Terry Healey joins Susi Vine to discuss overcoming adversity and building resilience. Healey recounts being diagnosed at 20 with a rare facial cancer that led to 30+ reconstructive surgeries while finishing college and building a career in high tech. He describes his journey from rock bottom, and rebuilding confidence through a “survival kit” of gratitude, attainable goals, and visualization. Healey outlines his REBAR framework for individuals and organizations, emphasizing learning from failure, servant leadership, boundaries, and forgiveness. Listen in to find inspiration in the tenacity of a young man who overcame the odds to not only survive, but to thrive.
Host Susi Vine welcomes Terry Healey, an author, business strategist, keynote speaker, and a facial cancer survivor, to discuss overcoming adversity and building resilience. Diagnosed at 20 with a rare fibrosarcoma, Healey underwent more than 30 procedures while finishing UC Berkeley and beginning a high-tech career. He describes losing confidence and hitting rock bottom, then rebuilding his confidence and self-esteem through reflection, goal setting, gratitude, and visualization. Healey explains Martin Seligman’s “three Ps” and shares his REBAR framework for individuals and organizations, emphasizing growth mindset, healthy culture, servant leadership, learning from failure, boundaries, empathy, and forgiveness. He highlights skier Jamie MoCrazy’s recovery from traumatic brain injury and demonstrates the profound power of practicing gratitude to shift attitude and transform your reality.
Inside this episode:
Learn more about Terry and his work at www.terryhealey.com