Bridging

Jay Abbott is an entrepreneur from New Zealand, nowadays based in Amsterdam. Jay is a rigorous planner and an expert in staying focused. He shares with us his learnings and experience about how to stay focused.

Jay's recommendations of some books:

-The Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod

-Can’t hurt me - David Goggins

-Why we sleep - Matthew Walker

-Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Greg Mckewon

-Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

-Mental Models - Peter Hollins 

Host Özlem Özkan

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Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

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Adam Ashton is the co-host and co-producer of the Podcast "What Will You learn". (https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/) He is based in Melbourne, Australia. Adam and I talk about how each book propose a different skill or a different approach. No single book has all of the answers, but you can access someone’s life’s work and wisdom and gradually chunk together the different pieces of the puzzle. Do you want to establish a reading habit or learn more about our reading experiences, make sure you don't miss this episode.

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

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https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Gulshanoy and I talk about being present in a fast paced life. In a society where multitasking is appreciated, we both work on not-multitasking and enjoy the peace of being present brings into our lives.

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Kyle Courtaway is an expert in talent development and leadership. He is based in Illinois, United States. He has over 25 year of experience and has helped many individuals reach their leadership goals including many that work with Fortune 500 organisations. Kyle and I had a conversation about how a great leader could be, and what it takes to be a good leader. Kyle and I had a dive into human psychology and the things we humans remember from a boss. Kyle says that people can be incredibly specific about how it felt to work for a challenging boss because we create a lot of clarity when things get difficult.

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Mark Whitwell is originally from New Zealand and is based nowadays in California. He is a yoga teacher, trains people to become yoga teachers in Bali and Fiji. He is also the author of the book ‘God and Sex, now we get both’. Mark tells us more about how you can get intimate with life as it already is through yoga. 

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Lucie Agras is a movement trainer, fitness model based in Paris. She has collaborated with different brands and is nowadays the ambassador of Adidas in Paris. Lucie and I talk about how to align your passion and purpose in life with your path. Lucie deliberately used sports to overcome her fears and self doubt. How do you take the leap when you are afraid to fail so much? Lucie and I talk not only about how sports and nutrition influence your life, but also how the images of ideal bodies we see in the media has an impact on our mental health. Change your physical appearance mindset to the feel good mindset: try to accept what you look like by feeling great inside!

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Dave Aron is a marketing professor and director of the graduate programs of the Dominican University in Chicago. Dave and I discuss if plan A would really work when you have a plan B to lean on. While Dave says that there isn’t a magic formula for marketing, there might be something else.

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Dave Aron is a marketing professor and director of the graduate programs of the Dominican University in Chicago. Dave shares with us his teaching of marketing and how marketing is connected to human psychology. He explains why your target audience isn’t everybody but only the people that you can help the most. 

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Gulshanoy was born and raised in Uzbekistan, a country in Central Asia. Step by step she became the international marketing and e-commerce manager of two Danish fashion brands, Pieces & Mamalicious. Gulshanoy and I talk openly about the way we were raised as a girl. While we both strived for having the same rights as men do, we sometimes operated from two totally different identities. Work isn’t the only thing that is forming us, confidence, strength and endurance are built by life experience and failure is a part of that. Listen to this very inspirational woman about what the school of life taught her and how she rises by lifting other women. 

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging

Val Streicher, a French-American entrepreneur was only 22 years old when he started his own company in coaching. In only six years he went from earning fifty dollars a month to having a million dollar business. For him it was life or death, whether he would make it work or die homeless in the street. Val shares generously his insights and why his business was the right bamboo tree to plant. 

Host Özlem Özkan

✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/

✧Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Özlem is an Amsterdam-based multilingual and multicultural teacher, presenter, and author. Her lifelong passion for self-development, spirituality, and personal growth led her to gain a Master in Behavioural Sciences and Bachelor in Education in Amsterdam. While working and living in multiple countries she became more and more aware that wisdom was doing the work. She started attending retreats, courses, and workshops all over the world to do true self-inquiry and connect to deeper layers of herself and constantly expand her mindset. Her vision is to help people to expand their awareness, learn, practice and transform in all areas of life.

Watch on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@ozlemozkanbridging