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mation journey over the last eight years joined the program and every
single woman had great success. Taryn’s program was all about
empowerment and self-confidence, as well as how to dress to be the
woman you are meant to be, coupled with workout videos, live feed
and a nutrition guide. The ladies had such great results that on the 21st
day they overwhelmingly told her that they wanted more. They wanted
to continue with Taryn’s workouts, her fashion inspiration and personal
motivation.
It was her husband, Patrick’s brilliant idea to create an online community.
There, Taryn could continue to
create content and inspiration, while
interacting with the ladies and offering
them a safe space to share and
be heard. Together they launched
the community on Facebook over the
course of a weekend and Taryn asked
the ladies who had participated in the
21 day challenge if they would be interested
in subscribing to the community.
Every single one of them said yes.
Those same ladies that had found
such success with that original program
told all of their friends and family
about how great and different Taryn’s
program was. They shared about how
unique it was; you learn about fashion
and she encourages you to drink
champagne on Thursdays and take a
bubble bath for self-care. Their friends
and family did a round of the 21 Day
Fit and Chic program and then joined
the community after, and soon it really
took off.
That community has grown in
numbers and loyalty. The women in
the community band together to encourage
each other on fitness and
life, even sending each other food
and support when they lose a loved
one. Taryn really listens to the community
and tries to give them what
they want and need, even when she
doesn’t respond openly. She said she
is constantly taking screenshots of
comments that she wants to follow up
on. She had been running the original
21 Day program monthly, but many of
the women had taken it multiple times
and wanted something new. In response
to that, she launched the Four
Taryn Shea is living out her big, big dreams to the fullest.
Weeks to Falling in Love with Yourself. It, of course is full of workouts
and nutrition, but also focuses on feeling empowered from the inside.
There are activities that you have to do as a group through the course
that help you connect with the powerful woman inside of you. Women
that have taken the course claim it’s life changing.
Taryn kept getting feedback that people wanted to have a meet
up with her and other women in the community. Some were proposing
coffee or a workout and Taryn thought, “Oh, I can do better than that.
I got together with an event planner and I have a lot of Fit and Chic
Babes in one particular city, Calgary.” She pauses for a moment to
reflect on how she got so many Babes in one concentrated area. A Fit
and Chic Babe, Joslyn, had lost 60 pounds with Taryn and had told
everyone that she knew about her success and new lease on life. She
continued. “So, I thought, you know...I’m coming to Calgary, so we
spent about 3 or 4 months planning this big, beautiful two day Fit and
Chic Retreat and it was amazing. We had guest speakers, I had makeup
artists come in and do make-overs. We had a fashion segment,
a pop-up boutique. We had everything I am passionate about in my
programs. We literally came to life. We had a panel. I mean, it was so
amazing.”
It is easy to see that Taryn is driven
by something so intense that even she
can’t control it. When she talks about
the women that she has inspired, she
barely takes a breath. “Now, of course,
that was the first one and since then,
we have had two 1 day retreats, we’ve
had a 5 hour evening called Ignite Your
Inner Spark. They’re always themed
and always named. We’ve also had
2 meetups, which are like two and a
half hours.” She has listed all of this to
prove one point. “I just listen. I’m like a
helicopter. I have the outside perspective.
What they need, I just create for
them… I just keep showing up for them.
I show up for my community.”
In order to do that well she has to
also balance life as a busy mom, wife
and entrepreneur. With Fit and Chic
growing, she serves her community with
her usual content and work-outs, while
supplementing their needs with incredible
guest speakers and regular contributors.
Taryn goes out of her way to find
people that are an important resource
to the ladies in the community. She has
someone who leads them in regular
meditation, someone who is a therapist
that contributes content about mental
health and goal setting, a healthy food
chef that contributes recipes, and many
entrepreneurs, experts, and to quote
Taryn, “Boss Moms,” who motivate and
inspire the women with scheduled live
talks.
Taryn knows that as the community
continues to grow, so do the needs of
the members. She is fueled by the desire
to meet those needs and she understands
that without her community, she
can’t fulfill her own need to help women. Her priority is to being present
for them, but to also continue to help people outside that Facebook
group. She just wrapped up an International Fit and Chic tour where
she traveled doing keynote speeches in Canada, Tampa and Miami.
She was invited to sit on a panel and speak at StyleCon in Dallas and
had Fit and Chic meetups in many US Cities, and Edmonton, Canada.
She hasn’t stopped there. In 2019 she earned First Place in the World
Beauty, Fitness and Fashion (WBFF) Pros and later placed in the top 10
in the WBFF Worlds in the Bahamas.
It’s been a big year for Taryn and she hasn’t slowed down, nor
let up on supporting her community for a second! She is proud of her
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