don't overthink it

why do we wait to feel ready before trying something new? my friend Başak has tried fencing, flag football, piano, engineering, tech sales, personal training and life coaching, and now she’s studying acting. we talk about her rule that if you can quit anytime, there’s no reason not to start, how unrelated hobbies feed each other, burning out in a job you don’t believe in, productivity guilt, and why she’s finally okay with wanting to be seen.

speaking of being seen: Başak just released her new song, I found me. listen here

i'm getting married, and turns out the wedding planning is teaching me more about relationships than the wedding itself. i'm back with a solo episode, on the walls i didn't know i'd built, why asking for help felt so hard, and the ordinary birthday that ended up meaning more than any grand gesture could. not really about weddings. more about what happens when you finally let people in.

this week i have with me Eren, a dear friend, an art director, ex-architect and self-described 8.5 out of 10 harsh self-critic.

we talk about what happens when you care too much at work and why we tend to that. about hiding your emotions in corporate spaces. about AI being a productivity tool, a sounding board, and maybe a little too agreeable. and about what it means to keep moving through jobs, cities, and interests without ever really having a plan.

also: devil wears prada 2, the sandwich feedback method, and what you'd do with your time if money stopped mattering.

no conclusions. no advice. just two people who overthink everything and have a bit of fun.

Lena moved to Berlin, built a career in recruitment, worked at companies with big names, became a founder, got burned out twice, and somehow never stopped believing in herself.

in this episode, we talk about building a name that's yours - not borrowed from a logo, the reality of hiring behind the scenes, and what happens when you stop waiting for permission to create opportunities for yourself.

we also talk about fear, visas, burnout, career pivots, and why the most powerful shift might be realizing that you are the brand - not the company you work for.

if you've ever wondered whether you're building your own path or just borrowing someone else's, this episode is for you.

what if giving up was actually the right call? in this episode, i sit down with my friend Taylan to talk about failure and not the inspirational kind, but the kind that physically knocks you down. Taylan opens up about having to move back to Turkey after his visa fell through and the moment he realized he'd been pushing way past the point he should have stopped.

we also get into identity and what happens to your sense of self when a chapter closes, why we romanticize "having it all figured out," and why your latest failure always feels like the biggest one.

if you've ever stayed too long in something that wasn't working, or felt your body giving up before your mind did, this one's for you.

solo episode about the one question that's been sitting on my mind for two weeks: how do you trust life when you can't control any of it? no guests, no answers, just me, you and the microphone.

don't overthink it is a podcast about creative people, their stories, their process, and what really goes on behind the scenes. new episodes every two weeks.

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Linh left her corporate design job, took a sabbatical, and started her secondhand store in berlin. now she runs three.

Linh is the founder of In/Rotation, Berlin's only buy sell trade store. we talked about starting from scratch, moving locations way too many times, surviving berlin winters as a small business owner, and what it actually feels like to build something that's fully yours.

turns out leaving corporate was the easy part.

p.s: if you need a star piece for your wardrobe, you should definitely visit one of the locations of In/Rotation in berlin⭐️

most people avoid starting things because they're afraid to be bad at them. Dom didn't have that luxury.

in this episode, i sit down with Dom, my hairdresser and the owner of Iwi Studios Berlin, for a conversation about what it actually takes to get good at something. he talks about his story on leaving school, finding hairdressing, moving to Berlin and landing his first job.

we get into why failing is a skill, how necessity is the best teacher, and what changes in you when you stop being afraid to suck at things.

if you've ever talked yourself out of starting something, this one's for you.

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this is the first time i have a guest on the podcast 🥺

my first guest is irmsko, a dear friend,

turns out right now both of us are figuring out what turning 30 actually means, and we both wonder why it comes with this weird pressure to have your life together.

we talk about the illusion of “one day,” and what happens when you realize… this is it. this is the life you were waiting for. the one day is today.

somewhere in between, we end up talking about work, confidence, feeling like a fraud sometimes, needing space to hear your own thoughts again, and how easy it is to give your power away without even noticing.

it’s a bit existential, but also soft.

i don’t know if we figured anything out, but i liked this one a lot.

we’re constantly told that rejection is redirection, that everything happens for a reason, and that our worst moments will become our greatest breakthroughs. but what if that’s not true? in this episode, i reflect on a year that didn’t turn into a story, getting fired, feeling stuck, and being tired of forcing meaning onto painful experiences. an objection to optimisation, and a reminder that sometimes things don’t lead anywhere and that’s okay.