As a former real estate agent, Monika noticed that when families moved into their new homes, there was a need to ease the minds and nerves of the children.  So, she met the need by creating and writing a book.  This enabled Monika to transition from her former profession into her current profession as an author.  She feels that writing and sharing messages of encouragement is her true calling.  Monika shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - inspire kindness - inspiration comes from doing - do what we love and brings us joy - find our true path - embrace the people in your life and share them - stay inspired   tags:  Monika, Strand, writer, author, Welcome, Home, Book, Calm, Children, Fears, While, Moving, Home, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,