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Hitman Talks to Author Debra Atlas ("You Aren't Depression's Victim") · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  How's it going? In is hit Man with you. We have an author,
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  Deborah Atlas who's on the phone with me right now, who has a
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  book out called You Aren't Depressions Victim, who on Sunday is going to be
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  at Barnes and Noble. Lokay, right off of Spid. Deborah, how
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  are you today? I'm doing great? Thank you? So looking forward to
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  this Sunday. You're going to be doing a book signing. What times are
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  you going to be there? The book signing is going to be from one
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  to three? Okay, good, good, So it's going to be at
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  Barnes and Noble right off of Spid. Make sure you make it on out
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  for that to meet Deborah Atlas there for this great book signing. Tell us
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  about your book called You Aren't Depressions Victim. It is I call it a
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  book of hope, and it's a book that empowers people, people not only
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  who have depressions, but who are dealing with major stress or major anxiety,
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  because they often roll into each other from time to time, right right.
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  And what this does is it asks the question, what if you didn't have
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  to fall into all of that automatically? What if you could see it coming
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  and learn how to step back from it so that life just kept moving forward,
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  right, And it gives you some strategies and to help you get there
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  to help you be able to do that for yourself. Right right, So
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  this is going to be a great book that people can get right now.
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  It's almost like a feel good book to help you if you were going through
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  stress, depression or anxiety. Right, yes, exactly. And who do
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  we know that isn't going through that at some point? Yes, that's true.
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  That's exactly true. Now, tell us a little bit of a history
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  about yourself. Now, you're originally from the real Grand Valley, but you're
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  an author, you're a writer, journalist, you've done dumb blogs. Tell
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  us a little bit about yourself. I'm an environmental journalist by trade, and
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  all the good things that have happened in my life sort of fell on my
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  head as opposed to be looking for them. This book happened that way.
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  I never meant to write this book, but I've had depressions since age two
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  and wasn't diagnosed till my mid forties. So what I was trying to do
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  with this is trying to figure it all out. So I just started writing
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  a little here, a little there, a little there, and along with
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  my environmental journalism, and over the years, you know, I kept writing
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  a little more and a little more, and eventually I looked at it and
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  went, oh, there's a book here. I think it's time to put
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  it all together formally. Wow, that's how that happens. But you know,
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  my focus has always been environmental issues and wildlife and conservation and those kinds
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  of things, So focusing on depression was just it was in left field for
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  me until it suddenly became center stage. Wow. Wow, we're talking with
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  Debrah Atlas. She has a book that is out called You Aren't Depressions Victim.
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  She's going to be at Barnes and Noble this Sunday, okay, right
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  off of spid makes You may it out from one to three. She's gonna
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  be there signing books. Of course, if you want to find out more
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  details, you can always check it out on her website Deborah Atlas dot com.
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  It's got all her information. That's they're also about the book now besides
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  over at Barnes and Noble. Can you get this book online? Can you
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  get it at Amazon? You can get it at Amazon. You can buy
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  it on my website. You can get it at Barnes and Noble, at
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  Target. Many places are carrying it now. I'm thrilled about that a number
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  of bookstores, more and more across the country are now carrying it. Wow,
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  that's right, that's really really cool. So yes, make sure you
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  join her. It's going to be this Sunday Barnes and Noble one to three.
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  Make sure you make an ounce of book signing. This can be there.
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  You'll be able to meet Deborah Atlas there. And of course, like
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  I said, if you want to find out more details, you can always
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  check it out online on her website Debrah Atlas dot com. Is there another
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  book maybe in the future that you might be writing or is there any articles
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  that you guys are that you're working on right now for newspapers and stuff.
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  The answers yes, yes, yes, and yes I hate not being busy.
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  But the latest announcement, and you're the first to actually you're a publicly
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  is I'm waiting for the copyright to come through. I have record we have
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  recorded an audiobook of this book. Oh wow, and it should be hopefully
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  fingers crossed in the next month or so. That will be available, and
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  I'll do a major announcement on my website of that and then I'll be posting
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  it wherever people buy their audiobooks. Wow. Wow, we'll congratulations. Hopefully
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  we'll get that out very very soon and looking forward to hearing it. Thank
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  you. I appreciate that, Thanks so much. All right, so make
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  sure you check it out. It's happening Sunday. It's happening at the Barnes
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  and Noble that's located right off of spid It's a book signing this there.
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  Of course, her book is officially out. You aren't depressions victim. Find
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  out more details on our website, Debrah Atlas dot com. Do you have
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  any advice for any up and coming writers who are who have writer's block or
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  you know, wanting wanting to publish a book, but they just need that
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  that little push. Do you have an any advice for them? Don't give
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  up. Don't think it's impossible. It is very possible, and it just
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  takes a willingness and a commitment to get there and a vision, but you
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  can get there. All right. I appreciate you calling in today. Debora
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  Atlas, Like I said, her website is Deborah atlas dot com you'll be
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  able to see you aren't depressions victim. You can find out more details there.
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  You can also see her on Sunday over at Barnes and Noble from one
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  to three. Thanks a lot for calling in and looking forward to reading your
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  book. Thank you so much, I appreciate it.