ATTENTION: event coordinators & Corporate training managers
Invite Your Guests Or Employees To Use the Power of Authenticity
Motivational Speaker, Narrative Strategist and Personal Brand Coach motivating audiences to turn challenges into competitive advantages. Use your story as your authentic authority and become a NOISE-maker.
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Edwina Adams delivers more than motivation, she delivers transformation.
We often are taught to treat adversity as something to survive, minimize, or rush past on the way back to "normal." Edwina challenges that instinct, showing how the very hardships you try to outrun often hold the raw material for your greatest strength and influence. As an attendee, you will explore her ROCKY-WATER framework, giving you strategies to overcome adversity, amplify your voice, and drive meaningful results. You'll leave with a practical way to reframe your own story of hardship as a source of authority, not a chapter to hide.
Through powerful keynote presentations and speaking sessions, she shows professionals how to build authority, lead with authenticity, and create lasting impact in their careers, organizations, and personal lives.
What your audience gains:
Practical frameworks to leverage personal experience as professional authority
Renewed confidence to navigate challenges and lead through uncertainty
Clear action steps to rise above AI slop and generated stories that everyone else is using
Event planners calling for speakers select Edwina over other speakers because she doesn't just share a story; she creates a movement in the room that translates to performance, retention, and results.
After her own trials in life and business, including thriving after her first marriage to an actual con man and later surviving a near-death experience, Edwina shares how she overcame those obstacles.
Edwina began applying what she calls the ROCKY WATER Approach to life that allowed her to turn her adversity into positive "NOISE" - Which is her acronym for having a Narrative Of Inspiration, Strength and Encouragement.
Edwina will motivate your audience on how they too can be successful "NOISE-makers" and in turn, create their own Narrative Of Inspiration, Strength and Encouragement.
As a personal brand coach, she also brings her real world experience to corporations who want to offer motivation and encouragement to employees who need to break free from the fear of visibility. Her talks help them become comfortable doing in-person networking as people move off-line and back to real world connections. When your staff has eye-to-eye influence, great things happen.
TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying
"Edwina, thank you for sharing your story and delivering such a clear, meaningful message at our paramedic graduation. Your perspective resonated with our graduates and offered them practical insight as they begin their careers. We appreciate the honesty and thoughtfulness you brought to the event."
"Edwina shared her story of real-life struggles and adversities providing our group with tools to overcome challenges, offering inspiration and encouragement." She had a great message that inspired all of us to remember the important things in life and how to overcome adversity. Edwina is a true inspiration."
"Edwina is great at telling her story and making it relate to everyone else in the room. There are so many aspects to life yet so many people go through similar tough times and survive maybe even thrive. She's kind, intelligent, and loves to help."
"Edwina engaged our students in learning about her career as an author, professional speaker, and podcast host. She was able to teach our students using age-appropriate language and activities to support the diverse learners of our school. She was professional, kind, and thoughtful throughout her time with our students and staff! Thank you so much for lending your time and talent to our community!"
"Her entrepreneurial mindset caught my eye and I asked her to come talk to my clients. She nailed it. But her story of what happened in her life was even more incredible than I could have imagined. When you leave room for God to work His magic in your life it never disappoints."
"Powerhouse of Insight & practical Wisdom! Edwina's deep knowledge, educational background, and actual real-world experience make her an outstanding resource for anyone serious about growth. Edwina has a unique ability to simplify complex systems and turn strategy into actionable steps. Entrepreneurs left her session inspired, informed, and ready to execute. Truly a master at connecting knowledge with real impact.".
Edwina doesn’t just motivate, she empowers. Through compelling storytelling, real-world experiences, and actionable insights, she inspires audiences to turn adversity (from life or business) into "NOISE" - her acronym for a Narrative Of Inspiration, Strength and Encouragement.
Motivational Speaker
Narrative Strategist
Corporate Trainer
Personal Brand Coach
MEEt Edwina the encourager
Edwina Adams
Edwina "The Encourager" Adams is a brand and narrative strategist, keynote speaker, and business consultant who helps ambitious experts overcome their fear of visibility and transform their personal stories into authentic authority.
A military veteran and retired paramedic with nearly two decades of entrepreneurial experience, Edwina has founded and sold multiple businesses, including one of America's first automated trash can cleaning services. Her journey took an unexpected turn when her first marriage to someone she didn't know was a con man unraveled while he went to prison. Years later, after surviving a near-death health crisis in 2020, Edwina decided it was time to stop hiding and start making NOISE—her signature acronym for a Narrative Of Inspiration, Strength & Encouragement.
Today, Edwina is the founder of Authentic Authority Academy, author of "Dare to Dream Big," and host of the "Let's Make Some Noise" podcast and Founder of the Authentic Authority Academy where she teaches experts how to confidently own their expertise and build what she calls "eye-to-eye influence" in a world increasingly dominated by AI and manufactured personas.
When she's not coaching, speaking, or consulting, you'll find this loyal friend, loving wife, and mom painting and rocking her collection of cool shoes.
"NOISE is my acronym for a Narrative Of Inspiration, Strength & Encouragement."- Edwina Adams
"Build beyond adversity and craft a life of impact and purpose."- Edwina Adams
"Hustle stole my health, alignment gave it back." - Edwina Adams
"Your story is your authentic authority, learn how to use it." - Edwina Adams
