Revealed in the Making Series: Part 1— It Didn't Break Me, It Broke Me Open (or What I Thought I Lost Was Actually Being Rebuilt Into Something I Didn't Have a Name For Yet)

In this episode, I’m kicking off a new series called Revealed in the Making, because I couldn’t shake the question: what happens when the thing God carefully wired in you feels like it gets broken? I talk about what life felt like after my season in the psychiatric facility—how I came out feeling like a stranger in my own skin, grieving the silence after being a writer whose words used to pour out nonstop. That quiet middle felt like rotting, but I’ve learned it was more like a seed cracking open underground—breaking that had a purpose. God didn’t hand me back what I had; over time, He grew something new, and I eventually became a book designer with no formal training. I’m also owning the way I notice God in the small, random details, and I’m reframing “seeing through a glass darkly” as an invitation to trust what’s still being revealed.00:00 Welcome to the Podcast00:43 Episode Title and New Series02:14 After the Psych Ward04:39 Quiet Season Like a Seed05:36 Becoming a Designer06:40 Counseling and God Signs08:42 Owning My Wiring09:07 Seeing Through Glass Darkly11:11 Prayer and SendoffAmber Weigand-Buckley is an Amazon #1 bestselling and multi-award-winning author, podcaster, and the founding editor and art director of the multi-award-winning Leading Hearts magazine. She's the #shortyellowpencilgirl living in a neurotypical world — navigating life with a beehive brain, a lot of sticky notes, and an unwavering belief that God wired her exactly right.Host of #RandomDevoThoughts — where she unpacks the Jesus heart from the ADHD mind — Amber brings raw, relatable, and often hilarious insight to faith, mental health, and neurodivergent life. She's also co-host of Coffee Chat with Amber & Lisa.Her newly released book, #SisterhoodoftheShortYellowPencils: Mental Health Mayhem, One Sticky Note at a Time, is out now — a humor-packed, gut-punch honest look at her own mental health journey that's equal parts laugh-out-loud and life-changing.Follow her @barefacedgirl and @shortyellowpencilRX for the real, the raw, and the ridiculous.