{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbridging.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F116-ozlem-ozkan-doing-vs-letting-life-work-9lhGvmCc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#116 Özlem Özkan: Doing vs Letting Life Work","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/32ffc90a-68f1-4545-85c9-a84db5ef2258/01ac6d37-f8c0-4633-ac3e-b615e6270d9c/bridging-artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/13720387-b8b2-4fbb-afcb-da9ddf3f8ec0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#116 Özlem Özkan: Doing vs Letting Life Work\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode, I explore something many people quietly experience…\n\nthe feeling of constantly forcing life.\n\nTrying harder.\nDoing more.\nOverthinking.\nControlling outcomes.\nPushing through exhaustion.\n\nAnd still… feeling stuck.\n\nBut what if the more we force…\nthe less life actually flows?\n\nI share personal experiences around work, relationships, overthinking, pressure, and the fear of letting go of control, and why constantly “doing” can slowly disconnect us from ourselves.\n\nThis episode is an invitation to step out of survival mode… and return to a calmer, more grounded way of living.\n\nBecause sometimes…\nthings start moving again the moment we stop forcing them.\n\nIn this episode, you will explore\n• The difference between doing and forcing\n• How pressure disconnects us from ourselves\n• Why over-controlling creates exhaustion\n• The subtle signs of survival mode\n• How intuition becomes clearer when the nervous system relaxes\n• Why letting go is not the same as giving up\n• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow\n• How life often starts working again when we stop trying to control every outcome\n\n🎙️ Host: Özlem Özkan\n✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/\n✧ Website: www.ozkanozlem.com\n✧ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/"}