Food, Faith and a Family Built on the "Edge"

The Solopreneur Journey

Dec 8 2020 • 46 mins

Today's Guest: Adrienne Edge Looking for something different? Well, this podcast is definitely for you! In this episode of Solopreneur Journey, Adrienne Edge proves that a woman can have it all. Learning to trust the journey that temporarily halted her budding business and shifted her career revealed a new part of a journey that formed ProFIT. Now, her love for adventure in the kitchen has awakened a health and nutrition enterprise that links her strong faith with a family brand focused on fitness and financial wellness.  Brief Background of Host of The Solopreneur Journey Podcast, Ex-pat Entrepreneur Jewel Daniels  Jewel Daniels is the head of Daniels Communications Global, a leadership development firm specializing in executive coaching, cultural competency, and developing leaders. She is also the author of four books, with her latest becoming a bestseller, https://jeweldaniels.net/new-book-profile (Three Sides of Every Crisis: Strategies to Sustain Business, Manage Your Career and Take Care of You). The book talks about how to find opportunities amid a crisis by learning to adjust your perspective so you can pivot, strategize, and take action to #kickthecrisis.  About The Solopreneur Journey Podcast  The Solopreneur Journey Podcast reaches out solo entrepreneurs, single-shingle, one-person enterprises who are just starting their business or killin' it in business. The show is ripe with information for those transitioning from careers to become entrepreneurs and growing to become larger companies' business owners.   You will glean lessons from everyday solopreneurs. Plus, those who have scaled their business and featured guests who pay it forward to share leadership lessons, the power of collaboration, how to price your goods and services, negotiation, marketing, and practicing excellent EQ (emotional intelligence).   One of the show's strongest offerings is its ability to cover a broad spectrum of industries with people worldwide in a way that appeals to our audience by meeting people where they are along their solopreneur journey.  Where All Things Begin [00:04:03] Every solopreneur's journey is unique. For Adrienne, connecting at the Tenacious Woman Conference turned into a new career opportunity to strike outside the box of her traditional career path. "For Jewel to see something in me and give me a chance at something that I knew existed…and to give me that chance was huge for me". [00:08:15] How does a woman, mother, and wife balance career with her husband's dreams? Despite finding success in her job, Adrienne faced a familiar feeling that strikes so many that asks, "are you walking in your calling?" Then came the launch of an organic baby food business that eventually evolved into kids cooking classes. And, amid a growing baby food business and consulting career, her trajectory would be altered by a move to South Carolina to follow her husband's dream that would define how the family uses their name to have faith while living on the "Edge." [00:11:00] "The next step may be the floor is there, maybe it's not" is how this solopreneur described her journey and learning to pivot. [00:14:57] Sometimes, entrepreneurship finds you, or you find it. Creating an organic baby food business turned nutrition and healthy living business rooted in Christian principles was unplanned. Adrienne says the call to entrepreneurship chased her down. Great job opportunities would come, and then they would go leaving space to utilize hidden skills learned from her grandparents and a realization that the hodgepodge of God-given talent would not go wasted. [00:24:40] A love for cooking and a passion for providing nutritional food for her children would open the door to creating a plant-based regiment to address some health risks and allergies in the family. That journey has formed ProFIT Family Wellness that has a dual focus on fitness and financial...