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First Name

Heather

Last Name

Petri

Nickname

Heather Petri

Writing genre

Memoir

Bio

Coach. Writer. Speaker. Storyteller. Hypemaster. Energy Infuser. Loud Laugher. Seeker of Strength. Maker of Moxie. Spreader of compassion and explorer of the heart. Lifting weights and spirits since…a while now. I have no shame and will dance in the aisles of Target (or any public place), if it’ll make my loved ones smile sheepishly with embarrassment. Why take one’s self too seriously? That’s what politicians are for (and that’s as political as I’ll get here).

I’m a mama, mental health advocate, and a bit maniacal about my local sports teams. Corporate experience. Small biz heart. And dreams the size of…hey! Size doesn’t matter! I’m just here to connect people’s hearts with their soul’s stories, and leave my little corner of the world a bit better than I found it.

My writing career started in my early teens when I wrote really cringeworthy poems about all the boys who didn’t like me. I’m a few years decades older now and history repeated itself a few years ago, when my long term relationship collapsed and I found myself writing poems about boys again. I’d like to think my poetry went from cringeworthy to one right swipe above marginal (as most of my online dating experience was). Thankfully, I’m back in a relationship and don’t have to resort to poetry as a coping mechanism any longer.

The writing which comes most naturally to me is that where I deeply explore my heart. The space where I unfold and share my experiences of coming back to myself after divorce, having a child, parenting a child through mental health crises, and many career obstacles. Who was I before the world told me who I was supposed to be? These are the stories that bubble to the top. These are the ones that are not only the hardest to tell, but most necessary to share. If my stories can help others feel less alone, more heard, and equally capable to come back to themselves – it is all worth it. Every tear shed while writing, every blocked memory revealed. It is in that revealing and rawness, that the healing is born. And that is where the light and self love are found.

I’m so thankful for the gift my passion for writing has brought me, and I’m thrilled to be here.