Melania Trump reveals her mental health secrets with a new book

With the nation’s eyes focused this week on the outcome of Election Day 2024, what is clear in her new book is how Melania Trump, former first lady, protects her own mental and psychological health regardless of the events she navigates around.

She is the author of the current #1 New York Times bestseller, “Melania.”

The personal memoir gives readers a rare glimpse into her life, beginning with the moment she set foot on American soil at age 26 and continuing through the assassination of her husband, former President Donald J. Trump, last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania .

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Whether enjoying personal success or dealing with political chaos, celebrating family triumphs or weathering times of national turbulence, she long ago figured out how to stay calm, level-headed and focused on what matters most, reveals she.

“Life’s circumstances shape you in many ways, often completely beyond your control – your birth, parental influences and the world you grow up in,” she writes.

“As an adult, there comes a moment when you become solely responsible for the life you live. You must take responsibility, embrace that responsibility and become the architect of your own future.”

For her, she says, that moment came to America and New York City as an individual full of “youthful confidence.”

Self-care is ‘essential’

That trust, she states, had roots in her upbringing.

“The value of self-care remains a guiding principle in my life.”

Her mother, Amalija Knavs, born in 1945, taught her that “self-care was essential not only for one’s well-being, but also to be able to effectively care for others,” she writes.

Her mother “instilled this belief in me from an early age and taught me the importance of taking care of one’s appearance before going out into the world.”

Trump says her mother often told her, “If I don’t take care of myself, how would I know how to take care of others?”

“The value of self-care,” she says, “remains a guiding principle in my life.”

‘Own identity’

Melania Trump says that even as a child she embraced a sense of “organization and orderliness” — with a “methodical approach” to the projects she worked on or was involved with.

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Over time, she writes, “I learned that no matter the circumstances or the company I found myself in, the most crucial relationship I could cultivate was the one I had with myself.”

It is important, she shares, “to be grounded in one’s own identity and values. I embrace my individuality and confidently go my own way.”

That strength of character carried her through a time when she felt “targeted” for her appearance, she says, and was “perceived as being ‘too’ tall and ‘too’ thin.”

She admits it felt like bullying – even though it wasn’t described as such decades ago.

Today, Trump writes: “I have come to understand that true happiness is not found in material possessions, but rather in the depth of self-awareness and self-acceptance.”

Other Lessons in Mental Strength

Melania Trump shares a number of other affirmations and beliefs in her book.

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“Sometimes, to be successful,” she writes, “you have to be willing to take risks and make tough decisions.”

She also says, “I value autonomy and believe in empowering people to live according to their desires.”

She writes that “in every relationship, whether I am a mother to my son, a wife to my husband or a stepmother, I firmly believe in the principle: ‘Don’t control, communicate!'”

She also writes: “We seem to live in an age where much of our lives are presented for public consumption on social media.”

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But, she adds, “some moments in life are meant to be private and don’t need to be shared with the world.”

“Each story shaped me into who I am today.”

She also says, “I’ve always believed that it’s crucial for people to take care of themselves first… We all have the right to maintain a happy and dignified existence.”

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Having already served one term as first lady, she notes that she realizes that the role “goes beyond formal duties. (The first lady’s) mission is to foster human connection, show empathy and offer support to those in need the.”

Her time in the White House, she says, has shaped her perspective and reinforced her “dedication to serving others.”

“Writing my memoirs has been an amazing journey filled with emotional ups and downs,” Trump previously told Fox News Digital about his book. “Each story shaped me into who I am today.”

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She also told Fox News Digital that “although the process is scary at times, the process has been incredibly rewarding and reminded me of my strength and the beauty of sharing my truth.”

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed reporting.