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Anchor, Inside Edition

Throughout most of her life, Deborah Norville led the life of the all-American golden haired girl. Life was magical. At the youthful age of nineteen she even managed to conduct a live interview with the president of the United States. She accomplished a great deal at a very early age. However, life was not always peaches and cream for our Dalton, Georgia, native.

Norville began her journalism career as a reporter in Atlanta while still a college student. She then reported and anchored local news in Chicago before joining NBC News in New York. A former correspondent for CBS News, Norville also hosted the nationwide Deborah Norville Show on radio which was heard on over 200 radio stations across the country.

After working her way up the ranks to the pinnacle of television, the co-anchor on the Today Show, the tables made a turn for the worse. The golden girl was now considered damaged goods. The media chastised her. They called her hungry as a shark for taking over Jane Pauley's job. They made up ruthless stories about her that just weren't true.

"Five years ago my career was over," states Deborah in her new book, BACK ON TRACK: How to Straighten Out Your Life When It Throws You a Curve. " I was out of network television. Out of television altogether. I was fat. I weighed...well, there are some things that a lady just doesn't ever disclose...That was me. Unemployed. Mother of a four-wee-old. Paralyzed by depression. In need of a career-and without the inner strength to try to find one."

Sure, Norville had her low times, just as we all do. But she decided to fight back, and trying times gave her added purpose. Together with sharing on paper what she had learned first-hand, she decided also to help people benefit from stories of others who have endured life's crises and made heroic comebacks.

Currently, Norville is seen by over eight million people nightly as the television anchor of Inside Edition, ABC's nightly syndicated newsmagazine and America's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine. She is the winner of two national Emmy Awards and has been described as feisty, savvy, skilled, and above all, committed to quality. During her 18-year-career, Norville has shown a knack for getting to the heart of a story.

Outside the newsroom, Norville serves on the Board of Directors of the New York City Council of Girl Scouts, and is on the Steering Committee of the Rita Hayworth Gala, which benefits Alzheimer's research. Among Norville's hobbies are sewing, cooking and gardening. She also enjoys golf, skiing and scuba diving. Norville is married to businessman Karl Wellner. They have two sons, and recently were blessed with the birth of a daughter.

Change doesn't happen overnight. One of Norville's favorite quotes comes from the legend on a cross-stitch pillow, a gift from her grandma. It reads, "Please be patient! God isn't finished with me yet!"

If your train of life isn't choo-chooing just right lately, maybe it's only derailed and needs a little boost. Deborah Norville's very own words of wisdom might be the ticket you need to help you get your train BACK ON TRACK.