Captivating Author and Intriguing Storyline All in One Book

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR

Debra Atlas’s book “You Aren’t Depression’s Victim” has received a 2024 BookFest Award in three categories: Body, Mind & Spirit – Healing; Health & Wellness – Mental Health; and Self-Help – Anxiety, Depression & Mental Health.

Debra Atlas Wins 2024
International Impact
Book Award

Debra Atlas has been awarded 2024 International Impact Book Award for You Aren’t Depression’s Victim“, in the category of Personal Growth and Development, Self-Help. This accolade celebrates her profound contribution to helping individuals overcome depression and empowering them to reclaim their lives.

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.

as featured in

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

You Aren’t Depression’s Victim chronicles Ms. Atlas’s journey through acute depression,  car accidents, chronic pain, debilitating illness and a brush with suicide. It reveals how she stood up to depression and said “No Way!” You’ll discover how you can do this too!

 Atlas is an environmental journalist, an author, workshop leader, coach/mentor, a professional speaker and blogger.

We're an audiobook too!

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

One in four American adults suffers from depression.  And one in three women will experience depression in their lifetime.  This is a perfect resource to help you step back from that! 

Download your copy of the audiobook TODAY! This could 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 from automatically falling into depression.

Check out this free introductory webinar today!

uPCOMING EVENTS

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Come meet the Author

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

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

Debra Atlas featured in

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

PODCAST INTERVIEWS

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

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

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