Episode 2 — Julie Ruiz: Frequency, Purpose & the Inner Architecture of a Creative Life
In this episode of Friends of Sublime, I sit with Julie Ruiz [https://www.instagram.com/julietazeptepi/]— a multidimensional creator whose work moves between sound, consciousness, team design, and the subtle architectures that shape a creative life.
Julie’s story begins in Buenos Aires, where music, analog photography, and self-study shaped her early artistic path. We explore her formative years with photographer Matías Maroevic [https://www.instagram.com/matiasmaroevic/], forming an all-girl band, and co-creating Balam Magazine [https://revistabalam.com/] and Feria Migra [https://www.instagram.com/migramigra/], two projects that helped define a generation of Latin American creatives.
A mid-20s collapse led her to logotherapy, psychedelics, and a renewal of purpose through movement and the body. In London, she rediscovered music through the hi-fi underground — Beauty & The Beat, [https://www.mixcloud.com/BATB/] Brilliant Corners, and the world of deep listening — eventually co-founding Middle Pillar Sounds [https://www.middlepillarsounds.com/], now hosted on Dublab LA. [https://www.instagram.com/dublab/]
We trace her path through Tulum’s ceremonial community, her work with indigenous rights organisations in Chiapas, and the eventual birth of Zep Tepi Consulting, [https://www.zeptepi-consulting.com/] where she blends Human Design, conscious leadership, and strategy to support visionary founders.
A spacious, human, and deeply resonant conversation about identity, reinvention, and living in alignment with inner truth.
Connect with Julie:
Instagram: @julietazeptepi [https://www.instagram.com/julietazeptepi/]
Business: @zeptepi.consulting [https://www.instagram.com/zeptepi.consulting/]
Radio Project: @middle.pillar.sounds [https://www.instagram.com/middle.pillar.sounds/]
Website: www.zeptepi-consulting.com [http://www.zeptepi-consulting.com]
Mentions:
Viktor Frankl — Logotherapy
Luis Juárez @luis_jua [https://www.instagram.com/luis_jua/]
Mika Lamdan @lamiks [https://www.instagram.com/lamiks/]
Pol Valls — Mixcloud [https://www.mixcloud.com/yosoynadie/]
IKAL Tulum Hotel [https://www.ikaltulumhotel.com/]
FreiBah / Frayba Human Rights Center [https://www.instagram.com/cdhfrayba?igsh=MW80cDZmeW0xZm04MA%3D%3D]
Ben Weir @ben_weir [https://www.instagram.com/ben_weir/]
Books:
The Creative Act: A Way of Being — Rick Rubin
Quantum Economics — David Orrell
Sacred Commerce — Matthew & Terces Engelhart
The Richest Man in Babylon — George S. Clason
Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl