by megdiefenbacher@gmail.com | Nov 6, 2022 | Anxiety, Devotional, Faith, Health, Motivational, Non-Fiction, Personal
I began 2022 with high hopes that this would be my year to celebrate and work on my health: physical, mental, and spiritual. I had goals for the number of races I would run after the Flying Pig Half Marathon. I had strength training goals. I had goals to continue to... 
by megdiefenbacher@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2022 | Anxiety, Book Review, Faith, Motivational, Non-Fiction, Personal, Poetry
Hi Friends! My poetry collection These Bones Will Sing is FINALLY OUT! You can buy it on Amazon here. When you do, please share on social media and leave a review on the Amazon page! And if you forgot to leave a review for Messy Bun Mantras, here’s your chance... 
by megdiefenbacher@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2022 | Anxiety, Faith, Health, Motivational, Non-Fiction
the following is an excerpt from Messy Bun Mantras One day a song on the radio caught my attention. The lyric that popped into my ear essentially said: hey, maybe it’s alright that I’m a train wreck sometimes. I remember thinking, Oh, thank God. I may look like I’m... 
by megdiefenbacher@gmail.com | Feb 23, 2022 | Anxiety, Book Review, Faith, Motivational, Non-Fiction, Personal
the following is an excerpt from Messy Bun Mantras In the early fall of 2017, I read the book In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. It tells the true account of the tragedy of the Essex, an ill-fated whaleship that was attacked and sunk by a whale. It is the... 
by megdiefenbacher@gmail.com | Feb 9, 2022 | Anxiety, Book Review, Faith, Motivational, Non-Fiction, Personal
The following is an abridged excerpt from my book, Messy Bun Mantras. I always assumed that at some distant point in my life I’d feel like I had things under control. I’ve since learned that it’s not about having control so much as it is about accepting who has... 