805: Heather Salazar: Cancer Survivor and Change Maker

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

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

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Heather Salazar is the President and CEO of Pink Ribbon Good. As a breast cancer survivor, Heather knows firsthand what many women and men really need during their cancer battle: support. Through her work with Pink Ribbon Good, Heather makes sure individuals fighting breast and gynecological cancers are supported with healthy meals, rides to treatment, housecleaning kits, and peer support and education– all at no cost to the patient, and all because no one travels this road alone. Heather graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wright State University in Communication and Social Work. Heather and her family have been featured in People magazine, on The Today Show, and the Tamron Hall Show. Heather and I decided to release this episode at this time because September is Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is likely that every single person who listens to this episode has had their life touched in some way by these kinds of cancers. If you haven’t yet, you will. Listen in to hear Heather share: How she grew her family by adopting a baby whose mom, Alexis, had stage 4 cancer The loss of Alexis and then Heather’s own breast cancer diagnosis shortly after Alexis’s death How she started Pink Ribbon Good - as someone who hates pink ribbons How she was able to charge forward and make assumptions that she would be successful in her mission even when she had self-doubt How she is supporting food-insecure and transportation-insecure people who are in breast and gynecological cancer treatment The sage advice of her investor, Pat, who gave her 45K and told her to go find doers, donors, door openers Links mentioned: Join My September Retreat for Women Leaders at Work: Influence & Ignite: Be the Boss Your People Have Been Waiting For: shamelessmom.com/leaders Join my October Retreat for Women Entrepreneurs: Influence & Ignite: Be the CEO and Thought Leader You Were Born to Be: shamelessmom.com/bizretreat Connect with Heather and Pink Ribbon Good: Pinkribbongood.org Pink Ribbon Good on Twitter Pink Ribbon Good on IG Heather on IG We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://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 805 with Heather Salazar.
0:05.7	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going
0:09.4	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 805.
0:18.0	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy.
0:20.2	I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.6	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.7	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:35.1	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our
0:38.3	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us
0:43.3	over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right, let's dive into today's episode.
0:59.8	Heather Salazar is the president and CEO of Pink Ribbon Good.
1:07.3	As a breast cancer survivor, Heather knows firsthand that what women and men really need most during their battle is support.
1:12.1	Through her work with Pink Ribbon Good, Heather makes sure that individuals fighting breast and gynecological cancers are supported with healthy meals, rides to treatment, house cleaning
1:17.1	kits, and peer support and education, all at no cost to the patient, and all because no one
1:23.6	travels this road alone. Heather graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from
1:27.8	Wright State University and in communication and social work. Heather and her family have been
1:31.8	featured in People magazine on the Today Show and on the Tamron Hall show. Heather and I in talking
1:36.6	through when to release this interview, which we recorded a few months ago now. We were thinking
1:41.0	that this would be the perfect timing. If you're listening in live time, we're releasing this in September.
1:46.0	September is gynecological cancer awareness month and October is breast cancer awareness month.
1:51.8	So as we enter these two months, which have impacted deeply anyone's life who's touched
1:57.6	by either a personal experience with either of these kinds of cancers
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