The GLP-1 Boom Is Costing You. Here’s the Missing Piece.

September 30, 2025

GLP-1 medications can be an important tool in supporting physical health, but they can’t do everything. A prescription can’t heal someone’s relationship with their body or teach healthy coping skills. Without addressing these root causes, the pounds often return once the medication stops.

This isn't just frustrating for employees—it's unsustainable for organizations. With an almost 600% increase in GLP-1 prescriptions, the rising health care costs are paying for temporary results, not long-term health improvements that truly support your people and workplace.

Lyra's solution: healing the mind-body relationship

We believe there’s a better way to support your employees—one that honors their full experience. That’s why we’re expanding our care for chronic conditions to include dedicated behavioral health support for weight concerns and body image. Lyra’s integrated care is a proven approach that addresses physical, mental, and social health for long-term change.

Our care for weight concerns offers:

Support from all angles

We help people explore the why behind their weight concern and body image journey. This includes behavioral and mental health factors like emotional eating, stress, and self-worth. Employees build healthy coping skills and change behavior patterns for sustainable health.

Evidence-based care

Our providers use proven therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Personalized support

Health can be shaped by an individual’s culture, identity, and lived experiences. Our care is never one-size-fits-all; it honors what matters most to each person. This inclusive approach helps your entire workforce feel seen and supported on their own terms.

A connected care experience

Today, care is often fragmented, mental and physical health providers operate in silos, leaving members to piece everything together on their own. Our vision with Lyra Link is to change that. We’re building toward a future where mental health providers and physical health partners are seamlessly connected, creating a truly coordinated care experience. In this future, every member of the care team works together, ensuring people receive whole-person support that feels integrated, not fragmented.

Our goal is helping people build a healthier relationship with their bodies and live fuller lives. It's not weight loss for its own sake. Based on their individual needs and goals, members work with their therapists to gain insight and learn skills that can support making sustainable changes to their lives. This can reduce a reliance on medication. The payoff: employees feel more in control of their health, and employers see lower GLP-1 spend with lasting results.

Beyond weight concerns

Lyra’s specialty care doesn’t stop at weight and body image concerns. We know that chronic conditions often come with complex mental health needs, and our approach addresses them together. Some of these include:

• Cardiovascular disease – Lyra helps people build lasting habits around nutrition, movement, and sleep while staying on track with their medical treatment. Just as importantly, our therapists support people in managing the stress and anxiety that often come with heart conditions.
• Insomnia – Sleep is one of the most important foundations of health, but stress, anxiety, and unhelpful habits can disrupt it. Lyra clinicians use CBT-I—the gold standard for treating insomnia—to help people reset their sleep patterns and feel more rested and functional during the day.
• Chronic pain – Living with ongoing pain affects more than the body—it takes a toll on emotional well-being too. Lyra therapists use research-backed approaches to help people manage pain, build resilience, and restore a sense of balance and quality of life.

Support long-term well-being

Forward-thinking benefits leaders are moving beyond quick fixes to deliver care that addresses mental and physical health together. The outcome: healthier, more resilient employees, measurable impact on costs, and a benefits strategy that truly moves the needle.