About Leyla
Leyla is the Co-Founder and Head of MENA at WEMA Health, where she is reshaping obesity management with a virtual-first, medicated, end-to-end obesity program that helps our members lose weight sustainably.
She is also a seasoned strategy consultant specializing in the healthcare industry with core expertise in models of care, health care innovation, health system transformations and organizational strategy. Leyla is passionate about advancing healthcare to improve the lives of patients and societies.
About this episode
In this episode Leyla talks about her journey to co-founding WEMA health as a digital health start up with the mission to help people with obesity. She also descibes her vision as a healer and talks about ways to loose weight sustainably.
Quotes
4:42 – I was always fascinated by healthcare and I think it is also because of the way I was raised by my parents
5:13 – I always thought that healthcare is just so important in our lives and I thought also the idea of helping people get better is the idea of being a healer
8:37 – I wanted to build a company that really solves the problem that was always my aim. I wanted to be part of a company and build a company that solves a big problem
8:53 – Obesity is a huge problem
8:57 – Obesity leads to a lot of other health problems
10:15 – The biggest problem with battling obesity is that most of the time it’s not done in a sustainable way
12:05 – The weight loss is a weight loss for life
21:44 – Trusting the process and going with the flow will actually lead you to enjoy your experiences as you see the effects; and once you see your results, you automatically feel better. There’s no going back.
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