The past year has been a journey for all of us, filled with many challenges. During these times, we may feel increased feelings of anxiety, frustration, and concern. The practice of self and professional care is not just for the good times. During a difficult year like 2020 is when we need to prioritize self and professional care now more than ever and understand our role for how we can support others.
Join us for an hour and a half interactive workshop that will help you to prioritize and put together some tangible next steps for putting together a self-care and professional care plan for yourself for the 2021 year.
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Meet our Speakers:
Tara Adams
In 2020, Tara founded Abridge Consulting. Her vision was simple - get more people, more help, sooner. She is a believer that we can all learn how to be a bridge between people struggling with their mental health to the support they need and deserve. She is a leader in health and wellness for clients, partners, community, and her family. Through years of experience and professional development, she has honed her specialty in mental health training and consulting in the workplace and sports world.
Through Tara's background as a Corporate Wellness Manager at ATB from 2014-2020, she championed workplace mental health and overall employee total health for 6,000+ ATB team members province wide by building enterprise wide strategies for mental, physical, emotional and financial wellness. The results of her workplace mental health training program were closely measured and outperformed similar organizations across Canada.
Tara calls herself a “relatable” role model who does her best to invest in her own mental and physical health, however, also knows that she can do more. Tara is relatable to many of us with having a busy home life, was a semi-competitive tennis player and have big plans to conquer the amateur senior’s tennis tour someday.
Bob Wilkie
Bob Wilkie is a former NHL hockey player, an award-winning entrepreneur, a best-selling author, and has given thousands of presentations to crowds ranging from CEOs, businesses, schools, and sports organizations throughout North America. His presentations are an emotional ride that triggers and inspires a deeper sense of understanding, hope, and motivation.
At age 17 Bob was ranked by Central Scouting to be a potential first-round pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Bob was traded to the Swift Current Broncos in a historic 4-1 deal. This put Bob in the hands of the Coach and GM Graham James. On December 30, 1986, their team bus slid off the road and took the lives of four of his teammates. It is ranked as one of Hockey’s Greatest Tragedies. Bob was drafted 41st overall later that year in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings. In 1989 in Bob’s last year of Junior Hockey, the Broncos held the best record in Canadian Junior Hockey and won the Memorial Cup. Bob went on to play ten years of professional hockey and includes time with the Detroit RedWings and Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. He was an All-Star 4 times in his career and won three Major Championships.
Bob is the owner of a company called I Got Mind that specializes in social and emotional learning. His team of professionals provides supports to organizations of all ages. They have been touring communities over the last two years sharing their stories and educating people about the social and emotional issues that are becoming more predominant in society.
Bob’s experiences have allowed him to take his success equation to the World of business. He works with companies helping them build strong and successful cultures. Bob’s talks are dynamic and entertaining and most importantly educational. You will walk away from this evening feeling motivated and inspired.
About Young Women in Business - YYC Chapter:
Young Women in Business Network is a non-profit society for emerging female leaders in Canada. The Calgary Chapter acts as the central forum to connect ambitious young women and provide them with the opportunities to develop relevant skills and knowledge.
