Bridging

#115 Özlem Özkan: Your Value Is Not Your Job

Episode Summary

In this episode, I explore why so many people feel afraid of losing their job. But very often, the real fear is not the job itself. It’s the fear of losing their value. And when that happens, we begin to place our worth in the hands of something outside of us. A company. A manager. A system. I share how this pattern shows up in everyday life, how we start believing that someone else decides our future, and why the need for recognition can quietly replace self-trust. This episode is an invitation to shift that perspective… and to return to something more stable. Because the real question is not whether your job is secure. The real question is… do you trust yourself without it? In this episode, you will explore • Why losing a job can feel like losing your value • How external validation shapes your sense of worth • Why recognition can create dependency • How authority influences the way we see ourselves • Viktor Frankl’s insight on inner freedom • Why your value is not determined by a role or title • A simple shift to rebuild trust in yourself 🎙️ Host: Özlem Özkan ✧ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozkanozlem/ ✧ Website: www.ozkanozlem.com ✧ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozlemozkan/

Episode Notes

In this episode, I explore why so many people feel afraid of losing their job.

But very often, the real fear is not the job itself.

It’s the fear of losing their value.

And when that happens, we begin to place our worth in the hands of something outside of us.

A company.

A manager.

A system.

I share how this pattern shows up in everyday life, how we start believing that someone else decides our future, and why the need for recognition can quietly replace self-trust.

This episode is an invitation to shift that perspective… and to return to something more stable.

Because the real question is not whether your job is secure.

The real question is… do you trust yourself without it?

In this episode, you will explore

• Why losing a job can feel like losing your value

• How external validation shapes your sense of worth

• Why recognition can create dependency

• How authority influences the way we see ourselves

• Viktor Frankl’s insight on inner freedom

• Why your value is not determined by a role or title

• A simple shift to rebuild trust in yourself

🎙️ Host: Özlem Özkan

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

✧ Website: www.ozkanozlem.com

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