An Unexpected Health Scare Motivated Heathere Evans to Transform Her Offering
Time to pivot.
Heathere Evans knows how to get a message across. Born and raised in San Diego, she jumped from college to a two-decade communications consulting career in both Denver and Washington. In 2012 she moved back to Southern California to raise her daughters.
A year later, a diagnosis changed her trajectory. On Valentine’s Day, she learned she had breast cancer.
“It was the single most painful, heartbreaking and scary time of my life,” she shares. Amid the chaos, a valuable message began to reveal itself to Heathere.
“I didn’t know it at the time, but having a health crisis became a powerful change agent for me—an opportunity to reevaluate and reimagine every aspect of my life. And I seized it!”
Ten years after her diagnosis, she is now cancer-free. She says there wasn’t an area of her life that the experience did not touch or reshape. For her career, it inspired a new business.
“I didn’t know it at the time, but having a health crisis became a powerful change agent for me—an opportunity to reevaluate and reimagine every aspect of my life. And I seized it!”
Heathere launched Pivot with a clear mandate: to become an integral part of championing and remodeling the wellness of entrepreneurs, CEOs and their teams—and arming them with the tools they need to succeed. “I was curious about human development and how to tap into our full potential for success and well-being,” she says.
Heathere earned a master’s degree in psychology and became an International Coaching Federation-certified professional coach. Shortly after, she was invited to join Harvard Medical School’s Institute of Coaching.
“That really shifted my business focus,” she says. “I started my second company to bring a unique blend of what I was discovering—simple but profound principles and practices from science, psychology and spirituality that give us an elevated way of being and relating to each other, our environment and the world.”
Her clients include big houses like Google and Booz Allen Hamilton, midsized companies and small start-ups. They look to Heathere to coach leaders and teach teams how to stay energized and engaged, become more resilient and communicate more effectively.
“From so much disruption, challenge and change in our world and workplaces, many people have neglected their own self-leadership and self-care—which can lead to burnout, mental health declines and decreased job performance and satisfaction,” she says.
Heathere believes that even in our daily lives, there are simple steps we can take to improve the way we feel about what we’re doing and, therefore, the way we connect with and communicate with others. It can start simply with your to-do list.
She suggests taking this approach for a couple weeks and seeing what happens: Rather than thinking “I have to” or “I should” get this or that done, swap those phrases for “I choose to,” “I want to” or “I intend to.”
As Heather points out, “Always remember, just one small step can change your life.”
