Books by Monica Kalra
Two books written from the inside of the experience: not from a theory, not from a distance, but from having lived it. Both are available on Amazon with 5-star ratings.
They are written to be read in order. The first helps you see what you are in. The second helps you find your way back to yourself.
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How Do You Know He’s the One
★ Bronze Award - ABLE Authors Book Launch & Expo 2024
★★★★★ Amazon
This book is for the woman who keeps asking herself: how did I not see it sooner?
It walks through what healthy love actually looks like, what respectful communication feels like in practice, what genuine care looks like versus what control disguises itself as, and how to recognise the difference between partnership and submission before you are too deep inside it to see clearly.
It is also for the woman on the other side of a difficult relationship who is beginning to think about what she would choose differently, what she now knows she deserves, and what she will no longer accept.
A grounded, honest guide to discernment; written not to frighten, but to inform. And when you finish it, the next book is waiting.
Then Read This
How to Heal from a Toxic Relationship
★ Silver Award - ABLE Authors Book Launch & Expo 2024
★★★★★ Amazon
This book is for the woman who is carrying the weight of a toxic relationship wherever she is in that journey.
Once you have named what you were in, this book helps you understand how it shaped you, how you learned to override yourself to keep the peace, how your self-trust disappeared so slowly you didn't notice until it was gone, and how healing happens not in a single moment but in a slow, steady return to your own knowing.
It doesn't ask you to blame. It asks you to understand: yourself, the patterns, and what comes next.
If you are carrying the weight of a relationship that diminished you, whether you are still in it, leaving it, or standing on the other side wondering why you don't feel better yet, this book was written for you.
A note on these books
Both books were written during a period of deep personal and professional reflection; drawing on my own experience of marriage and divorce, and on years of working with women navigating the same terrain.
They are not clinical. They are not distant. They are written by someone who has been there, who wanted to leave something useful behind for the women who come after.
If reading feels like the right first step, start there. When you're ready for a conversation, I'm here.