healthcare; it had been preparing me to bridge that gap. T.O.P. Elite Care was born from that realization: that artists deserved care providers who understood their world as intimately as I did, and who could work together as seamlessly as the best production teams.

This moment transformed my career from managing crises to preventing them, from coordinating care to reimagining what coordinated care could look like for extraordinary people living extraordinary lives.

Stacia, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

About Me and T.O.P. Elite Care

For over three decades, my passion for film and television took me behind the scenes of the entertainment world. Throughout this journey, I saw firsthand the unique challenges—especially mental health struggles and addiction—that talented professionals often face away from the spotlight. My role often required orchestrating diverse, highly specialized teams, all while upholding the utmost discretion and trust. Over time, I realized that elite care was often piecemeal and lacked true integration—not just in healthcare, but in mental wellbeing and personal security.

That realization inspired me to create T.O.P. Elite Care: a team of leading experts from entertainment, healthcare, medicine and security, working together as a single, coordinated force. Our mission is to bridge the gaps I witnessed, providing the level of multifaceted care that high-profile individuals deserve and require.

Our Services:

We offer a trio of interconnected services:

Comprehensive Care Coordination:

We recognize that many clients already have trusted professionals in place. Our role is to collaborate with your existing team—whether medical, mental health, security, or household—and also be able to provide additional specialized support. T.O.P. Elite Care acts as a central hub, streamlining communication and coordination among all health professionals and support staff involved.

Elite Training Programs:

Through our exclusive T.O.P. Advantage curriculum, we certify and continually develop professionals in care, security, and confidentiality, setting new industry standards.

Specialized Staffing Solutions:

We recruit, train and place rigorously vetted, highly trained personnel with entertainers, athletes, executives, and high-net-worth clients—matching each environment with the right expertise and discretion.

Our services are custom-built for those whose careers and lives operate at the highest levels of demand, pressure, and visibility.

What makes us Unique:

Most providers focus on a single piece of the puzzle—we bring the whole picture together. Our accomplished team communicates and collaborates across every service area, ensuring care that’s synchronized, responsive, and fully attuned to the reality of high-profile living. With T.O.P. Elite Care, clients never have to choose between privacy, safety, or wellbeing—they receive it all, delivered with sensitivity and foresight.

What We Stand For:

T.O.P. Elite Care isn’t just another luxury service—we’re a transformative approach to personal wellbeing for people whose lives operate at a different level of complexity and visibility. We recognize that individuals at the top require not just exceptional practitioners, but a trusted, integrated team attuned to both their extraordinary challenges and very human needs.

At our heart, we believe everyone should have the chance to reach their true potential. For those living life in the spotlight, that begins with support systems as expertly orchestrated as their careers.

What I’m Most Proud Of:

Helping people. Making a difference in the world. Fostering safety and trust.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

A Story from My Journey

Over the course of my career and life, I’ve lost a lot of people I care about—family and colleagues—to suicide, overdose, and the relentless pain of untreated mental health struggles. Each loss felt like a shattering blow, and at times the sorrow seemed almost unbearable. My grandfather, cousin, and uncle each died by suicide. I’ve lost four professional peers to overdose, and three to struggles rooted in mental health. Bearing witness to this level of pain, both personally and in my career, can leave scars that never fully heal.

Yet in the midst of all that pain, something powerful emerged: the resilience not just to endure, but to find purpose in my path forward. These losses deepened my understanding of human suffering. They gave me a profound empathy for those who are struggling and a determination to be part of meaningful change.

Instead of becoming numb, I made it my mission to foster hope and authentic support for others. I think I channel that resilience into T.O.P. Elite Care—building a team and a philosophy that acknowledges both the darkness and the beauty in life. My daily work is dedicated to offering care, compassion, and unwavering confidentiality to those who live under immense pressure, so they never feel alone in their challenges.

Seeing Beauty and Goodness

Despite experiencing profound grief, I still manage to see the beauty in life. I believe that every act of kindness, every breath of hope, and every moment of genuine connection can be a light in someone’s darkness. The people I’ve lost inspire me to look for—and nurture—the best in others. They remind me why it’s vital to reach out, listen, and be present, even when times are toughest.

Do you think you’d choose a different profession or specialty if you were starting now?

No. I would do everything exactly the same. I truly mean that.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.topelitecare.com

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Stacia Peters