Preeti Chauhan was born and raised in Haryana, India. She has been a daughter, wife, mother, daughter-in-law, and entrepreneur. She built a fashion design institute from the ground up, raised two children with love and intention, and navigated the silent battles that come with joint families, shifting cities, and life seasons that nobody prepares you for. At fifty, after losing her mother, watching her children leave for abroad, moving cities, and sitting alone in an unfamiliar silence — she finally chose herself. In March 2026 she launched her YouTube channel, My Journey Within with Preeti, and two months later published her book She Can , For God, How Powerful She Is— written for every woman who has given everything to everyone and forgotten herself along the way.
This is her interview
What or who inspires you?
The ordinary woman inspires me — the one nobody writes about. Not the CEO, not the celebrity, but the woman in the middle. The one who wakes up first and sleeps last. The one who has given everything to her family and is quietly wondering what is left for herself. Every time I think of her — and I was her — I feel a fire inside me that refuses to go quiet.
What has been the most surprising thing that happened on your journey to wisdom?
That the silence was the gift. I spent years being needed, being busy, being everything to everyone. When my children left, my city changed, my friendships faded — I was terrified of the quiet. But it was inside that quiet that I finally heard my own voice for the first time. I never expected that losing everything familiar would be the beginning of finding myself.
What is your typical day like now? How is it different from the past?
Today I wake up and the first thing I do is something for myself — whether it is writing, recording, or simply sitting with my thoughts. That is new. For most of my life I woke up for everyone else before I woke up for myself. Now I create content on my YouTube channel, work on my writing, and show up for my own dreams with the same energy I once gave entirely to others. It feels both unfamiliar and completely right.
What do you enjoy most about what you do?
The messages from women who say — I thought I was alone in this. That is everything to me. When a woman reads my words and feels seen — truly seen — for perhaps the first time, that is why I do this. I did not start with a studio or a team or a plan. I started with a phone, a voice, and decades of truth. And that has been enough.
What advice would you give a woman over 40?
Start now. Please do not wait. You do not have to choose between your family and yourself — you can show up for both. But you must show up for yourself too. The woman who invests even twenty percent of her time and energy in her own health, her own dreams, her own identity — she becomes a better wife, a better mother, a better everything. Not a selfish woman. A whole one. And a whole woman raises a whole family.
What would you have done differently in your life?
I would have asked for help sooner. I spent years believing that strength meant doing everything alone — that needing people was weakness. It is not. It is wisdom. I would also have listened to my body earlier. There were seasons when my body was crying out for attention and I filed every symptom under “stress” and carried on. I wish someone had told me sooner — and I wish I had listened.
What things are most important to you now?
Faith. Family. And my voice. For most of my life I had faith and family — but my voice was buried. Now all three are alive at the same time, and that feels like wholeness. I also believe deeply in the power of women talking honestly to other women. That is how wisdom travels — not through textbooks, but through one woman saying to another: here is what I know, here is what I wish I had known, take it and pass it on.
What advice would you give your younger self?
You do not need anyone’s permission. Not to begin. Not to speak. Not to choose yourself. Stop waiting for the right time, the right moment, the right circumstances. Start small if you have to — but start. And take care of your body. Please do not ignore it. You think you will do it later. But later comes with a cost. You are more capable than you believe right now. You just haven’t seen it yet.
What do you do for fun and relaxation?
I find peace in my faith and in time with my family. Simple things — a quiet morning, a conversation with my daughter Khushi or my son Krish who call every single day from abroad, a walk, music. After years of noise and busyness I have learned to receive stillness as a gift rather than a threat.
What is next for you?
A podcast is coming soon — an extension of My Journey Within with Preeti, where I hope to have honest conversations with women about the things we rarely say out loud. And I am already carrying the seeds of my next book. There is still so much to say — and for the first time in my life, I have both the voice and the courage to say it.
What is your secret indulgence?
A quiet cup of tea — made exactly the way I like it, drunk slowly, while the house is still. For a woman who spent years making tea for everyone else first, this small act of making it for myself feels like the most luxurious thing in the world.
What is the one book you would recommend and why?
My own — For God, How Powerful She Is. Not out of ego, but because I wrote it for exactly the woman who reads Women of Wisdom. The woman over 40 who has given everything and is wondering what is left for herself. This book is her mirror, her companion, and her reminder that it is never too late to begin.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
I want every woman reading this to know — your story does not end when your children leave or your roles change. That is not the closing chapter. That is where your real story begins. I am living proof of that. At fifty, with nothing but faith, a phone, and decades of truth — I began. And if I can, so can you.
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