Laura Kopec challenges the assumptions that often create frustration around health. She explores what’s really going on beneath the surface and why common solutions often fall short. Laura is known for her clarity-first, root-cause approach to health. With nearly two decades of experience, she helps present the patterns behind symptoms and why one-size-fits-all medicine—even in the functional space—can miss the mark. This isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what actually works for you. Listen and rethink everything you’ve been told about your health.
If you feel like you’ve been doing everything right but aren’t getting the progress you expected, this conversation may give you another piece of the puzzle. This episode offers a different way to think about participating in your health: not by doing more, but by understanding what your body may still be responding to. You’ll learn why the body can continue responding to old patterns of stress, how trauma may leave a physiological imprint, and why simple practices like slower breathing, movement, reduced stimulation, eating without screens, and better sleep rhythms can help create conditions for recovery.
3 Sept 2026
You Chose a Different Kind of Healthcare. Are You Ready to Be a Different Kind of Patient?
Choosing functional or root-cause healthcare isn't just about choosing a different practitioner—it may require becoming a different kind of patient.
In this episode Laura explores the expectations we bring to functional care: wanting deeper testing but expecting insurance to cover it, wanting alternatives to prescriptions but expecting equally effortless results, and wanting lasting change without always making lasting changes.
She also challenges the functional medicine industry itself—because more testing, more supplements, and more expense don't automatically mean better care.
The question is are you looking for someone to make you better or are you ready to participate in getting better?
For more information about Optim8 or how to get started visit https://optim8healthandwellness.com/
6 Aug 2026
Are We Raising Healthy Kids…or Healthy Patients?
What if the greatest gift of health we could give our children doesn’t come from a bottle?
In this episode of Health Matters with Laura Kopec, Laura sits down with Shazia Lackey, head of Optim8 Health and Wellness new Functional Pediatric department. Join Laura and Shazia as they explore what a truly healthy approach to Optim8's new brand of functional pediatrics Functional ParentingⓇ and what that can look like. We'll discuss when specialty testing and targeted supplementation may be appropriate, but also why they should never replace the foundations of lifelong health.
From nutrition, sleep, movement, and healthy boundaries to screen time, emotional resilience, and the culture of immediate gratification, this conversation challenges us to think differently about raising healthy children. The goal isn't to teach kids that their bodies are broken—it is to teach them that their bodies are intelligent, adaptable, and worthy of care.
Join us for Episode 1 in our 4 Part Series and this thoughtful conversation about empowering the next generation with habits that last a lifetime rather than creating lifelong dependence on tests, protocols, or supplements.
To schedule with Shazia go to https://optim8healthandwellness.com/appointments/
You can find a free copy of Cultivate: A Poetic Invite by Shazia Lackey at https://optim8healthandwellness.com/store/Cultivate-A-Poetic-Invite-by-Shazia-Lackey-p852005087
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