Spiritual and Motivational speaker Jaya Kishori recently came out with her book titled It’s Okay. Aimed at helping people navigate difficult situations in life, Jaya insists that the title of the book came from her personal experience. “The theme of this book arose from my experience with young college going kids. When I do my sessions with them, I speak to them about their problems and the pressures they are facing. While that can confuse them a lot, they cover it under the garb of phrases like ‘just chill’ and ‘it’s okay’, and that intrigued me,” she says.
She admits that she had been wanting to write a book for the last five years and the message of this one connected with her on every level. “The message of the book is that no matter how bad or good the situation in your life is, you should be able to differentiate when you should say to it ‘it’s okay’ and when not. You need to acknowledge the situation, face it and then eventually you reach its solution. The book iterates that the way you handle a problem is the way you solve it too,” she shares.
It’s Okay is a blend of both Jaya’s personal experiences and spiritual teachings. “There is also a third aspect, which is the stories I heard growing up from my parents and grandparents as those stories shaped me up,” she says, adding that writing was a challenging task for her emotionally, creatively and spiritually as she wrote many drafts for it, and going back to the drawing board every time did take its toll. But she followed the teachings of her own book to find peace.
Ask her who is her target audience for this book and she shares, “Anyone seeking inner peace, or whoever is struggling with emotions is my target audience for this book. But primarily, it is aimed for the youth as the generation today is confused a lot due to over exposure. They need help to navigate through those confusions and this is what I aim to do with this book.” She adds, “Once done reading this book, I hope they feel peaceful and find a calmness in life. I hope they are able to face any situation and feel okay about it.”
