Alana Carvalho

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a mother of 2 and a native New Jerseyan. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and have always had a passion to help people find themselves and also teach people. I’ve known since I was 5 years old that I was going to be a therapist. Raising Empowered Children: The Codependent Perfectionist’s Guide to Parenting is my first published book , but I also have Oracle Cards, e-courses, and other projects completed and in the works!

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
I was inspired by a group of parents that I worked with who had teenagers with substance abuse and mental health issues. Seeing the connection between codependency and perfectionism was what jump started me on wanting to write this book and help parents be more proactive in their parenting, so that they don’t have to get to that point and work reactively in negative situations.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes – I regularly intuit a sentence or a topic and then send it to myself. Then, at some point later, I write on it and flesh it out. I have a ton of emails to myself that are just one line that I know I will expand on at a later time.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
Two of my favorites are “The Conscious Parent” by Dr. Shefali Tsabary and “The Indigo Children” by Lee Carroll & Jan Tober

What are you working on now?
I am working on an e-parenting course!

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I would say my podcast (The Codependent Perfectionist) has been the best way to promote my book, along with social media and networking pages and groups.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
Well, I am a new author, but my advice would be to trust that there are people out there that will greatly benefit from your book, whether you can see that or not.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.” – Max Ehrmann “Desiderata”

What are you reading now?
I just finished reading the “Awareness” by Anthony de Mello, a book on spirituality

What’s next for you as a writer?
I really want to work on integrating more spirituality into my writing and helping therapist learn how to integrate it into their work.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
“The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck, “Facing Codependence” by Pia Mellody,
Andrea Wells Miller & J. Keith Miller, and “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brené Brown

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