The Life of Someone Extraordinary

Nigerian-British leadership adviser, executive coach, author, speaker, and entrepreneur Yetunde Hofmann joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about leadership, identity, and what it really costs to build a successful career without losing yourself in the process. After more than three decades in senior leadership roles at global organisations including Unilever, Imperial Brand...

British entrepreneur, speaker, and creator of The FEAR Theory™, Becky Farrar joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about identity, fear, and what happens when the version of yourself that built your success is no longer the person you are becoming. After more than twenty years building Strive Dance Academy in the UK, Becky found herself facing a question many successful people...

American entrepreneur and commercial electrical contractor Erik Truxon joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about resilience, integrity, and what happens when life forces you to build a new path. As the founder of Just It's Electric, Erik has spent more than 30 years building a successful commercial contracting business through relationships, consistency, and an unwaverin...

American entrepreneur, speaker and former world traveller Nicole Elyse joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about fear, faith, and what happens when you stop waiting for certainty before you move - told through seven years, seven continents, and a gunpoint robbery in Medellín that changed everything. Nicole has visited 45 countries across all seven continents, worked with the...

Australian entrepreneur, business strategist, and self-described "business athlete" Nathan Baws joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about entrepreneurship, reinvention, and what four decades of building businesses actually teaches you. Nathan has launched 19 businesses across health and wellness, property, hospitality, food manufacturing, bookkeeping, and AI. He ha...

American entrepreneur Jeff Berndt returns to The Life of Someone Extraordinary for Part 2 of one of the most honest and hard-won conversations the series has featured - a deep dive into what happens after the collapse, and what it actually takes to rebuild when everything you spent years creating begins to fall apart in real time. After a $25 million acquisition deal collapsed during the 2008 fina...

Bulgarian former professional footballer Viktor Petkov joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for an honest conversation about what happens when the dream you chased your entire life stops feeling like one - and the self-awareness it takes to walk away before the world forces you to. Developed through the academy system of FC Maritsa Plovdiv, Viktor progressed into Bulgaria’s professional footbal...

American brand designer and entrepreneur Kyle DeSean Johnson joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for an honest conversation about branding, identity, and why most businesses are trying to design their way out of problems that actually begin with clarity. Kyle is the founder of Bullet Art Direction & Design, a Los Angeles-based solo studio specialising in beauty, haircare, and consumer prod...

American entrepreneur Jeff Berndt joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation that traces one of the most unlikely entrepreneurial origin stories - from journalism and storytelling to building a nationally distributed board game from scratch. Jeff is the creator of Triopoly, a three-dimensional board game that grew from a sketch pad idea into a business with over 200 products in ret...

Russian-American entrepreneur Luba Kaplanskaya joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for an honest conversation about what building a marketing business and a personal brand at the same time actually looks like — in one of the most competitive cities in the world. Luba is the founder of LK Strategic Ventures, a boutique marketing agency based in Los Angeles. She's spent nearly a decade worki...

British-Ghanaian podcast producer Roslyn Kufuor joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about perseverance, the courage to start over, and what it actually takes to build a career on your own terms. Roslyn is a podcast producer at Corus Entertainment's Curiouscast network in Toronto, with over 20 years of experience across radio and audio production - including eight years a...

Trinidadian entrepreneur Jen Manswell joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about faith, revenue architecture, and the long-term work behind building an abundant life. Jen is a revenue architect, entrepreneur, and storyteller with over 20 years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies translate vision into measurable growth. After contributing to more than $110 million in r...

Bulgarian entrepreneur Teodora Botsa returns to The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation on purpose, resilience, and the personal foundations that sustain long-term growth. In this second part of the conversation, the focus shifts from business to the woman behind the work. Tedi reflects on life as a single mother, the pressures of responsibility without a safety net, and the mindset r...

Bulgarian entrepreneur Teodora Botsa joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation on resilience, necessity, and the unexpected path into entrepreneurship. A Three-Star Director with AquaSource, Tedi’s journey into business began during a family health crisis that required her to remain at home and find a way to support her children. What started as a practical solution quickly evolve...

American-Bulgarian footballer Joshua Harris joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a grounded conversation on discipline, identity, and the realities of building a professional career from the ground up. At just 19, Joshua is a first-team defender for FC Maritsa Plovdiv , navigating the demands of professional football while balancing university studies and life in Bulgaria. Raised between th...

Bulgarian psychologist and psychotherapist Pollina Tonova joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a reflective conversation on identity, psychological masks, and the quiet pressures shaping modern life. With over 12 years of experience working with people across all stages of life, Pollina shares what she sees beneath anxiety, burnout, and emotional fatigue. Her work focuses on helping individ...