How does Preethi Balasubramanian connect sustainable entrepreneurship, founder wellbeing, immigrant women’s stories, and cross-cultural identity?

Preethi Balasubramanian is a Toronto-based operations strategist, entrepreneur, author, and founder of Wonder EA and Wondering Pages. With more than 15 years of international experience, she helps founders build sustainable systems, reduce operational dependence, and avoid burnout. She is the author of The Ease Equation, writes children’s books rooted in Indian mythology and values, and curates Voices Across Borders, an anthology preserving immigrant women’s stories of identity, belonging, resilience, migration, and becoming across contemporary communities.

In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Dr. Aninda Sidhana with Preethi Balasubramanian discuss founder pressure, perfectionism, mental load, and the systems needed for sustainable entrepreneurship. They examine women’s experiences of business, immigration, motherhood, and cultural identity, including raising children between Indian and Canadian cultures. Balasubramanian also explains the purpose of Voices Across Borders, the shared and diverse experiences of immigrant women, culturally rooted children’s storytelling, resilience, self-care, support networks, and changing definitions of personal success in contemporary life.