Sonny Kalar

Survivor of 587 CRP Levels and Unbreakable Through Adversity

Social Impact Leader

30 years’ service with the Metropolitan Police, retiring in 2023
Mental Health and Disability Inclusion Advocate
Speaks about Never Giving Up, Resilience and Fortitude

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Sonny Kalar's 2025 Biography

Championing Change: Sonny Kalar’s Journey from the Met to Advocacy

After serving 30 years with the Metropolitan Police and retiring in June 2023, Sonny Kalar is a powerful voice for mental health, equality and for never giving up, shaped by lived experiences having survived total blindness and then a life-threatening battle with sepsis, pneumonia, pleurisy, multiple organ failure and unthinkable CRP levels at 587.

Sonny Kalar now speaks about survival, fortitude and resilience, informed by his personal experiences and advocacy for mental health and disability rights and continues to engage in conversations.

He transforms hardship into powerful advocacy, breaking the silence on mental health and continually fights for justice for people with disabilities.

Today, Sonny Kalar shares his insights and lessons learned inspiring organizations to foster cultures of accountability, inclusivity, and fairness.

His story is one of perseverance, hope, and an unshakable refusal to give up, a lived journey that shines a light on mental health, resilience, and the courage to speak out.

He offers practical guidance for leaders and teams seeking meaningful change, while standing resolutely with those who feel unseen, unheard, or left behind.

Sonny Kalar's 2025 Talks & Topics

Sonny Kalar's Latest Books

Masala Wedding

Kam Gill is to marry his beautiful bride Kiran, the girl of everyone’s dreams and a quintessential goddess. However, his nefarious, murky past threatens to catch up with him and expose his darkest secrets. It seems no matter which way he turns, the knives are being sharpened. Will he make it out of the wedding alive, let alone marry his bride? A tense, knife edged thriller that will keep you guessing. Feel the pain, the gut wrenching misery and indulge yourself in the humorous events that whisk you off on a whirlwind journey to the Punjabi Wedding of the year. This book will leave you breathless, a rip-roaring Bollywood film with nerve shredding drama and action from the first page all the way through to the unbelievable ending.

12 Killer Secrets To Fire Up Your MOTIVATION

Motivation is the alarm clock for your body, an awakening sensation that will elevate you to greatness in your life. Now this doesn’t mean that you race around like a beaver on ecstasy pills but it means summoning up energy and drive to achieve goals, do the impossible and go back for second helpings. Make motivation a hard habit to break and always go for it from the moment you rise to when you park your slippers at night. Motivation is going and getting the life you deserve despite others trying to hold you back. Free yourself from the negativity of others, ignore these banjo-strumming goons as they dampen your enthusiasm and tell them to get all twelve of their toes out of your business and concentrate on their own lives. This is your life and this book will show you how to stoke up your motivation levels.

Bollywood Murders: Your life is written....but so is your death

A Slumdog Millionaire storyline with a sizzling insight into the murky underground of Bollywood where you are thrust deep into the bowels of Mumbai with such savage realism you will think you are there. This is a complete Bollywood film in a book with throat grabbing action on every page. Orphaned, beaten, and abused from an early age, young trainee actor Sam finally gets his break to star in Bollywood, the place where dreams are made and souls crushed. See how he battles his way through a minefield of jealous rivals, prostitutes, corruption, brutal thugs, drugs, and treachery. This edge of the seat East meets West thriller will rip your heart out and spit out the pieces. Snappy, real and relative are the three words to depict the seriousness of the interplay between the characters. Without a shadow of doubt you will truly smell the onion bhajis flipping in and out of the oliy drums on the Mumbai sidewalks as the dusty scent of the dirt tracks fills your nostrils.

12 Killer Secrets On How To Conquer FEAR

Learn the most effective ways to deal with your fears with this no-nonsense book! This book will show you the best way to overcome this much talked about emotion. The 12 Secrets in this book will give you a fantastic way of dealing with ALL types of FEAR no matter what situation you are confronted with. I hope they are extremely useful to you throughout your life.

12 Killer Secrets On How To Live Your LIFE: The Power of Now

Be part and parcel of life and its tribulations, revel in its wonderment and be amazed at how beautiful everything can be with just the right sprinkling of positivity. Your life is here and now – so live it with passion. It is your choice to be the best you can be and this book will help you to squeeze the very best out of your life. This time is not coming back and this life can be over in a whim, you never know what tomorrow will bring, so live for now, live a happy, contented life and with a powerful vision of success. Dare to dream, hell yes, visualise beauty and intoxicate your senses with such brilliance that success and positive energy will come looking for you.

Success: Create and build your own success story

When talking about success you need to look at the decisions that you make and how key they are to your prospects of winning. Your decision making is determined fundamentally by what modus operandi you use to make that crucial decision that often makes or breaks you. Are you someone who uses your head to back up your convictions, or do you listen to your heart when making that decisive choice or finally are you a person who relies on gut instinct? You can be a combination of all of them, but essentially you will rely on one of them as your knee-jerk response when it is decision time.

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