Building Resilience: Terry Healey’s REBAR Journey from Cancer to Purpose

A bump behind the right nostril turned a college junior’s easy street into a fight for life—and identity. Terry Healey doesn’t just recount a rare sarcoma and radical facial surgery; he walks us through the inner reconstruction that followed, where faith, gratitude, and a bracing dose of truth forged a resilience deeper than scars. We explore the moments that mattered: a surgeon who gave hope on both sides of the ordeal, a family that showed up every day, and a girlfriend who named the real wound—insecurity—so healing could finally aim at the right target.

From there, we build out Terry’s REBAR framework—Reflect, Build, Act, Renew—the same playbook he now teaches leaders, teams, and anyone navigating hardship. Reflect is the five-to-ten-minute practice that turns days into data: gratitude lists, lessons learned, inspiration you’ll apply tomorrow. Build is mindset and support systems, from growth-oriented habits to communities that tell the hard truth. Act is execution with specificity and flexibility, translating clarity into commitments and small wins that compound. Renew is where we celebrate progress, name the traits forged in adversity, and lock in principles so the next storm finds us stronger.

We also get practical. Terry shares the gratitude exercises that stabilized him, why positivity is a choice and not denial, and how to take control when you can’t control the diagnosis. His new book, The Resilience Mindset, packages REBAR into a workbook you can use immediately, whether you’re facing health challenges, business setbacks, or a season of doubt. The throughline is simple and demanding: resilience is built, not given. When we reflect with honesty, build with intention, act with courage, and renew with purpose, adversity becomes a teacher—not a tyrant.

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