What happens when you stop controlling life… and let life walk you instead?

In this episode of the Divine Design Podcast, I sit down with Jesper Strange from Denmark, who has just completed an extraordinary pilgrimage — walking all the way from Copenhagen to Istanbul. Over more than 100 days on foot, Jesper followed not a fixed goal, but a direction — allowing his soul, not his mind, to lead the way.

As we record this conversation, Jesper is in Istanbul, standing in a powerful liminal space between what has been… and what is now quietly emerging.

Jesper shares profound insights from the road: how surrendering control opened doors, beds, meals, and human connections; how meeting people across cultures, borders, and social classes dissolved old stories and fears; and how, beneath language, economy, and belief systems, humans share the same longings, struggles, and dreams.

We speak about Eastern Europe through lived experience — the kindness, the heaviness, the hospitality, the humor, the warnings, the beauty, and the realities. From generous breakfasts and deep morning conversations, to mining cities with dense energy, wild Romanian landscapes, and the surprising heart-energy of Krakow — this journey reshaped Jesper’s worldview in ways no book ever could.

This walk also transformed his body and inner landscape. Weight fell away. Perspectives shifted. Silence became louder than noise. And in Istanbul, Jesper now finds himself face to face with the deeper question beneath the journey:

Why did my soul ask for this?

We explore what happens when the mind starts creating problems in stillness, how silence reveals itself as a need rather than a luxury, and how trusting life — even when lost in mountains or without a place to sleep — can make reality unfold far beyond imagination.

This conversation is about pilgrimage, yes — but even more, it is about living Divine Design: following soul-direction instead of mental destinations, meeting humanity as one body, and discovering that when you truly surrender… life becomes 100 times more generous than you ever planned for.

Jesper is now integrating his journey through writing a soulful book, stepping into a quieter, more artistic chapter of life — and this episode is a living transmission from the road itself.

Welcome into a conversation about trust, humanity, surrender, and the quiet intelligence that walks us home.