Yashodhara Lal is a bestselling author, coach, trainer and therapist in private practice. A graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, and IIM Bangalore, she has two decades of leadership experience in the corporate world.

She is internationally certified in Erickson Solution-Focused Coaching and in Transactional Analysis (CTA and PTSTA–Psychotherapy). As a couples therapist, she has been in Advanced Training and the Mentorship Program with the Couples Institute, San Francisco.

Yashodhara is also a TEDx speaker, fitness instructor and yoga practitioner. Her vast body of fiction and memoir work includes the bestsellers Just Married, Please Excuse (2012) and How I Became a Farmer’s Wife (2016). Her book And How Do You Feel About That (2022), co-authored with Aruna Gopakumar, demystifies therapy for the Indian audience.

She lives in Bengaluru with her husband, Vijay, three teenagers and an indie dog named Punter, who adopted them a few years ago.

What They Don’t Tell You About Marriage is Yashodhara’s tenth book.

Learn more at yashodharalal.com and @yashodharalal on Instagram.