Do you struggle to relax, overthink everything, or feel exhausted even after sleeping?These may not be personality traits—they may be signs that your nervous system has been living in survival mode.In Episode 2 of this series, we explore the 10 most common signs your nervous system needs support, based on Chapter 2 of my new Julie Spark Guide, How to Regulate Your Nervous System in 7 Days.Understanding these signs is the first step toward creating lasting change.📖 Get the guide here: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5QK982H💛 Apply for a FREE Nervous System AssessmentI’m selecting members of this community for a complimentary assessment where we’ll explore your biggest challenges and create a personalised action plan together.📝 Apply here: 👉 https://forms.gle/QwTxVsJqFaqBQrPc7If this episode helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs this reminder:You’re not broken. Your nervous system is trying to protect you.Web: www.juliespark.comConnect: www.juliespark.com/connectPotfolio: www.GiliTA.com/askjulieIG @askjulie.spark

Feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or unable to switch off?This gentle 5-minute guided breathing practice is designed to help calm your nervous system through slow, intentional breathing.You don’t need any experience with meditation.Simply press play and breathe with me.🌿 Want to go deeper?Download my guide:📖 How to Regulate Your Nervous System in 7 DaysA practical 60-minute guide filled with simple daily habits to help you reduce stress, improve sleep, and feel more present.👇 Download here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5QK982H💛 FREE Nervous System AssessmentI’m selecting a limited number of people for a complimentary assessment where we’ll identify your biggest nervous system patterns and create a personalised action plan.📝 Apply here:[https://forms.gle/KZW334vxuKgFVs2x9If this practice helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could use a deep breath today.

What if seduction wasn’t about being desired… but about reclaiming yourself?

Guest Speaker: @chiquilovelovelove

In this episode of Slow Secrets, I sit down with Chiqui Love—burlesque and striptease artist, storyteller, and co-founder of the East London Strippers Collective and Berlin Strippers Collective—to explore the intersection of pleasure, politics, embodiment, and feminine power.

Together we dive into:

✨ 22 years of burlesque and striptease

🌹 The art of seduction as storytelling

💃 Body autonomy and radical self-expression

🔥 Why pleasure is political

🤍 Ethical erotic entertainment and consent

👑 Reclaiming the “inner goddess”

🎭 Breaking stereotypes around sex work and performance

🌊 Learning to feel at home in your own body

This conversation is sensual, vulnerable, thought-provoking and ultimately an invitation to stop hiding and start inhabiting yourself fully.“

Your body is not the problem. Your pleasure is not the enemy. Your power is waiting to be claimed.”

If you’ve ever struggled with shame, confidence, intimacy or expressing your authentic self, this episode is for you.

Inspired by Chiqui Love’s mission of helping women embrace their bodies unapologetically and access their inner power. ⸻

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Website: https://www.juliespark.com

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🌹 About Chiqui Love

Burlesque & Striptease Artist • Storyteller • Power Femme • Advocate for ethical erotic entertainment • Co-founder of the East London Strippers Collective & Berlin Strippers Collective. ⸻

⏱ Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:45 Meet Chiqui Love

06:30 The Making of a Power Femme

14:20 Striptease as Storytelling

24:15 Pleasure & Politics

36:40 Ethical Erotic Spaces

48:10 Burning the Myths

58:20 The Inner Goddess

01:07:00 Final Reflections

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What does feminine power mean to you?

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Most of us spend years trying to improve our relationships with other people.But very few of us notice the relationship we’re in every single second of every single day—the one with ourselves.This is a conversation about self-trust, inner dialogue, loneliness, and becoming your own safe place.✨ Sessions & resources:www.juliespark.com/connectPortfolio: www.GiliTA.com/AskJulie

What if loneliness isn’t the absence of people?What if it’s the feeling of abandoning yourself to keep someone else close?In this episode, I share my reflections on self-abandonment, boundaries, people-pleasing, and the quiet courage it takes to choose yourself.This is a conversation about intimacy, healing, and coming home to yourself.✨ More resources:🌿 www.juliespark.com/connectPortfolio www.GiliTA.com/AskJulie

Take a deep breath.Allow yourself to soften.This guided Earth Womb Meditation is an invitation to return to the place that has always held you—Mother Earth.Through breath, visualization, and embodied awareness, you’ll reconnect with your root, your womb space, and the quiet intelligence that lives beneath the noise of everyday life.Whether you have a physical womb or simply wish to connect with the creative center within, this meditation is for anyone longing for grounding, safety, healing, and deep presence.🌿 Perfect for:* Nervous system regulation* Stress & anxiety relief* Feminine embodiment* Morning rituals* Full moon & new moon ceremonies* Trauma-informed grounding practice* Meditation before sleep* Connecting with Mother EarthClose your eyes.Feel your roots growing deep into the earth.You are supported.You are held.You belong.⸻✨ Join the Slow CircleWeekly meditations, conscious conversations, embodiment practices and a community choosing a slower, more intentional way of living.🌿 https://www.juliespark.com/connect⸻🤍 Connect with JulieInstagram: @askjulie.sparkPortfolio: www.GiliTA.com/AskJulie⸻If this meditation brought you peace, please:♡ Like this video♡ Subscribe for weekly meditations & conscious conversations♡ Share it with someone who needs grounding today

Have you ever felt intensely attracted to someone who couldn’t fully meet you?Someone who was inconsistent, distant, or just out of reach?In this episode, I explore why emotionally unavailable people can feel irresistible, how childhood patterns shape adult relationships, and what it really means to choose peace over intensity.This isn’t about blaming anyone.It’s about understanding ourselves.🌿 More conversations✨ Sessions & resources: www.juliespark.com/connect

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For years I thought I was looking for the right relationship.Instead, I was slowly learning how to feel safe.In this episode, I share what intimacy actually means, why we chase unavailable people, how our nervous system shapes love, and why slowing down changes everything.If you’ve ever wondered why relationships feel exhausting, why vulnerability is so difficult, or why you keep repeating the same patterns, this conversation is for you.☾Find me:🌿 Portfolio www.GiliTA.com/askjulie✨ 1:1 sessions, guides & resources:www.juliespark.com/connectSubscribe for weekly conversations on slow living, intimacy, travel and conscious relationships.#slowliving #intimacy #relationships #healing #attachment #selflove

We’ve been told that we need to heal completely before entering a relationship.But what if healing isn’t a destination?What if love isn’t a reward for becoming perfect, but a place where we continue to grow?In this Slow Conversation, I share why vulnerability, imperfection, and presence are the foundations of intimacy.✨ More conversations & sessions:🌿 www.juliespark.com/connectPortfolio www.GiliTA.com/AskJulie

Before words, before stories — there is energy.

In this episode of Slow Secrets, I sit down with energy worker, intuitive, and musician Cassandra for a grounded and soul-deep conversation about relationships, alignment, and the subtle wisdom of the body.

We explore the difference between chemistry and true connection — and why what feels intense isn’t always what’s healthy.

Together, we talk about:

• Expansion vs. contraction in the body

• How childhood patterns shape who we attract

• Trauma bonding vs. secure attachment

• People-pleasing as self-abandonment

• Letting go before resentment builds

• Why aligned love feels like peace — not adrenaline

Sometimes what feels like chemistry is an old wound asking to be seen.

And sometimes what feels calm is real love.

This episode is an invitation to stop overriding your intuition and start listening to your nervous system — because when energy speaks louder than words, your life begins to make more sense.

✨ Guest: Cassandra

Instagram: @cassandratheenchantress

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Slow Secrets is a podcast about intimacy, emotional mastery, embodiment, alignment, and living from truth.

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Peace is not boring. It’s secure.