Who is Leya Health?

A new house for The PCOS Newsletter

Hello everyone,

You probably have noticed the colours of The PCOS Newsletter changing a bit over the past few posts. This is because it’s getting a new house: Leya Health.

Introducing Leya Health

Leya exists because too many women have stopped trusting their bodies and themselves. Over the past 3 years, this has been my mission with the newsletter: to empower you to understand your body, learn to love it and give it the grace that it deserves.

Leya is the brand that will house The PCOS Newsletter, The PCOS Podcast and future projects for PCOS and women’s health. Nothing changes with the newsletter or its value. Nothing changes with the mission either, but I wanted a bigger house to express myself beyond the written format.

Who is Leya built for?

I have a clear picture of the person who reads this newsletter regularly. I wrote it down a few years ago:

She is smart, intelligent and thinks for herself.

She is not chasing quick wins; she wants to understand how her body truly works.

She is rational but connects deeply to her emotions.

She feels angry with society and craves a deeper connection with her body and herself.

She honours the struggle without becoming defined by it, choosing to channel her energy into action.

She knows herself and actively invests her time in becoming a better version of herself.

Do you recognise yourself in any of these?

What should you expect from Leya?

For those who have been reading this newsletter for a long time, you already know what I stand for. For anyone else who is a bit newer:

• You should expect nuance.

  • We don’t speak in absolutes

  • We hold respect for science and its limitations

  • We understand some things work for certain people but not others

• You should expect depth.

  • We talk about mechanisms

  • We translate research

  • We acknowledge uncertainty.

• You should expect respect

  • We assume you are intelligent.

  • We assume you can tolerate conditional answers.

  • We assume you want understanding, not instructions.

• You should expect a challenge

  • We will create an intellectual stretch

  • A reframing of ideas you may have absorbed from wellness culture

  • An invitation to think differently.

Your support

I am currently building our social channels, so following us on Instagram and subscribing to our YouTube channel will help us a lot.

I am always looking to speak to people with PCOS to better understand their needs. If you’d be willing to speak to me for 30 min about the PCOS journey and give feedback on some of the things I am building, I would truly appreciate the help. If this is of interest, kindly drop your email below:

More things will come in the second part of the year, and it highly depends on how I am navigating motherhood. As you are reading this, our little girl might already be here.

Thank you for opening this newsletter, thank you for reading and thank you for investing in your PCOS.

See you soon,

Francesca