Ru Health was born from both professional global health expertise and a deeply personal journey through illness, burnout, and healing. Founder Melanie Villarreal spent over a decade leading emergency health responses worldwide, but in her mid-thirties she began experiencing persistent fatigue, digestive issues, anxiety, sleep disruption and chronic stress that left her increasingly disconnected from her body. Despite extensive testing and consultations, the deeper picture was missed. She came to realise many women share this experience, navigating complex symptoms within systems not designed with women in mind, especially women over 40 experiencing hormonal shifts and nervous system dysregulation. Even today, major gaps remain in research on female health, and symptoms are too often dismissed as “normal” or stress related. Her search for answers led her beyond conventional care into a more integrative approach. Ayurveda offered a view of health as mind body spirit balance. Functional Medicine helped uncover root causes through hormones, gut health, nutrition and lifestyle. Somatic work, including insights reflected in The Body Keeps the Score, highlighted how the body stores stress and emotion, and how this directly influences hormonal health, energy, and regulation of the nervous system. Over time, these approaches came together to form Ru Health, a modern integrative system for women’s wellbeing combining Ayurveda, Functional Medicine, Somatic Therapy, nervous system support and Cycle Syncing to produce practical and supportive health programs. Women deserve to feel heard, supported and connected to their bodies, not dismissed or left to figure it out alone.