You don’t have to perform to be loved. You don’t have to hustle for healing. And God was never the one who shamed you.

The God Beyond Religion is a soul-shaking memoir of liberation — from childhood trauma, addiction, religious control, and the exhausting chase to be “holy enough” for love.

Monica Eddy tells the unflinching truth of what it means to be raised in dysfunction, abandoned as a child, then imprisoned by addiction and spiritual abuse — all while searching for a God who could hold her brokenness.

But healing didn’t come through striving. It came through therapy. Through breath. Through reclaiming her voice. And through learning that God never required her to earn the love that was already hers.

This is more than a book. It’s a mirror, a homecoming, and a quiet revolution.

You’ll be changed by this story if:

• You’ve been wounded by religion and still feel the residue
• You’ve struggled with codependency, addiction, or emotional burnout
• You long for a spiritual life rooted in freedom, not fear
• You’re done pretending and ready to feel whole again
• You know there’s a God beyond the shame they preached

“The church taught me how to perform. Trauma taught me how to survive. But healing taught me how to come home to myself — and God met me there.”

If you’ve ever questioned your worth, doubted your healing, or feared you’d never feel safe again — this book is your permission to rest, rise, and return to the truth of who you really are.

Monica Eddy is a spiritual memoirist, healing guide, and voice for the soul who’s walked through the fire — and lived to write about it.

After surviving abandonment, addiction, and religious trauma, Monica devoted her life to the sacred work of inner healing. Her writing is raw, poetic, and infused with nervous system wisdom, offering hope to those who feel stuck, ashamed, or spiritually exhausted.

She believes healing isn’t about perfection — it’s about presence. It’s about learning to breathe through what once broke you. And most of all, it’s about remembering you were always worthy of love.

Monica lives with her husband and four children and continues to share her story with vulnerability, reverence, and truth.

The God Beyond Religion is her first book — and a lifeline for anyone who’s ever questioned their worth, their faith, or their place in this world.