635: Deeann Graham: Head On: Stories of Alopecia

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Deeann Graham is the award-winning author of Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, and an alopecia coach/consultant, educator, and advocate. She was first diagnosed with alopecia areata (an autoimmune hair loss condition) when she was 7-years-old. She published Head-On, Stories of Alopecia to share stories and photos of people around the world who are living with alopecia, in order to provide a broad perspective on the journey of hair loss. Educating communities in order to empower others who have been diagnosed, especially in the beauty and medical industries, is an important part of Deeann's outreach. She is also the course creator of the Alopecia Roadmap, and host of the Alopecia Life podcast where she continues to educate and share stories to help others realize they are not alone. Listen in to hear Deeann share: Alopecia 101: what alopecia is and how it can manifest differently in people The difference between alopecia and alopecia areata What her life was like as a 7 year who experienced total hair loss What it was like to not know anyone with alopecia like her for 30 years to then making 500 new friends with alopecia Her decision to stop wearing wigs when her daughter was in the 2nd grade and how she handled kids at her daughter’s school talking about her Where people experiencing hair loss can turn for support What to say and what not to say to someone who is bald or balding Links mentioned: Join my free CEO training for small business owners: shamelessmom.com/ceo Connect with Deeann: alopecialife.com/ Get Deeann’s Book: Head-On, Stories of Alopecia Deeann’s Podcast: Alopecia Life Deeann on IG Deeann’s FB Group Nonprofits: https://www.childrensalopeciaproject.org | https://www.naaf.org/ Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 635 with Deanne Graham. Show notes for this episode,
0:07.3	including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and
0:11.4	clicking on episode 635.
0:18.2	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:22.2	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:28.1	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:34.3	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:37.2	So be sure to join us in our
0:38.5	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.9	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
1:00.0	Deanne Graham is the award-winning author of Head-on Stories of Alopecia and an Alopecia coach, consultant, educator, and advocate.
1:03.2	She was first diagnosed with Alopecia Atriata in an autoimmune hair loss condition when she was
1:08.6	seven years old.
1:09.4	She published Head-on stories of
1:11.7	alopecia to share stories and photos of people around the world who are living with alopecia
1:16.2	in order to provide a broad perspective on the journey of hair loss. Educating communities in order to
1:22.6	empower others who have been diagnosed, especially in the beauty and medical industries, is an
1:27.3	important part of
1:28.2	Diane's outreach. She's also the course creator of the Alopecia Roadmap and the host of the
1:34.3	Alopecia Life podcast, where she continues to educate and share stories to help others realize
1:39.2	they are not alone. I met Deanne at an event for podcasters a few months ago, and I knew I wanted to have her
1:45.2	on the show right away. I just loved her energy. I was really drawn to just who she was as a person,
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