Healing the Unseen: Chronic Illness, The Brain-Body Connection, & Functional Medicine

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

How can we tackle some of the biggest challenges in healthcare? What options are available for those dealing with chronic illness, fatigue, or unexplained symptoms without a clear diagnosis? Join us in this episode as Mel Hopper Koppelman breaks down her cutting-edge approach that integrates Chinese medicine, functional medicine, and developmental neurology.

Mel is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Neuro Specialist who serves as the Program Director at Synthesis Health Lab. From fibromyalgia to autoimmune disorders, she is on a mission to empower individuals across the world to overcome stubborn chronic health challenges. How does she accomplish this? Click play to find out!

This conversation tackles:

How Mel’s personal health episodes contributed to her career choices.
The root causes of chronic illness.
How the gut, brain, and immune system work together to help the body function.
Key oversights of the modern medical system.
The role that cumulative load plays in chronic health conditions.

Discover more about Mel and her important work by visiting the Synthesis Health Lab website and following her on Instagram @synthesishealth.co.

Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

Transcript

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0:00.0	Forget frequently asked questions.
0:02.3	Common sense.
0:03.2	Common knowledge.
0:04.1	Or Google.
0:04.8	How about advice from a real genius?
0:06.9	95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license.
0:11.3	5% go above and beyond.
0:13.1	They become very good at what they do.
0:14.9	But only 0.1% are real geniuses.
0:18.2	Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. He hunts down
0:23.0	and interviews geniuses in every field, sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more.
0:28.7	Here come the geniuses. This is the Finding Genius podcast, with Richard Jacobs.
0:37.5	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast.
0:41.2	My guest today is Mel Hopper Coppelman.
0:43.5	She's a program director at Synthesis Health Lab.
0:46.1	We're going to talk about resetting the nervous system and brain development.
0:49.6	Hey, and Mel is the integrative healthcare practitioner and an educator.
0:53.1	She's pioneering a revolutionary
0:54.5	approach to chronic illness by connecting ancient wisdom with cutting-edge neuroscience. She works
0:59.8	with women specifically to try to achieve a 50% or more reduction in symptoms associated with
1:05.4	their chronic illness, such as chronic fatigue, et cetera. I'm so interested to hear a better
1:10.2	methods. So welcome, Mel. Thanks for coming. Yeah, thank you very much for having cetera. I'm so interested to hear better methods. So welcome, Mel.
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