By Jamie Oleka
Laura Owen doesn’t talk about health in isolation—she talks about how it shows up alongside financial stress, purpose, and the responsibilities women often carry without recognition. That perspective wasn’t shaped in theory, it was forged through decades of work in business, technology, public service, and personal loss.
Laura’s career spans connecting U.S. and Canadian healthcare partners with global systems, co-founding new technology business, and serving as Secretary of Commerce in Kansas.
But the work that defines her today grew out of lived experience: losing her mother to breast cancer, navigating perimenopause while leading a publicly traded company, and watching women struggle through preventable health crises with little guidance or hope.
Those moments led her to ask a hard question: How can the United States spend more on healthcare than any developed nation and still see worse outcomes? Her answer sits at the intersection of health, wealth, and the invisible mental and spiritual load women carry every day.
A “Sick Care” System with Real Costs
The U.S. leads the world in healthcare spending, yet it also leads in chronic disease. Today, 77% of Americans are overweight, 42% are clinically obese, and nearly half are diabetic or prediabetic, many without knowing it.
Laura is careful to say this isn’t about blame. It’s about systems. “We don’t have a healthcare system, we have a sick care system,” she explains—one driven by profit, pharmaceuticals, and quick fixes rather than prevention. Pills and injections are often the first response, not the last, despite side effects and limited long-term solutions.
The financial consequences are enormous. Chronic illness fuels higher health and life insurance premiums, increased workplace injuries, lost productivity, and long-term strain on households. As Laura puts it simply “Being healthy isn’t inexpensive, but being sick is even more costly.”
The Mental and Spiritual Load Women Carry
Faith plays a meaningful role in Laura’s approach to addressing women’s health. She believes true health requires addressing the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. In today’s culture it has become harder to slow down, reflect, and make intentional choices. “Busyness becomes a barrier,” she notes, and quick fixes become more appealing than lasting change.
That’s why Laura designed women-only health and faith centered spaces. “Women feel more comfortable share their health struggles with other women,” she says. In community, women find not only accountability, but encouragement, prayer, and purpose—key ingredients for sustainable change.
The Reset Code was Born
Laura’s response was The Reset Code, a 10-week program designed to support whole-health transformation—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Built for women who are tired of quick fixes, the program blends science-aligned lifestyle guidance with faith-based reflection and community support to help create sustainable change.
Offered both through church partners and online, The Reset Code meets women where they are. Participants engage in weekly expert interviews, practical habit-building strategies, and guided reflection that encourage consistency and clarity rather than perfection. The experience emphasizes restoring energy, reducing stress, and rebuilding a healthy relationship with the body grounded in evidence.
The structure is intentionally accessible. The program itself is free, removing cost as a barrier, while participants purchase the accompanying book. By focusing on small, meaningful shifts and the power of community, The Reset Code helps women make changes that last.
The early results have been striking. In a pilot test with a small group of women, clinical testing partnerships showed measurable improvements in key health markers—including A1C levels, vitamin D, and weight—within just eleven weeks. Two women with Type 2 diabetes moved their A1Cs into safer ranges in a matter of months, and one participant lost 15 pounds during the pilot period.
Just as meaningful were the outcomes participants described beyond the data. Many reported renewed mental clarity, reduced stress, and a deeper sense of purpose, reinforcing that lasting health is not only physical, but also emotional and spiritual.
Health as a Long-Term Investment
Laura frames health the same way Smart Women Smart Money frames finances: as a long-term investment. Healthier individuals face lower insurance premiums, fewer workplace accidents, reduced risk, and greater earning longevity. Employers, insurers, and families all benefit when prevention replaces crisis response.
Her message to women is clear: clarity changes outcomes. Understanding why health matters, so we can live fully, serve others well, and become who we were created to be, helps reshape daily decisions.
In a culture that sells quick fixes, Laura Owen is offering something far more powerful: a reset rooted in evidence and leveraging community, one that honors women as whole people and helps them build lives that are healthier and more purpose-filled.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jamie Oleka, a wife, mom, and a passionate advocate for debt free quality education, has extensive experience in K-12 and nonprofit management having most recently served as a Managing Director at Teach For America. Jamie holds a Masters of Education in Instructional Accommodations from Francis Marion University, Masters of Arts in Teaching, and Ed.S. in K-12 Administration from the University of Louisville.
