Slow Deep with euni

A deep dive into the layers of being human, through an intimate lens ✨
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Tune into learning the language of the body, mind, heart, and soul, with conversations that provoke us to slow down and find ways to intimately explore life. a Self Study Production, hosted by euni slowdeep.substack.com

  1. Sep 16

    The Makings of an Artist

    (the audio + written words are different, enjoy taking each in at your own pace) I spent the last year spiraling. Not just over the heart breaks I had or the jobs I couldn’t how to make my square-peg-ass fit into a round-hole. I felt something in my come alive. My heart had really been turned on. Passion started to find it’s voice. I saw the people around me in a way that lit my creative fire in ways it had never been turned on before. This corporate job that I’ve been working has really shown me how creative and free my whole life has been. And revealed to me what is deeply important to me. And that my needs and values aren’t black and white, or either or. I care about how I spend my time. And in this, I want to create what I believe with my whole heart needs to exist within the world. What I’ve discovered this to be for me - which varies person to person- is art. I care about art. I care about freedom to speak and think in one’s own uniquely needed way. The shaping of happiness by boundless discovery. The ways within which obsession turns into something digestible and powerful that exists in a single space. I care about art. And everyone in my life for most of my life has made me doubt this. By challenging the ways within which I see the world. Confusing my mind into thinking it needs to process or understand, or speak in different ways. I care about art. And the ways it is visceral. How it provokes emotions. And awakens sensations. How, for better or for depth, it reminds us of all the layers of love. It’s sometimes hard to believe in the unknown. But that’s where fantasy opens the door to new worlds. By choosing to follow the thoughts into this liminal space and hold the discomfort of messiness, failure, range, and the mundane. If I get to choose how I spend my time. And what I share with the world. This is a part of it. And I’m creating it in real time. The spaces I hope and design are not for everyone. Intentionally so. Not to say that anyone is unwelcome. But to be clear. In order to create our most powerful work, we cannot fear creating something we feel deeply that has never existed outside of us before. If you’re ready, join me, October 4th for Mirror + Muse, a creative incubator for artists who want to create work that feels. LET’S GO SLOW.LET’S GET DEEP.SLOWDEEP.CO Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Feb 5

    The Intimacy of Identity + Humanity of an Artist

    Hi, hello. I’ve been slowly making my way back towards using my voice and the audio land. Partially hesitating on the relaunch of the podcast - somewhat perfectionism, somewhat clarity chasing. I really wanted this to make sense for me with my devotion to carving out chunks of my time, resisting moving without intention and polluting the internet with more “content.” I don’t know if I’ll always be able to do that. I’m sure some of the stuff I’ll share I’ll look back on and be like - WTF was that. That was a “trying to stay relevant” reach. But, I’m gonna try my best to do what feels honest. Even if it doesn’t feel popular. I mean, honestly, my digital life feels quite reflective of my offline one. People know me, they like what I’m saying or doing. They often forget me, but if they engage, they’re left with some layer of inspiration that impacts, expands, or changes their life. And I don’t know if I need much more than that I’m realizing. So as I move into playing with learning audio and also decentering perfect “content” - I will dedicate some of my podcast airspace to my mindspins and ponderings. Intimately speaking, this is one of my top favorite things to do with people in real time. I love spending time with my roommate, friends, new acquaintances thinking out loud. Contemplating. Dissecting. Analyzing. Fantasizing. Dreaming. Discussing. Letting our minds dance and play and feel aliveness through thinking. And I like challenging and inspiring thinking. So perhaps - this is what SLOW/DEEP is all about. It’s going to be at least for the upcoming episodes. I want to ponder with you - in my own energy. And invite you to ponder with me and others who I find pleasure in talking and contemplating with. And share candidly our conversations. Nothing too programmed or structured. Nothing too polished or devoted to editing and post production. But more raw - at times messy or glitchy. I want to keep the humanity in connection. So even if I’ve never met you - there’s an invitation to authentically exist and use the beautiful parts of technology to explore intimacy. Through the ways we remember what it is to freely think. To create. To choose love in our existing. To hold humanity. To lead with and believe in art. Take a listen and leave me a note in whatever way feels true to you and let’s keep deepening and expanding experiencing - through the most human lens - creating - art expressively. LET’S GO SLOW.LET’S GET DEEP.SLOWDEEP.CO Instagram:@intimatelyeuni Questions, comments or topic requests/suggestions: Leave a comment below / DM euni to connect. Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  3. 11/15/2025

    You Should Love Yourself More

    Why would I speed up or slow down something that is long form? When you say - you should love yourself….what do you mean?Tell me in sentences and paragraphs. Tell me over and over again. Show me the parts of myself that beckon for love. Because the way that you love me opens the way that I love myself.And the way that you love yourself creates the connection between you and I in long form.But when you love in shortness, in small sentences, in simplicity - not simplicity from peace or ease - but simplicity for convenience - this is a fear of intimacy. Because intimacy requires devotion. And through devotion, we learn what it is to love ourselves well, wide - in every form. LET’S GO SLOW.LET’S GET DEEP.SLOWDEEP.CO Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  4. 10/01/2025

    Somatics + Rope Bondage

    This is the final episode from the Sensory Playspace archives and SLOW/DEEP Podcast pre-season. It was such a special treat to be able to connect with and geek out with one of my favorite authors, Natasha NawaTaNeko. I’ve been building a relationship with rope, professionally, casually, and mainly through platonic intimate connections for the last 4 years. What has felt truest to me is the understanding, knowing, and responsibility to hold agency no matter what role one plays in the power exchange. I received her book, Somatics for Rope Bottoms as a gift from a rope partner I tied with as they were passing through town a few years ago. It’s been a resource for me, not only with rope + kink, but in my work as a somatic practitioner overall. I hope you enjoy this time with Natasha as much as I did. The first season of the SLOW/DEEP with euni Podcast will be coming out end of October. We will be expanding how we intimately explore all parts of life and bringing in some new and familiar guests to dive into rich, contemplative, curious conversations to inspire living life most authentically. But for now, give this episode an listen and leave a comment, share with a friend, and subscribe on your favorite platform. SHOW NOTES: • Intro: Meet Natasha • The journey from a conventional life as a lawyer to discovering somatic work, rope bondage, and writing a philosophical book about embodiment and personal truth. • Empowerment, personal safety, and the ability to surrender power while maintaining control. • Internalizing safety vs. external frameworks or authorities • Intersection of somatic work, kink, and personal growth • Kink and creating safe container for exploring intense feelings and sensations •  Rope bondage, learning to relax into pain, and maintain softness • Connection between pain and pleasure •  Setting intentions and the transformation of relationship with pain • Consent and ethics in kink and the value of self-reflection and connection through somatic experiences • Self-awareness and clear intentions when engaging in rope and kink activities • Open communication, reflection after experiences and the value of exploring one’s desires and boundaries • Creating shared, meaningful experiences with others vs. seeking external imagery or fantasy-driven encounters. • Developing personal practices, reflective conversations post-experience, and deepening understanding and connection with partners • Intense kink encounter, highs and post-scene drops • The importance of slowing down and creating a supportive environment for future experiences • Feelings of harm, taking self-responsibility for personal healing, and also acknowledging the value of support and recognition from others About Natasha: Natasha NawaTaNeko is a somatic coach, author, and educator. Drawing on her background in Sexological Bodywork under Joseph Kramer and over a decade of experience as a performer and educator in Kinbaku (Japanese-inspired rope bondage), Natasha integrates various somatic practices—such as breathwork, sound, touch, posture, non-verbal communication, and focused attention—into her teachings. In 2020, she authored Somatics for Rope Bottoms, a book exploring the potential of rope bondage for personal and intimate self-exploration. Find + connect with Natasha: Web: ropesomatics.com and discoverkinbaku.com Substack: substack.com/@nawataneko Instagram: @nawataneko Stay connected with us: LET’S GO SLOW. LET’S GET DEEP.Work with me:slowdeep.co Instagram:https://instagram.com/slowdeep.co Questions, comments or topic requests/suggestions: email euni at hi@selfstudylab.com Audio engineered by Miko Aguilar, Music by Qolaj Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 09/24/2025

    Communal Experiences + Restorative Justice in Sex+ Spaces

    This episode dives into what it is to create shared leadership that centers ethics, community values, consent forward practices, and repair after harm in community and sex positive spaces. I had a chat with Jules Purnell last year after meeting them during a peer professional gathering online for intimacy professionals. Their take on how to hold the complexities of both harm and repair in the same space while finding solutions to expand community rather than pull it apart caught my attention. SHOW NOTES: • Intro: Meet Jules • Working as a sexuality educator, focusing on supporting queer and trans survivors of sexual harm. • From crisis support to hands-on healing work through surrogate work and intimacy coaching. • Exploring the importance of emotional experiences in learning • Significance of human connection and emotional expression in deep personal growth and healing. • Intersectionality and the creation of unique identities vs. stacking different aspects of identity. • Intersectionality impact on people’s experiences and access to self-expression •  Creating spaces for people to connect emotionally to find a sense of liberation • Safety in community spaces and personal growth • Developing internal safety within oneself with intersectionality and hidden aspects of identity such as disability and trauma. • Self-trust in healing and personal development, especially when exploring new lifestyles or experiences • Intensity in BDSM scenes and significant emotional drop • Slut-shaming by a friend and isolation • Building self-trust and starting slowly in BDSM experiences • Exploring how people on a more liberated path may face negativity from others who haven’t unlearned their own shame • Restorative justice as an approach to address harm, trauma, or violence by attempting to make things right and applying to various situations, from personal conflicts to more serious harms, particularly focusing on sexual harm in her practice. • Acknowledgment that everyone has both hurt others and been hurt, adopting a restorative lens in daily life, and developing a practice of apologizing and repairing relationships when necessary • Complexities of sex, relationships, and emotional connection • Challenges of navigating consent, communication, and emotional vulnerability in sexual encounters, particularly in hookup culture • Emotional expression, including crying during sex, and feeling safe with a partner to fully express oneself • Lack of emotional care in casual connections • Honesty, naming intentions and capacity for commitment •  Misleading another, miscommunication or subtle consent violations and reflect on one’s own role and clarity of intentions • Complexities of consent and communication in relationships • Creating space for honest conversations about personal desires and boundaries, • Spectrum of consent and self awareness in navigating intimacy and sex • Personal growth in sexual experiences • Pushing boundaries, self-discovery, growth, and expansion with psychological readiness and aftercare • Intimate play parties, closing ceremonies, and aftercare. • Restorative practices for alt sex and kink spaces • Education and facilitated dialogue for those who have violated boundaries and/or been harmed. • Humility, nuance in personal truths, and healing • Inclusive spaces that focus on ethos and behavior vs. strict identity requirements About Jules: Jules Purnell, M.Ed. is an AASECT certified Sexuality Educator, Restorative Justice facilitator and practitioner, and emerging hands-on Intimacy Coach. Their educational background and expertise includes LGBTQIA+ cultural inclusion and awareness, BDSM/kink, and ethical non-monogamy. They have received training in Sensate Focus from the Integrative Mind Body Therapies and have presented for the Surrogate Partner Collective. They have been featured on podcasts such as NPR’s Life Kit, Sex Ed In Color, Loving Without Boundaries, and more. Their writing has been featured in Trans Bodies, Trans Selves and Sex Meets Life, as well as many others. They currently teach as a lecturer in Sociology and will be entering into a PhD program for Social Justice Education in the Fall of 2025. Find + connect with Jules: Web: julesmpurnell.com Substack: substack.com/@jmpurnell LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/julesmpurnell Stay connected with us: LET’S GO SLOW. LET’S GET DEEP.Work with me:slowdeep.co Instagram:https://instagram.com/slowdeep.co Questions, comments or topic requests/suggestions: email euni at hi@selfstudylab.com Audio engineered by Miko Aguilar, Music by Qolaj Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  6. 09/17/2025

    Professional Cuddling and Authentically Curating Space for Intimacy

    Originally published, 6/19/25 This episode we dip our toes into professional cuddling and the curation of authentic intimacy. We discuss what cuddling is, less known things about intimacy discovered in professional settings, and misconceptions of being a touch therapist. We had a chat with professional Cuddle Therapist, Keeley Shoup about all things cuddling. This conversation opened up our eyes to what happens behind closed doors during a cuddling session, bravery in vulnerability, safety, and new layers of intimacy that we haven’t explored. Go ahead and give it a listen. Did this chat hit something for you? Leave a comment on this Substack post to continue the conversation. Share this episode with your friends/lovers/family and let’s find more ways to get our of our heads and drop deeper into our body centered pleasure through intimacy, healing + kink. Listen on: SPOTIFY APPLE YOU TUBE ABOUT KEELEY Keeley has been a Cuddle Therapist since 2015, she is the co-owner and CEO of Cuddlist and sits ont he board of directors for Cuddle Party. She is a fierce advocate for therapeutic touch professions of all sorts and is a boundaries and consent educator. Find + connect with Keeley online at: keeleyshoup.com youtube.com/@YourCuddleTherapist TikTok @YourCuddleTherapist Stay connected with us: LET’S GO SLOW. LET’S GET DEEP.Work with me:slowdeep.co Instagram:https://instagram.com/slowdeep.co Questions, comments or topic requests/suggestions: email euni at hi@selfstudylab.com Audio engineered by Miko Aguilar, Music by Qolaj SLOW/DEEP is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  7. 09/15/2025

    Codependency and Love (Part One)

    How do we live and love when we have never truly existed in deep connection with ourselves? Last night I spent some time reflecting on the versions of who I have been and how they have been dying as I prioritize centering myself in my own life. Love isn’t a boundless pursuit. It’s an adventure that unfolds when we give and receive from a place of groundedness within our truest self. Not to say that love isn’t available in other places or other forms. But the love I am currently pondering, playing with, practicing, and expanding are the layers of love that don’t come at a sacrifice of self for the sake of potential with another. It’s a love that doesn’t request for us to forget or unknow the weird, wild, and messy parts of ourselves. It’s the type of love that we give to ourselves in the simplicities of every day life and the routines, rituals, practices, and commitments that we dedicate to ourselves for deep nourishment of our body-mind-heart-soul. Journey with me into and through a little mindspin and reflections on codependency and love and my personal journeying and movement away from self abandonment into discovery of new ways of loving. Enjoyyyyy. Are you ready to shift the ways you are feeling into and experiencing intimacy, pleasure, play, and love. Drop into 21 days of self guided practices that will help you shape your own unique blueprint for intimacy. A Place to Become: We’re charging ahead with the vision to open our physical space this coming summer! We’ve begun the process to make this possible and your help and support will be an intricate part of making this a reality. This studio will be unlike any other place you’ve experienced and will be a place for this work, our collective groups, and greater visions to evolve, become, and belong. Each month we’ll share more about the progress, plans, and sticking points so that you can be involved every step of the way. Profits, donations, and contributions collected through Self Study will go towards the bringing this space from a dream into reality. Love this work? Help us open our physical space summer 2025! * Join the Sensory Playspace community on Substack and subscribe to receive posts directly to your inbox.Subscribe here: * Contribute to the Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/fd148755 * Book a session: http://selfstudylab.com/sessions * Find/follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/selfstudylab * Questions, comments or topic requests/suggestions: email euni at hi@selfstudylab.com Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

  8. 09/10/2025

    Unfolding Intimacy, Pleasure + Play

    Let's dive into one of our favorite topics: intimacy, pleasure, and play. euni dissects one of her signature classes + workshops and the foundation of what it is all about. Come drop in with us and open space for exploration, self-discovery, and living more intimate, pleasure centered, and playful lives in every possible way. Get full access to SLOW/DEEP at slowdeep.substack.com/subscribe

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    A deep dive into the layers of being human, through an intimate lens ✨
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