Our Own Way is a podcast for women who build life on their terms. Hosted by Milana, each episode features reals stories of real women. From building a business, navigating life to rediscovering who you truly are. Whatever the path - this is your space. Grow, glow, and go after what lights your soul. In your own way.
In Search of Freedom on My Own Terms — And What I Found Instead
What if you've done everything right? Got a degree, found a job, have a stable income — yet something is missing.
In this episode, I'm sharing my own story: 9 years working for myself, 52 countries, living in Bali and working by the pool. The "dream life" — and realizing freedom isn't enough.
In this episode:
Why I quit corporate after 9 months
Working 12-hour days on six cups of coffee and four-hour techno sets isn't freedom (though I believed it was)
Negotiating with myself over whether I could go for five or seven days of vacation
Four months in Bali with a laptop I couldn't bring myself to open
Why freedom isn't limitless choice — it's the ability to choose what matters
Chapters:
1. From student business to quitting corporate
2. The unseen cost of a 'free' lifestyle
3. Finding what was truly missing in life
4. Combining skills with passion for impact
5. Beyond external perception to inner fulfillment
This one is for everyone who did everything right — and still feels like something is missing.
22 Jul 2026
Intention. Rest. Gratitude. Life Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
You set the goal, worked hard, and the result is still far from what you expected. Was it even worth it?
In this episode, I share why the marathon is not really about the finish time.
We'll explore intention, rest and gratitude through stories:
Getting stranded in deep snow in the middle of the forest — the ultimate lesson in being intentional
Burning out trying to work "corporate hours" — and finally learning to rest
Watching an art studio thrive by collaborating instead of competing
And along the way:
Why intention is the test of whether you actually want something — or you're just looking for excuses
How gratitude flips the ambition trap — because chasing your own tail is a race you'll never win
If life is a marathon, this is your reminder to look up at the sky while you run it🌈
17 Jul 2026
From Hyper-Control to Fulfillment. How Honesty and Letting It Be Can Change Your Life. Olha’s Story
What you do when your life looks perfect on the outside — but you can’t sleep at night?
It’s story of what happens when you stop performing and start being honest with yourself.
Olha is a Ukrainian expat, business developer, and personal development coach living in Germany. At 25, her life looked like a dream: successful career, international company, and a confident image. But something started to feel off.
In this episode:
Getting diagnosed with depression — and why her boss’s reaction was “How can YOU have depression? You’re so strong”
Relearning who she is through hobbies, badminton, and doing what she actually wanted
Becoming a personal development coach to support others who goes through similar experience
Her favorite coaching question: What hidden value is your stuck situation giving you?
The two mindset shifts that changed everything: be honest with yourself and let it be
This one is for every woman who’s holding it together on the outside while feeling empty inside.
8 Jul 2026
Done Is Better Than Perfect. And Other Things I’m Learning the Hard Way.
5 Challenges Milana and other female founders are going through at the beginning of entrepreneurship.
In this episode, Milana gets real about what happens when you start creating something of your own. From a shower breakthrough at midnight to a building a team without a budget.
What you’ll find inside:
Why building your business can turn into working 24/7
The never-ending to-do list trap, and the simple "3 tasks a day" rule that brings back the sense of progress
Why more research can actually make us feel less ready
The blind spot we have about our own knowledge, and why "easy for you" doesn't mean "easy for everyone"
How to build a team when we have zero budget — and why purpose can matter more than a paycheck
This one is for everyone figuring it out along the way.
26 Jun 2026
From the Big Four to Choosing Art and Community — Berrak's Story
What does it take to walk away from a "dream" corporate career and bet everything on yourself?
In this episode, we meet Berrak — full-time artist, founder of OBD Art Studio & Community Space, feminist and a woman who chose freedom over stability.
She moved from Turkey to Germany at 18, built a career at one of the world's most prestigious finance firms. While it looked perfect on the outside, she cried in front of her laptop every day. She quit. They called it social suicide. She called it finally living.
In this episode:
Finding your own meaning, even when society disapproves
Why burnout in a corporate job is not a career problem — it's a soul problem
Building OBD Art Studio out of loneliness — and why women need spaces to be themselves, without masks
The mindset shift that changed everything: "Instead of waiting for life to happen to me, I happen to life"
This one is for every woman who feels like she stuck in a place where she doesn’t belong.
29 May 2026
Let’s Flip The Coin - What We Can Do When Life Feels Like Sh*t
Reality is like a coin, and we get to choose which side to look at. In this episode, Milana reminds us who is the driver of their life.
She shares 4 ways to shift your perspective when life feels heavy:
Why the same Sunday morning can feel like paradise or disaster — and what that tells us about perception.
How our biggest weakness might be our superpower.
The alter ego exercise that helps us access confidence even on our worst days.
The octopus approach — why holding on with eight arms keeps us steady when life gets wobbly.
She also gets honest about the times we shouldn't flip the coin — because sometimes the best we can do is just sit and be in it.
If you ever felt like life is not fair and you don’t have a choice, this one is for you.
28 May 2026
The Person You're Becoming While Building Your Own Business — 4 Changes From Personal Experience
How you change personally when build a business from scratch?
In this first episode, Milana gets personal about the unexpected inner shifts that come with becoming a fempreneur (feminine entrepreneur).
4 real changes she's experienced while building Our Own Way.
Learning to let go of the myth of total independence.
Finding the courage to stop being invisible.
Protecting your vision from well-meaning advice that doesn't serve you.
Making peace with imperfection by choosing bridges over blueprints.
She also opens up about the nine-year journey that brought her here — and why when seeds stay long underground, they grow the strongest roots.
If you're a woman in the early stages of building something, this one's for you.
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