Aruna Chawla

Applied Health Behaviour Strategist. FemTech founder.

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Hi! My name is Aruna. I bridge the gap between how we behave and how our bodies behave using a combination of applied behaviour science 🧠, precision healthcare 🎯, and 'whole of you' science 🏃‍♀️. I hadn’t thought much about health before Life 2.0 even though I’d been pretty down and about for most of my teenage years. After an unexpected surgery, some unsavable organs out of the system, and a horrifying confrontation with my mortality, I decided to take things into my own hands. Life has not been the same. Since then, I’ve switched careers from law to healthcare, started up and shut down, and gained extensive experience in empowering people, especially women, to become and remain healthy. Amidst all of this, the most important thing I’ve (re)gained is my own health. Nothing can be more empowering than waking up every day and being ready to show up with energy. Since my health journey started, my hatred for my body has gone down down down and finally away. This kindness is my victory.

What I’m up to right now:

Improving my own longevity → My current biological age is 17.82 years against a chronological age of 28.47 years (August 2023). Find yours.
1:1 and group health coaching programs for women. Intensive and long-term (3-months each). Booked till November 2023. Register interest.

Featured work:

The Bitchaari Podcast | YOSO Media | 2023

The Bitchaari Podcast FT. Aruna Chawla | About Hormones, Hygiene, Hustle | YOSO Media

Women with voices, opinions and aspirations (or basically any woman with power, or in power) are often called “bitch” by society. And more often than not, women bosses are called the same. It’s always been either “bitch” or “bechaari” as the compliments for us ambitious women. With #TheBitchaariPodcast we would like such women to reclaim this word, and destroy the shame that comes with it. With this podcast, we want the world to see what a woman with a voice, opinions and aspirations has gone through in her life to be at the place she is at right now, against all odds. We’ll cover the good, the bad, the ugly and most importantly, the most vulnerable aspects of “dreaming big” as a human who identifies as a woman in this big bad world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to our #Bitchaari lives! Introducing the first episode of “The Bitchaari Podcast”, the podcast that celebrates women leaders and entrepreneurs building in India. Our debut episode features Aruna Chawla, the founder of Salad, a company dedicated to women’s hormonal health - you’ll get to hear points of view and stats on this episode that you’ve never heard before. Drop a ❤️ for Aruna if you love what she’s building ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits Produced by - YOSO Media Executive Producer - Diksha Diwedi Co-Producer - Sayed Mohammed Zaidi Camera - Sound YOSO Team - Atulya, Komal Khulbe Design - Nuzhat Special Thanks to Shantanu Deshpande Director/DOP/Editor: Meenal Upreti Assistant Director/Second Camera: Dheeraj Kumar First Camera/Sound: Rahul Kumar Lightmen: Vikas, Pawan, Rajan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About us Hi! I am Diksha Dwivedi, been in the content game for over 9 years. Now, I run YOSO Media to help brands and founders/leaders share their stories with the world. Something we learned while working with brands over the years - leaders have so much knowledge and so many enlightening experiences to share with the world but they don't have the bandwidth or skill to share them with everyday people. YOSO is solving this problem extensively. Reach out to us by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/dvmfQNZjk2KqkbTZ7 . Or simply reach out to me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dikshadwivediofficial/ - to book a personal branding/storytelling consultation? Lastly, subscribe to the YOSO Media YT channel for more of such content that matters, truly. #TheBitchaariPodcast #femaleleaders #womensday2023 #womensdayspecial #yosomedia #podcast --------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps 00:00 - 1.32 Intro 1:32 - 2:14 Who is Aruna? 2:14 - 7:00 Getting PCOS at 13 7:00 - 9:11 Main apni favorite hoon 9:11 - 14:39 Sick care vs healthcare 14:39 - 17:30 Man vs woman's body 17:30 - 21:40 How Aruna got her ovary removed at 21 21:40 - 22:40 About Salad 22:40 - 24:43 What does privilege mean to Aruna? 24:43 - 27:11 How much does family background matter? 27:11 - 28:11 The importance of saying #WeWillFigureItOut 28:11 - 33:16 Outliers of Aruna's family 33:16 - 35:16 Ghar, Mandir, Kaam 35:16 - 38:20 Why not work in the family business? 38:20 - 49:55 Things happen 49:55 - 53:00 Prefer science over se* to sell condoms 53:00 - 55:45 Antler residency 55:45 - 56:30 How Aruna met her female co-founder 56:30 - 57:22 The positive result of pursuing curiosity 57:22 - 1:03:00 "The world looks very different for me as a female founder" 1:03:00 - 1:05:00 Does it help to have a supportive partner in life? 1:05:00 - 1:06:00 Pick yourself before anyone else 1:06:00 - 1:09:00 Aruna talks about her female co-founder 1:09:00 - 1:12:00 How Content/ads shape the way we think 1:12:00 - 1:15:06 What does the future of Salad look like? 1:15:06 - 1:16:30 Ideal world for women 1:16:30 - 1:20:25 Women competing with women 1:20:25 - 1:22:00 "You do good, you get good" ~ Diksha 1:22:00 - 1:25:38 Conclusion and the end of episode 1