Tara Taylor, Heather Pardon and Pat Armstrong are the Founders of Just Say Yes! These successful women created this event to help other women also achieve success in mind, body and spirit.
It was no coincidence that these three dynamic women came together. The idea of Just Say Yes! came to fruition when Tara, Heather and Pat, who’d just met while taking a cruise together, whimsically decided to spent an entire day just saying “yes” to whatever life brought forth.
The events that followed this simple step opened their eyes to what we all can achieve when we encourage and inspire each other to be our personal best and to say Yes! to what the world has to offer. As women, we often deny our true selves and what we really want in life. We may have aspirations and desires but feel conflicted because of the many demands placed on ourselves from work, family, spouse, children, chores and more
And they wanted more women to share in the experience of saying yes to themselves and so the idea was born. While all three women have very different backgrounds they share the passion and belief that encouragement, faith and a “Yes” attitude are key to living life to its fullest.
Share in their stories and the wisdom and experience of 12 other amazing women who offer up their tips on achieving your highest goals, aspirations and dreams in all areas of your life. Learn how you can Just Say Yes! to your personal best too.
Our mission is to offer events and experiences that motivate women to say Yes!! to leading an inspired life and to reaching for their personal best in mind, body and spirit.
Tara Taylor is Owner/founder of Whitelight Wellness, Part Owner/founder Sacred Space Inc and Partner/founder of Just Say Yes.
Tara is an Intuitive Counsellor, an Angel Therapy® Practitioner certified by Dr. Doreen Virtue PhD, an Integrated Energy Therapy® Master/Instructor certified by Stevan Thayer, and A Reiki Master trained by the teachings of the William Lee Rand. She attended St. Pauls University for four years studying World Religions and Pastoral Counselling. She has helped many people worldwide through her workshops, seminars and public speaking on the difference between the higher self and the ego. She has also taught many workshops on the Law of Attraction and has used these same principles to build her own life and career.
Tara is also a published author and is one of the contributing authors to the Amazon Best Seller "Manifesting Success: The Ultimate Guide To Creating The Life of Your Dreams" released in January 2009. She also has another book in the works due to be released in 2009, which talks about the difference between the higher self and the Ego and gives insight into the question "what is the meaning of life".
Pat Armstrong is Partner/Founder of Just say Yes, Owner of Image Essentials and Chair of the Advisory committee for Esthetics at Algonquin College.
After studying business as her major she then went into management with a large cooperation but then decided to follow her passion of cosmetics. She then studied at Yolande St. Onge to get her license in esthetics. (1988)
She was also the former Vice Chair of the Carleton Catholic School Board for 9 years (1988-97) and former President of Can-Amigos (1989-94) and traveled to Guatemala to help build a childcare and education centre.
Patricia is known for ability to make every woman feel beautiful, special and confident with her expertise and her kind heart. Since 1997, women and men worldwide seek her unique treatments and services that are provided at her Spa in Ottawa, Ontario called Image Essentials. She frequently travels to different spa shows across North America to keep up with the newest technologies in the spa industry.
Patricia says, “ I feel that everyone is beautiful and I am grateful that I can help people feel that way about themselves too.”
Pardon is the E.D. (Executive Daisy) of A Wild Daisy Adventureprises. She is a Life Change Coach, Personal Training Specialist, Author, and Presenter.
She is also one of the Partners/founders of Just Say Yes. Heather left a secure office job a few years ago to pursue self-employment and her dream of doing work that fuelled her soul. She found rewards and bumps along the road from her beginnings as owner of A Wild Daisy Bed and Breakfast to now operating A Wild Daisy Adventureprises, a company dedicated to nurturing seeds of potential and possibilities in others.
Heather is a published author having most recently contributed to the book, “The Power of Women United” and is currently working on her next writing project inspired by the adventures of a cross-Canada trip in her recently acquired camper van.
Tara, Heather and Pat are thankful for the event planning expertise and fun-loving personality of Christine Gilmour, Director of Marketing and Events, who joins them in creating this memorable event for women.
Christine Gilmour is the Director of Marketing and Events with Just Say Yes.
The moment Christine met Tara, Pat and Heather she knew she'd found kindred spirits who would make good use of her talents and so realize her dream of making a difference in other people's lives. With several years experience in organizing business conferences across Canada she had been looking for the opportunity to create events that will really inspire others and in particular women. Events that will give them the tools and insights they need to discover and celebrate their inner selves and so fulfil their potential and destiny in their current lifetimes.
Those who work closely with Christine and know her well value her for her empathy, positive attitude and awesome powers of understanding. Her professionalism has earned her the respect of everyone she works with in her chosen field while her humanity has won her their affection and admiration.
As the single mother of two children, Christine is no stranger to the struggles many professional women have to overcome. She has created a nurturing, supportive environment for her kids while still having to juggle the pressures of work and the need we all have to find a space where we can refresh our bodies, minds and spirits.