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S1E26: From Survive to Thrive with Tanner Gers - Part 1

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21-year-old Tanner (2004) had big dreams! He was getting ready to go into the military to serve his country but this dream crashed as he was impaled by a tree through the head in an auto accident which rendered him legally blind.The next phase of Tanner’s life was filled with multiple brain surgeries, reconstructive surgeries and psych evaluations. But the biggest tragedy in Tanner’s life, wasn’t losing his sight - it was NOT living life, and NOT taking every day by the horns.As you can imagine, he was in a lot of pain, angry and severely depressed.‘’I felt like my life was pretty much over’’ – Tanner GersThe big shift - Wise words from dad ‘it could always be worse’ shifted his perspective gave him a positive outlook on his life and planted the seeds of appreciation and gratitude.Discovering baseball for the blind brought joy back in his life and enabled him to express himself physically on a level plain field. This super motivated him and sparked a desire to be as fit as possible and sent him on the path to