As the nation’s eyes focus this week on the outcome of Election Day 2024, her new book reveals how Melania Trump, former first lady, protects her own mental and psychological health no matter the events she faces.

She is the author of the current 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 as a 26-year-old and then the assassination attempt on her husband, former President Donald J. Trump, last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Whether she’s enjoying personal success or dealing with political chaos, whether she’s celebrating family triumphs or weathering times of national turbulence, she long ago discovered how to stay calm, poised and focused on what matters most, she reveals.

“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.

“Melania,” a personal memoir by Melania Trump, is a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. In her book, she shares that it is essential to be “rooted in one’s own identity and values.” (Leon Neal/Getty Images; Amazon)

“As an adult, there comes a point when you become solely responsible for the life you live. You have to take charge, 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 confidence, she indicates, 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 a person’s well-being, but also for effectively caring for others,” she writes.

Her mother “instilled this belief in me from an early age and taught me the importance of paying attention to your appearance before venturing out into the world.”

“Melania” by Melania Trump is published by Skyhorse Publishing. (Fox News digital)

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” — taking a “methodical approach” to all projects she worked on or was involved with.

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

It is essential, she says, “to be rooted in one’s own identity and values. I embrace my individuality and confidently walk my own path.”

Melania Trump on the set of “Fox & Friends” recently in New York City. (Fox News)

This strength of character helped her through a time when she felt “attacked” because of her appearance, she says, and “was seen as ‘too’ tall and ‘too’ thin.”

She acknowledges that it felt like bullying, even though it wasn’t described that way decades ago.

Today, Trump writes, “I have come to understand that true happiness is not found in material possessions, but rather in the depths 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 succeed,” she writes, “you have to be willing to take risks and make tough decisions.”

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

Melania Trump arrives at the Fiserv Forum on day four of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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, “It seems we live in a time where much of our lives is presented for public consumption on social media.”

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

“Every story has shaped me into who I am today.”

She also says, “I have always believed that it is crucial that people take care of themselves first… We are all entitled to a fulfilling and dignified existence.”

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She has already served a term as first lady and notes that she is aware that the role “transcends formal duties. (The) mission (of the first lady) focuses on fostering human connections, demonstrating empathy and providing support to those in need.”

Melania Trump attends a meeting of the President’s Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health System in the State Dining Room of the White House on July 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Her time in the White House, she says, shaped her perspective and strengthened her “commitment to serving others.”

“Writing my memoir has been an amazing journey full of emotional highs and lows,” Trump previously told Fox News Digital about her book. “Every story has shaped me into who I am today.”

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She also told Fox News Digital that “while it was intimidating at times, the process was incredibly rewarding and reminded me of my power and the beauty of sharing my truth.”

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singerman contributed reporting.