Master Devin and slave stephanie sit down with Mistress Anna, a professional Dom who owns and runs her own dungeon in southern Spain and founded The KinK Academy. She shares how a lifelong kinky nature became a profession, why she sees BDSM as a healing practice rather than abuse, and what goes into building a private space hidden behind an ordinary black door in an old town centre. We talk about vetting, signed consent, aftercare, the clothing corner and the red armchair “throne,” why ninety percent of her visitors are international, and the one question she believes everyone should ask themselves about their desires.

In this episode

• How Mistress Anna moved from personal practice to working professionally about seven years ago
• The first lesson a mentor gave her: you do not learn BDSM from a book, you learn to feel and connect with people
• Why she sees BDSM as healing, and the misconceptions that still surround it
• Building her dungeon after moving to Spain five years ago: four months, custom-built pieces and hidden surprises, including an office desk made for bondage
• Inside the space: the dressing corner, the bar, the red armchair and the atmosphere
• Why ninety percent of her visitors come from abroad
• Why the Spanish attitude of letting people be who they are helps kinky people
• What outsiders and the media get wrong
• Her vetting process, signed consent, and why honesty comes first
• Why aftercare matters, at the end of a scene and during it
• Advice for newcomers: telling curiosity apart from a real need
• Her vision for The KinK Academy

Chapters

• 00:00 Welcome and introduction
• 01:07 Finding BDSM and turning professional
• 05:29 Learning from the community: connection first
• 08:22 BDSM as a healing practice
• 09:17 Building a dungeon in Spain
• 11:28 Secret spots and custom pieces
• 14:01 Hidden in plain sight
• 16:23 Vetting dungeon guests
• 17:24 The atmosphere inside
• 18:11 The dressing corner, the bar and the throne
• 23:16 An international community
• 25:06 Kink and the Spanish attitude
• 27:13 What outsiders get wrong
• 30:12 Consent and the soul-to-soul conversation
• 33:23 Everyone is kinky on a spectrum
• 33:51 The vision for The KinK Academy
• 35:44 Advice for newcomers
• 37:22 Why aftercare matters
• 38:48 Final advice: look at your shame
• 40:16 Where to find Mistress Anna

Quotes from the episode

• “BDSM is about connection underneath, not just a practice or inflicting pain to somebody.”
• “I see BDSM as a healing practice, not just a sexual practice.”
• “Just put the question and look at your shame.”

Find Mistress Anna
Mistress Anna shares her courses, blog, guides and podcast through The KinK Academy. She also offers counselling on kinky sexuality and intimacy for couples and individuals, and answers listener questions, stories and struggles through “Ask Anna.”

Links

• The KinK Academy: https://thekinkacademy.com/
• Ask Anna: https://thekinkacademy.com/ask-anna/
• Courses: https://thekinkacademy.com/courses/
• Frequency of Love podcast: https://thekinkacademy.com/frequency-of-love/
• About Mistress Anna: https://thekinkacademy.com/mistress-anna/
• Instagram (@thekinkacademy): https://www.instagram.com/thekinkacademy/

Episode Description: Suitcases & Sensuality - The Spicy Island 2 Experience, Part 1: Saying Yes

Master Devin and slave Stephanie kick off a brand-new series with their first-ever trip to a major international lifestyle event. Spicy Island 2, in Croatia. In this opening installment, they set the scene: who they are, twenty-five years together and five years into a full-time Ds dynamic, and why this event marked their very first time at anything on this scale.

They walk through how they actually landed on Spicy Island 2, what made it stand out from other options they considered, and the surprise of booking it in the first place. Stephanie gets honest about what she was really feeling once the trip was real nerves, assumptions, and a few things she got completely wrong in her head beforehand. They also open up about the conversations they had together after booking: the boundaries, agreements, and check-in plans they set before ever stepping foot on a plane.

This is a first-timer's story from the very beginning. Before the island, before the boat, before any of it. Just two people saying yes to something neither of them had ever done before.

In this episode:

• Introducing the show and the couple behind it
• How Spicy Island 2 got picked over the alternatives
• Stephanie's honest first reaction. The nerves, excitement, and wrong assumptions
• The pre-trip conversations that set the tone for everything that followed

Part 2 picks up where this one leaves off - the flight, the boat, and the dock that changes everything.

More sensuality, less baggage. Pack your curiosity, and unpack your desires.

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Episode Description: Suitcases & Sensuality — We Are Kinky Digital Nomads

In this episode, Master Devin and slave Stephanie get honest about what it actually takes to run client calls, hit deadlines, and maintain a full-time, 24/7 D/s dynamic — all while living out of a suitcase.

They break down the real, unglamorous logistics of combining remote work with lifestyle living: what actually makes the cut when packing gear for a trip, surviving video calls with questionable backgrounds in frame, and the ongoing challenge of keeping protocols and check-ins intact across time zones that never quite line up. They share the system that's saved them the most headaches — picking one anchor time zone for every calendar entry, no matter where either of them physically is — along with the communication slip-ups that happen when you're jet-lagged and still in "protocol mode" on a work call.

The conversation also covers the very literal side of privacy on the road: how they vet a rental's door locks and host access before booking, why a locked door does real psychological work beyond just physical security, and what they check for with windows and curtains in denser cities. From there, they compare how comfort with the lifestyle shifts across regions — Europe, Asia, and the added caution the Middle East requires — and get real about what this lifestyle actually costs on top of ordinary nomad expenses: gear replacement, discretion-related spending, and insurance that doesn't always think about people like them.

It's part practical guide, part chaos-embracing love letter to a life that doesn't look like anyone else's — customs agent confiscations, flogger confusion, and all.

In this episode:

• Packing gear that has to double as travel essentials
• Surviving client video calls while living the lifestyle
• Time zone management — the one-anchor-zone system that actually works
• Privacy and physical security on the road: locks, hosts, and windows
• Cultural differences across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
• The real cost of pairing digital nomad life with the lifestyle

More sensuality, less baggage. Pack your curiosity, and unpack your desires.

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