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Gypsy Rose Blanchard<\/a> is celebrating her journey.<\/span><\/p>\n Blanchard, 32, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a photo of herself in the present day, juxtaposed with a photo of herself in 2009, at age 18, when she was in a wheelchair, holding a stuffed giraffe, outside a hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n “There is a beauty in the struggle of overcoming your past. #selflove,” Blanchard captioned the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n She shared <\/span>the same pair of pics to her TikTok account<\/a> as well, in an effort to raise awareness of\u00a0Munchausen by Proxy — which she was a victim of as a child.<\/span><\/p>\n The TikTok — which was set to “Scars to Your Beautiful” — was captioned, “Stay positive, there is always hope.”<\/span><\/p>\n The posts come amid a whirlwind time for Blanchard — who was\u00a0<\/span>released from prison in December<\/a>, eight years after she pleaded guilty to the\u00a0second-degree murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n In the months since her release, Blanchard <\/span>has gotten divorced from her ex<\/a> — whom she wed while behind bars — and has <\/span>filmed a reality TV docu-series,\u00a0<\/a>Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Blanchard hit the red carpet for Lifetime’s For Your Consideration event last week — after having recently recovered <\/span>from a rhinoplasty procedure<\/a> — where she <\/span>spoke with ET about her new “era.”<\/a><\/p>\n “I think that I’m entering into a new era in my life, definitely, having learned a lot about me over these last four months,” she gushed. “I think that right now I’m just trying to move forward in my life and kind of showing who I am and discovering.”<\/span><\/p>\n With a giggle, she added, “In my pretty girl era, as they say!”<\/span><\/p>\n Gypsy is currently promoting her upcoming\u00a0eight-part docuseries for Lifetime, which debuts in June.<\/span><\/p>\n “I think I’m most excited for fans and people to see me grow as an individual,” she shared of the project. “Just me learning about myself these last four months. I think that it’s important for people to see me grow from the prison version of myself to who I am today and how I got there.”<\/span><\/p>\n