# @lifesadiscoball on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BX0_H2NA8Bg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8940859-lifesadiscoball-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-08-15T20:30:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Heather Petri (@heatherpetri) — https://gondola.cc/heatherpetri

## Caption

Gratitude - Day 15 - Transformation
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Holy shit. Right? I simultaneously cringe and feel proud when looking at these before and after pics.
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I cringe because I know the depths of the emotional pain i was experiencing on the left in both pics (swipe ⬅️).
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I know what was happening in my life, and just how much it was breaking me. My body was larger, but my spirit much smaller.
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I am so grateful for this transformation for what it did for my body, mind, heart and soul. But especially for my mind.
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I am the strongest I've ever been. The shape of my body changed tremendously. But the makings of my mind? Hard to even compare.
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I think I've always been a fighter of sorts. But I haven't always been tenacious. I haven't always had the grit. I haven't always had a spirit that tells me to rise. And now, I do.
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Doing the physical work of a body transformation forced me to face the mental obstacles. It forced me to face old stories and insecurities.
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It forced me to face me and all my shit. ALL of it. Because my goal was all about getting stronger from the inside out. I knew starting with the inner shit would lead to the outside changing.
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Gratitude will come on another day for the people and the place (@bodiesbyburgoon) who helped me get here. Because they deserve their own damn post. So does my therapist. Because it was talk therapy combined with iron therapy that made the perfect equation for success here.
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I don't say it lightly, when I say quite frankly, this transformation saved my life.
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Grateful. Humbled. And hopeful to live the life I was placed on this Earth to live. I am an always evolving soul, and I won't always win or get it right. But I will always, always try.
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Don't give up, beautiful ones. I almost did. You don't have to travel in the darkness alone. Take my hand. We will do this together. 💖
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