Building
healthy brands.

Brand strategy, identity and easy-to-edit websites for physiotherapists, gyms, pilates studios and longevity clinics.

Smiling woman resting outdoors in warm light, representing healthy, confident wellbeing brands
Smiling woman resting outdoors in warm light, representing healthy, confident wellbeing brands

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Tessa Ruggle

Designed by Tessa Ruggle

Brand strategist & designer

Your brand plan

Positioning

Own your niche in longevity care

Identity

Refresh logo and colour palette

Website

Launch a booking-first website

Content

Weekly templates for your socials

Launch

Go live in 4โ€“5 weeks

Your brand plan

Positioning

Own your niche in longevity care

Identity

Refresh logo and colour palette

Website

Launch a booking-first website

Content

Weekly templates for your socials

Launch

Go live in 4โ€“5 weeks

10+

years in the creative industry

100+

brands built with founders

4โ€“6

weeks from audit to launch

Trusted by health and wellbeing founders

  • BRIBRO Health Intelligence

  • Hormone Healing Hub

  • RAAW Healing

  • Artistic Movements

  • Arts of Love Sacred Cacao

  • Authentieke Mannen

  • Aranya Roots

  • Kinepraktijk Cares

  • Jamie Elise Soulful Sexuality

  • House of Unity

  • Awaken with Ali

Pilates & boutique studios

Studios where the experience is the product, and the brand has to feel just as considered.

Studios where the experience is the product, and the brand has to feel just as considered.

Woman training on a reformer in a pilates studio

Gyms & strength clubs

Premium training spaces building a community, not just a membership.

Premium training spaces building a community, not just a membership.

Woman focused before a barbell squat in a strength gym

Run clubs & endurance

Communities and coaches that turn early miles into a lifestyle.

Communities and coaches that turn early miles into a lifestyle.

Run club members running through the city

Longevity & recovery

Clinics, saunas and recovery studios helping people live longer and better.

Clinics, saunas and recovery studios helping people live longer and better.

Woman relaxing in a warm wooden sauna

Created for every corner of health.

From boutique pilates and strength clubs to run clubs and longevity clinics, I build brands for businesses that help people live longer, stronger and healthier lives.

Are you brilliant at what you do, Your brand doesnโ€™t show it yet?

pilates studio near me

You

Youโ€™re invisible in a crowded market

New clinics, coaches and health apps pop up every week. If your brand looks like everyone elseโ€™s, people end up choosing on price.

Value gap

Your expertise

How your brand looks

You give premium care, but your brand looks budget

Youโ€™re great at what you do, but your visuals donโ€™t back up your prices. So raising them feels scary.

This week

Only 3 booked

Your website doesnโ€™t get you enough bookings

People land on your site, scroll and leave. Without a clear story and an easy way to book, your website works against you.

Based in Asheville, NC

Built for people
who move people.

Built for
people who
move people.

Hereโ€™s what weโ€™ll do when we start working together.

One clear process and one point of contact. You always know what happens next, and what I need from you.

One clear process and one point of contact. You always know what happens next, and what I need from you.

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

1. Starting with a brand & website audit

A free call where we look at your visuals, messaging and website, and pinpoint whatโ€™s holding your brand back.

Positioning

Ideal client

Brand story

Tone of voice

Offer

2. Shaping your brand strategy

We define your positioning, ideal clients and story, so every design choice has a reason behind it.

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3. Creating your visual identity

Logo, colour, type, photography direction and templates. A bold, cohesive look that feels unmistakably you.

4. Building and launching your website

A fast, SEO-ready Framer website you can edit yourself, launched together with your new brand.

Work that earns trust at first sight.

Physiotherapy practices, hormone specialists, longevity and wellbeing brands. Each with an identity made to earn trust at first sight.

Physiotherapy practices, hormone specialists, longevity and wellbeing brands. Each with an identity made to earn trust at first sight.

Portrait of Tessa Ruggle, brand strategist and designer at The Brand Bar

10+ years

in the creative industry

100+ brands

built with founders

Hi, Iโ€™m Tessa.

Nice to meet you, I'm Tessa.

Portrait of Tessa Ruggle, brand strategist and designer at The Brand Bar
Portrait of Tessa Ruggle, brand strategist and designer at The Brand Bar

10+ years

in the creative industry

100+ brands

built with founders

Iโ€™m the strategist and designer behind The Brand Bar. I started in the creative industry at 23, and in the ten-plus years since, Iโ€™ve helped more than 100 founders build brands theyโ€™re proud to share.

Today I focus on health experts: physiotherapists, gyms, longevity clinics and wellbeing brands. People who change lives, and deserve a brand that shows it.

Today I focus on health experts: physiotherapists, gyms, longevity clinics and wellbeing brands. People who change lives, and deserve a brand that shows it.

Strategy and design under one roof

You work with me directly, from audit to launch

Built specifically for health businesses

What founders say about working with me.

My clients are impressed and find the site transparent and accessible. An absolute asset to my business.

Davy Cares

Founder, Kinepraktijk Cares

Woman running along the beach at sunset

Her creative energy flowed abundantly, which led to a beautiful result.

Caro

Founder, House of Unity

She translated this beautifully into our branding, through visuals, text and member interactions, and Iโ€™m thrilled with the result.

Loes van de Langenberg

Artistic Movements

I wanted to leave with a brand that felt like โ€˜meโ€™ and I could grow with it. Thatโ€™s exactly what I got and more!

Whitney Woodcock

Whitney Magic

Letโ€™s check your brandโ€™s vitals.

Woman running uphill in golden evening light
Woman running uphill in golden evening light

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Email me to set up a 30-minute brand & website call. Weโ€™ll look at your visuals, messaging and website together, and pinpoint where youโ€™re losing trust, bookings or clients.

A free 30-minute call, no obligation

Clear priorities for what to fix first

Personal advice from Tessa

Woman running uphill in golden evening light

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Brand vitals

Sample brand & website audit

Positioning

Strong

Visual identity

Needs care

Website conversion

Low

Consistency

Needs care

Overall brand health

62

/100

Frequently asked questions.

Everything health founders usually ask before we start working together.

Everything health founders usually ask before we start working together.

Tessa Ruggle

Want to know more?

Ask me anything on your free call.

What does a brand designer for health and wellness businesses do?

Why should a physiotherapy practice, gym or longevity clinic invest in branding?

What services does The Brand Bar offer?

How long does a rebrand and new website take?

How much does branding cost for a health business?

Will my website be optimised for Google and AI search (SEO and GEO)?

Can I update my website myself?

Do you work with health businesses in the US?

What happens during the free brand & website call?

How much time will I need to commit?

Tessa Ruggle

Want to know more?

Ask me anything on your free call.

Ready to get

your brand in shape?

Email me to set up a 30-minute brand & website call. In one call youโ€™ll know whatโ€™s holding your brand back, and what to fix first.

Brand strategy, identity and easy-to-edit websites for physiotherapists, gyms, longevity clinics and other health experts.

Studio

Asheville, North Carolina

Working with health brands across the US and Europe

The Brand Bar

The Brand Bar

The Brand Bar

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Brand strategy and design for health experts