Author Charu Sharma
Author · Love & Healing

For every heart that loved too deeply.

Honest, tender books about love, heartbreak and the quiet work of finding yourself again.

The Books

Two books. One journey home to yourself.

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Front cover of Don't Shrink for Love by Charu Sharma: a single-line drawing of an embracing figure on ivory
Back cover of Don't Shrink for Love with the line: Love should never require you to disappear
Book One

Don't Shrink for Love

The Art of Loving Without Losing Yourself

How much of yourself should you sacrifice to make a relationship work?

Don't Shrink for Love is a powerful reminder that love should never require you to become smaller, quieter, or less of yourself. It explores the emotional compromises women often make in relationships: suppressing feelings, ignoring their needs, tolerating discomfort, and constantly adjusting to keep everyone else happy.

This book encourages you to look honestly at the ways you may have been disappearing inside love, and reminds you that boundaries, individuality, and self-respect are not selfishness.

Read it if you want to

  • Stop confusing sacrifice with love.
  • Understand emotional suppression in relationships.
  • Set healthier boundaries without guilt.
  • Reconnect with your identity and personal needs.
  • Recognize when compromise becomes self-abandonment.
  • Build relationships without losing yourself in them.

For every woman who has ever thought, “Maybe I need to change myself to be loved,” this book offers a different message: you don't have to shrink to make love fit.

Why Do I Still Hope? by Charu Sharma, a starry night cover with a child and a fox, standing under a warm brass lamp
Book Two

Why Do I Still Hope?

A Guide to Healing, Moving On and Finding Yourself Again

What happens when you know a relationship has changed, yet a part of you still hopes it will return to what it once was?

Why Do I Still Hope? is an emotional journey through love, loss, attachment, memories, and the difficult process of letting go. It explores the questions we silently ask after heartbreak. Why am I still waiting? Why do I still care? Why can't I move on?

This book is for anyone who has loved deeply, experienced disappointment, or found themselves holding on to a person, memory, or possibility long after it was supposed to end.

Read it if you want to

  • Understand why hope survives even after heartbreak.
  • Make sense of emotional attachment and unfinished feelings.
  • Find comfort when moving on feels impossible.
  • Recognize the difference between loving someone and losing yourself in them.
  • Begin accepting what cannot be changed and rediscover yourself.

A heartfelt read for anyone who has ever whispered, “I know I should let go… so why do I still hope?”

From the pages

Words to keep close

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Love should never require you to disappear.
Don't Shrink for Love
I know I should let go… so why do I still hope?
Why Do I Still Hope?
You don't have to shrink to make love fit.
Don't Shrink for Love
Love should never cost you your identity.
Don't Shrink for Love
Boundaries and self-respect are not selfishness.
Don't Shrink for Love
About the Author

Charu Sharma

Charu Sharma is an independent author who writes about love, attachment, heartbreak and self-worth, and about the feelings we carry quietly and rarely say out loud.

Her books read like a conversation with someone who understands. They are written for anyone who has given too much of themselves in love and is ready to find their way back.

She shares reflections, new writing and book updates on Instagram and Facebook.

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