Up Your Total Glow
Up Your Total Glow is for high-functioning people who look like they have it all together but feel disconnected, depleted or no longer themselves underneath it all.
If your body feels off, your energy isn’t holding, or what used to work no longer does… this is where we go deeper.
This podcast goes beyond surface-level wellness, routines or “fixing” symptoms.
It’s about understanding what your body is actually communicating — and learning how to respond in a way that restores real energy, stability and vitality.
Through a deeply personalised, body-led approach grounded in nervous system work and Ayurvedic wisdom, Ruth Balsiger guides you back into connection with your body, your energy and your natural rhythm.
Inside, you’ll explore:
• why your energy drops — even when you’re doing everything “right”
• how to shift out of survival mode without forcing or overriding yourself
• what your body truly needs to feel safe, supported, and steady again
• how to rebuild vitality in a way that is sustainable and deeply personal
This is not about discipline, restriction or pushing through.
It’s about working with your body instead of against it.
Because when your body feels supported, everything changes — your energy, your clarity, your capacity, and how you experience your life.
Episodes
127 episodes
It Was Never About the Food — Understanding Emotional Eating and the Cycle Beneath It
If emotional eating has ever left you feeling ashamed, out of control, or disconnected from your body — this episode will change the way you see it forever.In this deeply compassionate episode of Up Your Total Glow, we ex...
Why You Can't Receive — And Why It's Costing You Your Health
What if the reason your body feels depleted has nothing to do with what you're eating, how much you're sleeping, or how hard you're trying — and everything to do with your capacity to receive?In this episode, Ruth explores one of the mos...
How to Trust Your Body Again | Ayurveda, Nervous System & Intuition
Feeling disconnected from your body, your energy, or your intuition?This episode will help you understand why—and how to start trusting your body again.Your body has been speaking to you—but stress, burnout, and modern life often ...
Patient Empowerment, Prevention & Real Health — with Dr. Ann Hester
What if you had more control over your health than you’ve ever been told?In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Ann Hester — a double board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine ...
Why Healthy Eating Isn’t Working — The Ayurvedic Secret to Absorption & Self-Connection
Eating healthy but still not feeling nourished? This episode explores the deeper Ayurvedic truth: it’s not just about food — it’s about absorption and your relationship with yourself.Discover:✨ why “perfect eating” can still f...
Easter, Peace & Your Inner Glow — A Gentle Return to Yourself
Feeling a little off, unsettled, or not fully like yourself? This Easter-inspired episode is a gentle invitation to slow down, reconnect, and return to your inner balance.Through personal stories and lived experience, I guide you through...
Feeling “Off” But Can’t Explain Why? Ayurveda Explains Ama (Toxins) in a Simple Way
Do you ever feel slightly out of sync — low energy, foggy, or just not quite yourself — even though everything seems “fine”?In Ayurveda, this may be linked to Ama — a build-up of undigested food, emotions, and daily experiences.
Why Do We Crave Sugar, Chocolate, or Comfort Foods? Ayurveda Explains
Cravings are often misunderstood as a lack of willpower. But Ayurveda sees cravings as powerful messages from the body connected to digestion, nervous system balance, and emotional well-being.In this episode you’ll learn:• how dig...
Feeling Overwhelmed? Ayurveda Explains Why — and How to Find Calm Again
In today’s fast-paced world — with constant notifications, information overload, and global uncertainty — many of us feel mentally overstimulated and emotionally exhausted.In this episode, we explore overwhelm through the lens of Ayurved...
Why Extreme Diets Backfire — An Ayurvedic Perspective on Sustainable Weight Loss & Digestive Health
Have you ever tried a strict diet, cleanse, or food reset — only to end up back where you started?In this deeply personal episode, I share my own experience with extreme dieting during my modelling years and how it impacted my digestion,...
Healing Through Live Food: Small Steps, Big Transformation with Karen “ZuZu” Ziemer Armes
What if food wasn’t just fuel… but living energy?In this deeply inspiring and practical conversation, I sit down with Karen “ZuZu” Ziemer Armes — a woman whose personal healing journey from epilepsy, scoliosis, and arthritis led her to d...
Loving Without Losing Yourself: Ayurveda, Attachment & Inner Fire
Love isn’t just emotional — it’s physiological.In this rich and empowering episode, I explore love, attachment patterns, nervous system regulation, and digestion through the lens of Ayurveda and psychology.You’ll learn:✨ How V...
From Bullying to Breakthrough: Releasing Emotional Blocks with Deepak Chari
What if the emotional patterns shaping your relationships, confidence, and life choices didn’t start with you — but with experiences you never fully processed?In this powerful and deeply human conversation, I sit down with Deepak Chari —...
EPISODE: Food, Mood & Energy — Eating for Emotional Balance
Food is never just about calories — it’s deeply connected to our emotions, nervous system, and energy levels.In this episode, I explore food, mood, and energy through the lens of Ayurveda and share how emotional balance begins with under...
EPISODE: Emotional Balance — Understanding Feelings Without Fixing Them
In this gentle and empowering episode, I explore emotional balance through the lens of Ayurveda — and why feelings don’t need fixing, only understanding.This episode is for you if:✨ you feel overwhelmed by emotions ✨ you try...
Episode: Ayurveda for Busy Lives - Staying Balanced when Life Feels Full
In this gentle and empowering episode, I share how to stay balanced with Ayurveda — even when life feels busy, full, and imperfect.This episode is for you if you love holistic living but feel overwhelmed by routines, rituals...
Episode: The Post-Holiday Ayurvedic Reset — Gently Returning to Yourself
In this gentle and uplifting episode, I guide you through a simple Ayurvedic post-holiday reset — perfect for restoring your digestion, energy, and inner balance after the festive season. Whether you’re in summer here in Australia or d...
New Year Episode: New Beginnings in Harmony with You
In this warm and uplifting New Year episode, I guide you through beginning the year the Ayurvedic way — by honouring the season you’re actually living in. Whether you’re in winter in the Northern Hemisphere or summer with me here in Au...
Episode — The Gentle Pause: Ayurveda for the In-Between Days
These soft, blurry days between Christmas and New Year are actually one of the most healing times of the entire year — and Ayurveda loves them. In this cosy and grounding episode, I guide you through a gentle reflection ritual that hel...
Christmas Episode — Ayurveda for Christmas: Navigating Loneliness, Family Dynamics & Tender Hearts
In this heartfelt Christmas episode, I offer gentle Ayurvedic guidance for navigating one of the most emotionally charged times of the year. Whether you’re feeling lonely, overwhelmed, triggered by family dynamics, grieving, overstimul...
Episode 6 — Evening Routines: Creating Rest, Calm & Deep Sleep with Ayurveda
In this episode, we explore the magic of the evening rhythm — why Ayurveda places so much importance on how we end the day, and how a nurturing nightly routine can transform your sleep, stress levels, and inner balance.I share a f...
Episode 5 — Ayurveda for the Holidays: Navigating Overwhelm, Stress & Overeating (With Love)
In this warm and gently humorous pre-Christmas episode, I guide you through three of the most common holiday challenges: overwhelm, stress, and overeating. If you feel scattered, tired, emotional, pulled in a thousand directions, or su...
Episode 4 — Balancing Your Doshas with Opposites: The Core Ayurvedic Principle
In this episode, we explore the foundational Ayurvedic principle of healing through opposites — a simple and powerful way to bring balance back into your body, mind, and emotions.You’ll learn how to recognise the early signs of im...
Episode 3 — Understanding the Doshas: Your Ayurvedic Blueprint for Balance
In this episode, I guide you through a gentle yet transformative introduction to the three Ayurvedic doshas — Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — the unique energies that shape your body, mind, emotions, and daily tendencies. You’ll hear person...
Episode 2 – Finding Freedom in Daily Rhythm (Dinacharya & Ayurveda Made Simple)
In this episode, I share how I went from seeing routines as boring and restrictive to realizing that rhythm is true freedom. Through my own Ayurvedic journey, I discovered that aligning with nature’s cycles brings more energy, clarity, and calm...