Terry is a survivor of a facially disfiguring and life-threatening cancer, is an author, keynote speaker, and business strategist. Terry challenges audiences to focus on what they can control, face their adversities, and to apply his survival kit and tips to gain confidence and become not only content, but truly happy and successful in their personal and professional lives.
Having endured over thirty surgical procedures in an effort to reconstruct his face while in his early twenties, Terry discovered tools that could help him transform his changed life. He shares ways to take control, overcome challenges, build trust and teams, embrace change, and learn the value of acceptance and tolerance. He views the lessons he learned in life as gifts, and believes his greatest reward is being able to teach others how to overcome any kind of adversity and celebrate life.
Terry’s experience led him to a 35-year successful career as a high-tech marketing executive, including being on the founding team of a company that had a successful Initial Public Offering (IPO). His popular programs are presented to healthcare organizations and educational institutions nationwide, and include the University of California Berkeley Football Team, Santa Clara University, Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Genomic Health, Perkin Elmer, Stanford University, UCSF, Kaiser Permanente, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and many others. He is the author of At Face Value, and a contributing author to three other anthologies. He has also been published in Psychology Today, Metro UK, The San Francisco Chronicle, Guideposts, Sales and Marketing Magazine, Coping and CURE Today. Terry has appeared on dozens of national and local TV networks, and has been interviewed on more than 75 radio stations across the U.S. and Canada.
Watch Terry Healey’s Story – Inspirational Speaker and Author Overview
Speaking Topics and Workshops Include:
Navigating Life’s Road Blocks: Attitude, Focus, and Teamwork
Taking Control
Confronting Challenges
Building Trust
Taking Risks
Dealing with Adversity
Embracing Diversity
Terry Healey has been providing motivational speeches for over twenty years. Watch more videos and check out gallery of Terry Healey’s photos. For more information, refer to the press kit materials and past clients below.
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Recent Press Coverage
July 2021
Cisco Systems – We Are Cisco – Beyond Face Value
June 2021
Bend Bulletin – Bend man Terry Healey shares how he navigated a detour in life
CURE – From Tested to Transformed
April 2021
Metro UK – “After surgery for cancer, I had to get used to life with a face I didn’t recognise“