The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good

Siri Baruc Thornton
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Welcome to The Authentic Creative with Siri Baruc Thornton: a top 2% globally ranked podcast for women who are ready to expand their capacity to feel good, embody their truth, and create from wholeness. Here, we explore what it really means to live and lead from authenticity. What if feeling good in your body, your work, and your life isn’t indulgent, but the key to everything? Each week, you’ll hear intimate conversations with artists, entrepreneurs, healers, and visionaries who are redefining success through creativity and embodiment. Alongside these stories, host Siri Baruc Thornton: Reiki Master Teacher, Transformational Breathwork guide, retreat creator, and podcaster — shares grounded spiritual tools, somatic practices, and lived wisdom from her work leading retreats for women around the world. You’ll also be invited into monthly women’s circles and leadership panels, where diverse voices gather around a new theme each time, exploring embodiment, abundance, creativity, leadership, or the art of truly feeling good. With listeners in over 65 countries, this podcast is both sanctuary and spark: a reminder that you don’t need to push to create, or perform to belong. You get to feel good. You get to embody your truth. And from that place, your most authentic life and art flow effortlessly. Subscribe now and begin your return to radiance.Learn more at www.sageandblushwellness.com

  1. Designing Your Space for the Life You Want with Olga Naiman

    APR 27

    Designing Your Space for the Life You Want with Olga Naiman

    In this episode, I dialogue with Olga Naiman, a designer, author, and visionary whose work lives at the intersection of psychology, embodiment, and the spaces we inhabit. From her early life as a child refugee to becoming the voice behind spatial alchemy, Olga brings a deeply personal lens to transformation. We explore how our environments hold our patterns, reflect our inner world, and can become active participants in our healing and expansion. This conversation moves beyond aesthetics into something much deeper: how your home can become a living extension of your nervous system, your desires, and your future self. What we explore in this episode: • Olga’s journey from Ukraine to the United States and how it shaped her work • How trauma, displacement, and dissociation informed her relationship with space • The origin of spatial alchemy and the connection between psychology, somatics, and design • How your home reflects unconscious patterns and outdated identities • A powerful process for change: seeing what is, dissolving what no longer fits, and seeding what is next • Why decluttering alone is not enough and what deeper energetic release looks like • The symbolic language of your home and how to begin working with it • How small, intentional shifts in your space can create meaningful change in your life • The role of altars and meaningful objects as anchors for intention and manifestation • Real examples of transformation through working with space What you’ll receive from this episode: • A new lens for understanding your home as an extension of your inner world • Practical ways to begin shifting your space right away • Deeper awareness of how your environment impacts your nervous system • Inspiration to create spaces that support your clarity, vitality, and expansion Connect with Olga: • Book: Spatial Alchemy: Design Your Home to Transform Your Life https://www.amazon.com/Spatial-Alchemy-Design-Your-Transform/dp/1648291473 • 1:1 Session: The Roadmap https://www.thespatialalchemy.com/the-roadmap • Website: https://www.thespatialalchemy.com • Instagram: @olganaiman Call to Action If this conversation opened something in you, I invite you deeper into this work. My 3 month private Breathwork and Reiki container is a space where we work directly with your nervous system, your patterns, and your capacity to feel good in your life. This is intimate, personalized support where what we uncover becomes embodied and integrated. You can learn more and reach out here: 🌿 Website: www.sageandblushwellness.com 🌿 Instagram: @siribaructhornton Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    44 min
  2. The Connection Between Courage, Confidence & Self Love

    APR 22

    The Connection Between Courage, Confidence & Self Love

    This morning’s minisode is completely unscripted and unedited. I followed what was alive for me in the moment, and what came through was a conversation I didn’t plan but clearly needed to have with you. It began with something simple. A note on my to do list. A message from my son. Love yourself. And it opened into something much deeper. I explore what self love actually means beyond the phrase we hear so often. I share honestly about where it still feels challenging, even after decades of working with Reiki and spiritual practice. I talk about how love is not always a feeling we can access on demand, and how it often lives in the moments where we choose to stay with ourselves through discomfort, fear, and resistance. This episode moves through real life examples. Parenting. Losing patience. Showing up in community. Going to the gym when it feels intimidating. Building something as an entrepreneur. All of it becomes the practice. Self love, for me, is starting to look less like a concept and more like a willingness to face what feels hard and stay connected to myself in the process. In this episode, I share: • How a simple message from my son shifted my perspective on self love • Why self love can feel abstract even after years of spiritual practice • My personal relationship with Reiki as a practice of unconditional love • The connection between courage, confidence, and self love • What it looks like to love myself in moments where I feel like I’ve fallen short • How physical challenges like working with a trainer are becoming a new pathway for growth • The role of discomfort, fear, and resistance in building inner strength • My experience navigating community, vulnerability, and introversion after moving • How to relate to negative inner dialogue without identifying with it • Why self love is a lifelong practice and possibly the reason we are here A note from me: I would genuinely love to hear from you. What does self love feel like in your body and in your life. When have you experienced it most clearly. You can reach out and share with me anytime. If you are feeling called into deeper support and want a consistent space to return to your body, your breath, and your own capacity to feel good, I offer a private 3 month container where we work together through Transformational Breathwork and Reiki. You can explore that here: www.sageandblushwellness.com Or connect with me on Instagram: @siribaructhornton Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    24 min
  3. A New Relationship with Wealth with Sarah McCrum

    APR 11

    A New Relationship with Wealth with Sarah McCrum

    In this conversation, I dialogue with Sarah McCrum, author of Love Money Money Loves You, and what unfolds is a deep and unexpected exploration of money as energy, as relationship, and as something that is actually responding to us. Sarah shares how, in the aftermath of a devastating business collapse, she began receiving what can only be described as a transmission. What started as journaling turned into a body of work that has now impacted thousands of people’s relationship with money, generosity, and value. We explore what it means to be in relationship with money rather than in pursuit of it, and how our thoughts, emotions, and even subtle contractions can shape what we receive or block. This conversation moves between the mystical and the practical, from channeling and energy transmission to pricing, service, and building a business rooted in integrity. We talk about • why money responds to clarity, openness, and trust • how generosity and service actually create flow • the discipline of not turning against yourself when you feel fear or contraction • why making money for its own sake feels empty • and how true wealth includes purpose, contribution, and alignment One of the most powerful threads is the idea that as we expand our capacity with money, we are also stepping into greater responsibility. Not just for ourselves, but for what we are here to contribute. This is a conversation about power, trust, and the quiet, steady rewiring of how we relate to receiving. Website: http://sarahmccrum.com/ Instagram: @sarah_mccrum Sarah is an author, educator, and business innovator who explores the deeper relationship between money, value, and human flourishing. Her work bridges business, consciousness, and personal transformation, helping individuals and organizations rethink how money flows through their lives and the world. If this conversation is landing in your body, there is something in you ready to shift. I want to invite you into my 3 month private container. Through transformational breathwork infused with Reiki, ongoing support, and real time conversation, we work directly with your nervous system, your patterns, and your capacity to receive. This is about creating the internal conditions where things can finally move. If you are ready for that level of support and depth, you can reach out to me directly or find more at www.sageandblushwellness.com Website: https://www.sageandblushwellness.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siribaructhornton Offerings include Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki Private 3 month containers Women’s retreats In person breathwork and sound bath evenings Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    48 min
  4. How to Stop Over-Holding + Begin Relating to Life Differently with Amber Lilyestrom

    APR 5

    How to Stop Over-Holding + Begin Relating to Life Differently with Amber Lilyestrom

    “I just let myself feel the ecstatic grief of all of that in the moment.” - Amber Lilyestrom In this deeply moving and expansive conversation, I dialogue with Amber Lileystrom about what it means to build a life and business that actually reflects who you are now, not who you’ve been conditioned to be. Amber shares how her work has evolved into something more intimate, more precise, and more truth led. We explore the shift away from constant scaling into what she calls “right sized business,” where your life, your values, and your actual capacity guide what you create. We talk about identity, self trust, and the patterns that quietly shape our results, especially in business and money. Amber introduces her Money Codes Method and how uncovering adaptive safety patterns can radically shift what’s possible without forcing or overcomplicating the process. There’s also a powerful reframe around the nervous system. Amber questions the language itself, offering the idea that what we call the nervous system might actually be more like a grounding system or a root system, something stabilizing rather than something inherently anxious. And at the end of this episode, Amber shares a poem from her book Little Big Beautiful Things, which is truly one of the most powerful moments of the conversation. It’s a visceral, emotional reflection on life, love, motherhood, and being held that you can feel in your body as you listen. In this episode, we cover: • The Dream Journal practice and how desire reveals deeper truth  • What it looks like to stop over holding and begin relating to life differently • Right sized business and redefining success in a way that actually fits your life • Why intimate spaces often create deeper and more sustainable transformation • Amber’s Money Codes Method and uncovering adaptive safety patterns in business • How identity and past experiences shape results more than strategy alone • A reframe of the “nervous system” as grounding or root based support • The role of truth, grief, and fully experiencing your life • Letting go of outdated identities and returning to who you actually are • The power of poetry as a transmission of truth and lived experience Connect with Amber: Website: amberlilystrom.com  Instagram: @amberlilystrom  Substack: Amber Lileystrom If this conversation stirred something in you, especially around how much you’ve been holding and the desire to live and lead from a more grounded, embodied place, this is where my work meets you. My 3 month private breathwork and Reiki container supports you in expanding your capacity to feel, process, and move what’s been held in the body so your life and work can actually align with who you are now. This is intimate, real time support for women who are ready to stop overriding themselves and start living from a deeper place of truth. Reach out to me directly to explore if this is aligned for you. Instagram: @siribaructhornton  Website: sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    47 min
  5. Can You Handle the Truth: Making Something Real with Amy Skylark Foster

    APR 3

    Can You Handle the Truth: Making Something Real with Amy Skylark Foster

    For 30 years I have been working with energy, breath, and the body, and this conversation meets that same level of truth through the lens of making, creating, and earning mastery. In this episode, I dialogue with Amy Foster, songwriter, novelist, and maker, in a conversation that is bold, honest, and deeply grounding. Amy names it clearly “If you can’t handle the fact that you’re going to suck, then get out.” “The universe has its own clock. Sit down. Be humble.” This is a conversation about what it actually takes to make something real. We talk about truth, craft, mastery, discipline, creative process, finishing what you start, and the willingness to be bad long enough to become good. We explore her life between music, writing, and making, her experience with dyspraxia, cancer, Iceland as a place of transformation, and why honesty is the doorway to real creativity. Amy does not romanticize creativity. She respects it. Mastery is earned. About Amy Foster Amy Skylark Foster, born in Victoria, British Columbia, grew up between Los Angeles and Toronto. She earned her degree at American University’s School of International Service, briefly imagining a career in diplomacy involving kaftans and dinner parties, which, sadly, is not the way diplomacy actually works. A nudge from her father, David Foster, (a 16 time Grammy Award winning producer behind artists like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Chicago) led her to songwriting, where she co wrote hits like “Home” and “Haven’t Met You Yet” with Michael Bublé. She honed her craft in Nashville, writing lyrics as her full time work, and in the process discovered her true passion in novel writing. She is the author of When Autumn Leaves and The Rift trilogy. An avid maker, Amy paints, spins, embroiders, knits, and sews both clothing and quilts, while continuing to write novels and the occasional lyric. Now splitting time between Portland and Akureyri, Iceland, she founded Valkyrie Fiber, the first and only Merino Icelandic yarn hybrid, and Valkyrie Craft, where she shares her mixed media art and upcycled creations while building a wider community of makers. You can find her on Instagram @amyfosterhere and @valkyriefiber. Call to Action If this conversation lands and you are ready to stop circling and start making something real in your own life, I invite you into my 3 month private container. 12 sessions across 3 months, breathwork, Reiki, and deep nervous system work designed to help you release what has been held and create from a grounded, embodied place. Instagram: @siribaructhornton  Website: sageandblushwellness.com Breath returns us to the intelligence of the body, where what has been held can finally resolve. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    1h 7m
  6. Spring Equinox, Receiving, and the Art of Letting Life Meet Us

    MAR 23

    Spring Equinox, Receiving, and the Art of Letting Life Meet Us

    This conversation unfolds right on the threshold of the spring equinox, in those first hours where something begins to shift. We begin just after a live breathwork session, with the panelists sharing what they experienced and what moved through them before we open into the wider conversation. I was standing in dialogue with an extraordinary group of women, each of us speaking from lived experience, from our bodies, from what we are actively navigating right now. We explored what it means to come out of winter without abandoning ourselves. To trust timing. To soften the grip of responsibility. To receive instead of constantly holding everything together. Again and again, I heard the same thread: we are women who carry so much. We lead, we nurture, we anticipate, we hold. And yet, when it comes to receiving support, love, rest, or even simple help, there can be resistance, discomfort, or a deep question underneath it all: am I allowed to receive this? This conversation moves through breathwork integration, ancestral connection, the nervous system, and the deeply human edges of worthiness, grief, identity, and self love. We talk about: • Releasing responsibility that was never ours to carry • The grief of realizing we could have softened sooner • The discomfort of being in the body and what that reveals • The practice of receiving help in small, everyday moments • The shift from selflessness into self honoring • Cycles, seasons, and trusting the intelligence of our own timing • The balance between doing and allowing • What unconditional love actually looks like in real life There is laughter. There are tears. There is honesty that cuts straight through performance and lands in truth. What becomes clear is this: spring is asking us to stop resisting who we already are, and to have the courage to receive the life that matches her. If you are in a season of transition, expansion, or quiet becoming, this conversation will meet you there. Incredible panelists: Destiny Dudley Deras — private chef, sommelier, and co host of The Broad Minded Podcast @the_culinary_concierge Murisa Harba — actress, director, and author of Acting With Energy, teaching emotional intelligence through the body @murisaharba Monica Rodgers — guide for women reclaiming vitality, pleasure, and embodied feminine leadership Dr Alicia Newsome — executive advisor and bestselling author supporting leaders to scale without burnout @dr.alicianewsome TeRayzah Livingstone — intimacy and relationship coach, breathwork teacher, and facilitator of women’s transformation @terasalivingstone Tracy Hill — creator of A Beautiful Fix and host of a top 3% globally ranked podcast @abeautifulfix Brenda Rigney — midlife business coach helping women build aligned online businesses Dana Schmit — intuitive sound healer and storywork coach supporting deep personal transformation @danaschmit_ Robyn Cohen — actor, coach, and founder of The Cohen Acting Studio @robyncohenactingstudio If something in this conversation resonated, and you’re ready for deeper, more consistent support, I am currently working with a small number of women inside a 3 month private online container. This is a structured, high touch space where we work together over time with breathwork, nervous system regulation, and real time coaching to support lasting shifts in how you live, lead, and receive. It’s not a one off experience. It’s a space for integration, for honesty, and for real change. If you feel the pull toward that kind of support, reach out to me directly and we can explore whether it’s the right fit for you. www.sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    1h 17m
  7. When the Room Shifted: 5 Minute Meditations, Co Regulation + Motherhood with Jessie Larson

    MAR 18

    When the Room Shifted: 5 Minute Meditations, Co Regulation + Motherhood with Jessie Larson

    In this episode, I dialogue with Jessie Larson, co creator of Five Minute Meditations for Kids, about how simple, intentional moments can shift the entire energy of a home.  I share the story of playing her meditation in the ER while Bodhi’s arm was being reset, and how everything changed. What could have been chaos became calm, connected, and deeply held. We explore co regulation, how our nervous systems shape our children’s, and why even 2 to 5 minutes can interrupt anxiety and create real emotional shifts. This is a conversation about motherhood, overwhelm, and the reminder that it doesn’t have to be complicated to be powerful. “Time slowed down, and I felt like we were wrapped in this bubble of love.”  “You are a good mom. We’re all doing our best.”  Connect with Jessie at Five Minute Meditations for Kids on Instagram, YouTube, and all podcast platforms. If this journey is resonating and you feel called to deepen into the embodiment of these themes, I offer private 12 session breathwork journeys inspired by the chapters of The Artist’s Way. https://www.sageandblushwellness.com/purchase/p/12-transformational-breathwork-reiki-the-artists-way-series I am also hosting The Authentic Creative: Breathwork and Reiki by the Sea, a women’s retreat taking place May 3 to 6 on the Oregon Coast. There are a few spots remaining. If you feel curious, you are welcome to email me and we can explore together whether it is the right fit. Thank you for walking this devotional path with me. I am deeply honored to share this creative and healing journey alongside you. Connect with me on Instagram @siribaructhornton Email me at siri@sageandblushwellness.com All offerings: www.sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    36 min
  8. Parenting + Partnership: 10 Tips for Regulating the Nervous System

    MAR 16

    Parenting + Partnership: 10 Tips for Regulating the Nervous System

    Some mornings feel calm and connected. Other mornings… everyone is triggered. In this minisode, I share 10 practical tools for regulating the nervous system in the moments when parenting, partnership, and life all collide at once. These are simple practices I use and teach when emotions are high, time is short, and everyone’s nervous system needs support. Because the goal isn’t perfection. The goal is connection, regulation, and repair. In this short episode I talk about tools that help when: • a child is overwhelmed or anxious • you and your partner have different stress responses • everyone in the house is activated at the same time • you need to calm the moment quickly and move forward These tools help us pause escalation and return to connection. 10 Nervous System Regulation Tools Here are the tools I walk through in this episode: • Pause the momentum • Slow your breathing and lengthen the exhale • Name what is happening emotionally • Change your physical posture to signal safety • Validate feelings before solving the problem • Break overwhelming moments into tiny steps • Understand different stress responses in couples • Use gentle touch or proximity for co-regulation • Repair quickly when things get heated • Remember that nervous system activation is temporary One of the things I remind myself of constantly: The goal is not to eliminate difficult moments. The goal is learning how to return to connection, regulation, and repair. Parenting and partnership are powerful places to practice nervous system awareness. And every moment of repair strengthens the relationship. If this episode spoke to you, share it with a partner, friend, or parent who might benefit from these tools. Sometimes the smallest nervous system shifts create the biggest changes in a family. If you’re interested in going deeper into nervous system healing and emotional regulation, I offer: • Private transformational breathwork and reiki sessions • The Authentic Creative podcast conversations • Retreats and in-person experiences You can learn more at sageandblushwellness.com Follow me on Instagram @siribaructhornton Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    17 min
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Welcome to The Authentic Creative with Siri Baruc Thornton: a top 2% globally ranked podcast for women who are ready to expand their capacity to feel good, embody their truth, and create from wholeness. Here, we explore what it really means to live and lead from authenticity. What if feeling good in your body, your work, and your life isn’t indulgent, but the key to everything? Each week, you’ll hear intimate conversations with artists, entrepreneurs, healers, and visionaries who are redefining success through creativity and embodiment. Alongside these stories, host Siri Baruc Thornton: Reiki Master Teacher, Transformational Breathwork guide, retreat creator, and podcaster — shares grounded spiritual tools, somatic practices, and lived wisdom from her work leading retreats for women around the world. You’ll also be invited into monthly women’s circles and leadership panels, where diverse voices gather around a new theme each time, exploring embodiment, abundance, creativity, leadership, or the art of truly feeling good. With listeners in over 65 countries, this podcast is both sanctuary and spark: a reminder that you don’t need to push to create, or perform to belong. You get to feel good. You get to embody your truth. And from that place, your most authentic life and art flow effortlessly. Subscribe now and begin your return to radiance.Learn more at www.sageandblushwellness.com

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