ABOUT

Meet the person behind the words

I have always been fascinated by people—their thoughts, their emotions, their relationships, and the stories they carry within them.

My own journey to writing, however, has not been a straight one.

Aruna Joshi seated at a table with a cup of tea and a notebook

I trained as an architect and practiced architecture for eighteen years. Along the way, I explored many of my creative instincts through painting, design and art. But through all these different pursuits, writing remained the one thing I kept returning to. I loved putting my thoughts into words. Writing gave me a sense of freedom and, in many ways, made me feel most like myself.

After my marriage, writing took a back seat for a while. It was much later, during a spiritual journey, that I experienced a shift in the way I looked at my life. I began to understand my purpose as being about helping people heal themselves. I also realised that writing could be my way of doing that.

That realisation brought me back to writing—and I have been following that path ever since.

My writing today revolves around emotional well-being, personal growth, happiness, relationships and self-awareness. I am drawn to the everyday experiences that shape us and to the questions we often carry quietly within ourselves.

I like to keep things simple. I use stories, examples and observations to explore ideas, because I believe that sometimes a thought becomes meaningful only when we can see ourselves somewhere inside it.

I am the author of Wake Up, The Happiness Manual, The Subtle Art of Dealing With People, Morning Mastery and Don't Take Everything Personally.

Alongside writing, I currently work as an Editor-in-Chief at a leading publishing house in Mumbai, working in the areas of spirituality, self-help and personal growth. My writing has also appeared in Life Positive, eShe and Tiny Buddha.

I also created Zen Whispers, a blog centred around emotional well-being—a space for thoughts, reflections and conversations about understanding ourselves and navigating the inner world a little better.

WHAT I BELIEVE

A pause, and a way back to yourself

I believe that somewhere in the race to build our lives, we can lose touch with ourselves.

We become busy achieving, adapting, pleasing and keeping up—and somewhere along the way, we can forget to pause and ask ourselves what we truly feel, what we truly value and what truly makes us happy.

Much of my work is about that pause.

Through my writing, books and reflections, I hope to make that journey a little more accessible—and perhaps help someone see their own life differently.

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