'Healing yourself takes time': Gisele Bundchen opens up on personal transformation after mother's death

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Gisele Bundchen has opened up on her personal transformation after her mother's death. The Brazilian fashion model shared a quote from Ecuadorian author Yung Pueblo in an Instagram post on Friday, February 9, after losing her mother Vania Nonnenmacher last month.

“Personal transformation is not easy," said Bundchen, according to People. "Healing yourself takes time," she added.

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"Letting go can sometimes feel overwhelming. Building new habits can seem like an uphill battle. Even with all of these challenges inner-work is worth it. This active form of self-love can radically change your life," she concluded her post with Pueblo's name, before reiterating the quote in Portuguese.

Bundchen also shared a photo of herself standing on a balcony alongside her heartfelt message, while gazing at a sunset behind a vast landscape of buildings and mountains peaking through the clouds. 

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Nonnenmacher died at the age 75 on January 28 from cancer. She was confirmed to have been hospitalized since January 26 by Hospital Moinhos de Vento in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Bundchen's latest post comes not long after she paid a heartfelt tribute to her late mother on Instagram last month.

She posted photos of Nonnenmacher at the time with her and her children, Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11, whom she shares with ex-husband Tom Brady, as she shared a message for her mother in the caption of her post.  

"Beloved mom, It hurts to know that I won’t be able to hug you anymore, but I know that you will always be watching over us. You were an angel on earth, always helping everyone around you," Bündchen began. "I am so grateful to be your daughter and to have learned from you. Thank you for being the best role model of love, strength, compassion, courage, and grace," she added. 

"I will forever cherish the beautiful memories we shared and will live by the values you taught me. You will live forever through the many lives that you touched. Thank you for giving me five best friends for life. Your love will always guide us,”  Bundchen continued. “I will see you in my dreams. Love you," she signed off. 

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Bundchen previously detailed last year about her “tough” experience while caring for her ailing parents. “It's been a lot — in every area of my life," the model said at the time. "I feel like whenever it rains, it pours. With all the different twists and turns that life takes, all we can do is the best we can give what happens in our surroundings,” she added.

Bundchen further shared that she took up meditation and daily exercise to help her cope with the situation, saying, “I think if I didn't have all the different tools that I have to support me during these times, it would've been very hard.”