E66: She Lost $10M, Both Hips, and a Baby. She Rebuilt Anyway | Samantha Williams

E66: She Lost $10M, Both Hips, and a Baby. She Rebuilt Anyway | Samantha Williams

From The Unstoppable 5% by Laurie Drummond

May 14, 2026 · 1h 3m · Episode 66

About this episode

Samantha Williams shares her journey of rebuilding after significant personal and professional losses.

If you've ever looked at someone who's rebuilt from nothing and wondered what they actually have that you don't, this episode is going to answer that question. Samantha Williams has had more full-stop moments than most people have excuses. Wall Street trader. UK's first female trampoline park owner. A business that hit $10M in two years, then fell apart. A toxic partnership that forced her out of something she built. Both hips replaced. Perimenopause. A late ADHD diagnosis that reframed her entire life. And through all of it, she kept building. She's now an EOS Implementer based in Abu Dhabi, one of only two in the UAE, helping entrepreneurial teams get clear on where they're going and how they'll actually get there. And she's starting over again in a new country, in a new market. This conversation goes deep. We talk about what it felt like to be forced out of a company she founded, why she thinks her ADHD was her superpower before she even knew she had it, and what it means to redefine success when you've already hit the top and watched it disappear. The question I kept coming back to throughout this episode: what is it in someone that defaults to rebuild instead of retreat? Sam…

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Host: Laurie Drummond

Guest: Samantha Williams

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Organizations: Rush Trampoline Parks, EOS

Places: Abu Dhabi, UK, Wall Street

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