Captivating Author and Intriguing Storyline All in One Book

I’m so glad you’re here!

This website and its contents are meant for explorers – readers who are seeking new ideas, possibilities, maybe even outside the box thinking. That’s been my credo and my guideposts along my often twisting, winding road. Here you’ll find links to my newest book – with more to come! 

So thanks for finding this site. Have fun exploring what’s here and be sure to come back regularly to see what’s new!

how captivating author was born

Debra Atlas has been a professional writer, blogger and journalist since 2008. A member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, her articles have covered topics as wide ranging as climate change, green innovation and agricultural themes. 

Her work has been published in newspapers, in regional and national magazines and on numerous web and blog sites, including on her blog envirothink.wordpress.com. This is her first published book – the first of what she hopes will be many – and is a departure from all that’s come before.

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Debra Atlas is featured in many interviews, radio shows, and podcast to help people suffering from depression. 

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim!

What if you didn’t have to fall down into that dark pit but could see it coming and step away from it? You Aren’t Depression’s Victim chronicles author Debra Atlas’s life and struggles with depression. It tells Atlas’s story plus it offers life-changing insights for those living with this often debilitating illness. This empowering book reveals:

  • how to identify where the edge of depression actually is,
  • strategies to help you recognize depression before it hits,
  • and simple actions that can help us step back from the edge of that dark pit.
An environmental journalist, a newspaper columnist, a workshop leader, a professional speaker and blogger, Debra Atlas has dealt head on with acute depression, personal crises, even a brush with suicide. Her book engages readers, offering life-changing insights that help them discover new possibilities that enable them to take back their lives.

Debra Atlas’s You Aren’t Depression’s Victim is a departure from her usual journalistic writing. The book is designed to be uplifting and empowering, offering readers new ideas and thought-provoking possibilities to consider and presents the idea that we have a choice when faced with depression.

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim!

What if you didn’t have to fall down into that dark pit but could see it coming and step away from it? You Aren’t Depression’s Victim chronicles author Debra Atlas’s life and struggles with depression. It tells Atlas’s story plus it offers life-changing insights for those living with this often debilitating illness. This empowering book reveals:

  • how to identify where the edge of depression actually is,
  • strategies to help you recognize depression before it hits,
  • and simple actions that can help us step back from the edge of that dark pit.
An environmental journalist, a newspaper columnist, a workshop leader, a professional speaker and blogger, Debra Atlas has dealt head on with acute depression, personal crises, even a brush with suicide. Her book engages readers, offering life-changing insights that help them discover new possibilities that enable them to take back their lives.

We're an audiobook now!

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim is now an audiobook! It’s available on Audible, on Amazon and on iTunes! Designed for easy listening, it includes everything the book has.

One in four American adults suffers from depression. Add to that seasonal affect disorder (SAD) – that malaise that comes from winter’s diminished sunlight – PLUS the looming stress that comes with the holidays. No wonder so many people have a difficult time during this time of year. 

But NOW there’s a perfect resource to help you step back from all that! 

So head over to any of those three online venues I mentioned and download your copy of the audiobook You Aren’t Depression’s Victim TODAY!

This just might change your life!!

Want to know how to beat depression and take your life back?

Step Back From The Edge is your ticket to powerful strategies that can empower you and free you up from automatically falling into depression.

Check out this free introductory webinar today!

uPCOMING EVENTS

Stay updated for more news items, events and a blog focused on information related to the book.

Come meet the Author

Want answers about how to deal with depression? How to NOT be a victim to it?

Join depression author Debra Atlas for a presentation and/or a book signing in your area of her book You Aren’t Depression’s Victim. It could change your life!

BOOK SIGNINGS AND EVENTS!

book signings!

In 2023, I did a full-out Midwest Book Tour. Lots of book signings and lives changed along the way.

This April, I’ll be doing a mini version of that. I’ll be doing a book signing in St. Louis, Missouri and one in Bowlingbrook,, Illinois. If you plan to be anywhere near there or know folks who are, see the information below and come on by!

Discover how to wrangle that anxiety and depression and get your life back in your own hands again.

See you in St. Louis!

St. Louis is one of my favorite places. It’s filled with memories of friends and family. So I’m really pleased to be able to come back and have a book signing there.

I’ll be at Barnes and Noble at 8871 Ladue Road in St. Louis on Sunday, April 14th from 2-4pm. There will be plenty to discuss! Come with your questions and learn new information about some simple things that effect depression and what you can do about it!

Learn how you can stand up to depression and not be its victim anymore. This could be a game changer for you!

Illinois - what a treat!

I loved being in Illinois last year. And now I’m going back!

If you’re near Downer’s Grove, Naperville or anywhere close by,  you aren’t far from Bowlingbrook, Illinois.

I’m having a book signing at Barnes and Noble 631 E. Boughton Rd, Suite 100 in Bowlingbrook IL 60440 on Friday, April 19th from 4:30-7:30 pm.

Come by after work or before or after dinner. Bring your questions. Bring  friend. And come learn what it takes to step back from depression’s dark edge! It’s possible!

Stay tuned for more events coming soon!

 

 

There’s a new and exciting webinar series on the horizon. Based on the life-changing book You Aren’t Depression’s Victim, Step Back from the Edge will launch with a free 30 minute introductory session. This program addresses the mind-boggling question: “What if you didn’t have to go on automatic when anxiety or depression show up?  What if you had another choice?” So check back to find out when this eye-opening and empowering webinar will be open for registration!

Being in this webinar could mean taking your life back!

LATEST INTERVIEWS

PODCAST INTERVIEWS

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim |  Lone Star Authors- Debra Atlas

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RADIO INTERVIEWS

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim | The Authors Show with Don McLaughlin – Debra Atlas

VIDEO INTERVIEWS

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim | Mental Health Mondays with Marla and Dave – Debra Atlas

SCHEDULE A BOOK SIGNING OR INTERVIEW

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Debra Atlas is featured in many interviews, radio shows, and podcast to help people suffering from depression.