For the estimated 16 million adults dealing with depression in America today, it can feel like a dark and lonely journey. But today we'll tell you how one man made it out of the woods and how you can too. By writing that actually gave me some strength and I could feel it and see it. And it was a matter of describing depression.

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast.

I'm your host, Jeff Sanders, and want to truly thank you for making us part of your day today.

And I also want to remind you that if you like what you hear on this show and you want to add

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live happy.com, or by picking up the latest issue of Live Happy magazine at your favorite local

newsstand or bookstore. This week, we're talking with Brent Williams, a former human rights attorney

who found his career sidelined by a debilitating bout of depression and anxiety.

Brent then dedicated himself to not just accept his diagnosis, but to overcome it.

His troubled journey, which he chronicled through journals, became the basis of his new book,

Out of the Woods, a truly revealing memoir that's disguised as a graphic novel.

Live Happy Science Editor Paula Phelps talk with Brent about his book

and how he overcame his anxiety and depression.

Brent, thank you so much for joining us today.

You know, you've got an interesting story to tell,

and it's very bold for you to be able to come out and be public with your

struggles with depression. So first of all, I just, I want to welcome you to live happy now.

Thank you, Paula. It's lovely to be on your show. Well, you know, there's so many different

things about your story that are very interesting, but one of the things that I found most

interesting is that you're

a human rights attorney.

So you're spending your life helping others, but at the same time you're having to struggle

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