Soul-led Creative Women with Sam Horton

Sam Horton
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Welcome to Soul-Led Creative Women — the podcast for heart-centred, creative women who are ready to infuse more soul, depth and meaning into their art and their life.I’m Sam Horton — artist + creative & spiritual mentor,  and I’m here to support women like you who want to use their creative practice to fuel their personal and spiritual growth.Each episode is an invitation to uncover the spiritual power of creativity to heal, nurture, empower, and transform. Through honest stories, soulful conversations, and inspiring tools, we’ll explore how Soulful Creativity can guide you home to your inner world, help you reconnect to your truth, and give you a safe, expressive, meaningful way to honour your soul’s desires.

  1. Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wisdom" | Shifting from Consuming Self Help to Creative Wisdom

    2D AGO

    Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wisdom" | Shifting from Consuming Self Help to Creative Wisdom

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep104 Have you ever felt full of guidance, insight, and advice… yet strangely disconnected from your own inner voice? In this gentle poetry minisode, Sam shares Creative Wisdom, a reflective poem about the quiet overcrowding that can happen when we consume too much external wisdom without giving ourselves space to integrate, express, and listen inward. This episode is an invitation to soften the noise, reconnect with your creative practice, and rediscover the quiet, intuitive wisdom that already lives within you. 3 reasons to listen to this episode To reconnect with your own inner voice when the world feels loud or overwhelmingTo understand how creativity helps us integrate and embody what we are learningTo be gently reminded that wisdom often reveals itself in stillness, not in strivingKey Takeaways Personal growth can sometimes become overwhelming when there is no space for integrationCreativity provides a gentle way to process, embody, and release what we are learningWisdom often emerges in stillness rather than noiseA creative practice helps us reconnect with our intuition and inner truthListening inward is a skill that deepens with time, patience, and presenceReflection Question Where in your life might you benefit from creating a little more space to listen to your own quiet knowing? FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep104 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    4 min
  2. Becoming More Joyfully You: Play, Creativity and Risk | Amy Dickens

    FEB 15

    Becoming More Joyfully You: Play, Creativity and Risk | Amy Dickens

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep103 When was the last time you truly played… not to achieve, not to improve, not to produce… but simply to feel alive? Many women spend years focused on responsibility, productivity, and self-improvement, only to find themselves disconnected from joy, creativity, and their inner spark. In this heartfelt conversation, we explore why play is not frivolous, but essential to wellbeing, creativity, and living authentically. 3 Powerful Benefits of Listening • Understand why play is a powerful gateway to creativity, healing, and personal growth  • Learn why fear, judgement, and busyness keep so many women disconnected from joy  • Discover gentle ways to reconnect with the playful, expressive part of yourself Key Takeaways • Why play is a powerful catalyst for creativity and new ideas  • The difference between consuming self-help and embodying transformation  • How fear of judgement and rejection keeps many women stuck  • Why reconnecting with childhood joys can reveal powerful clues about your creative essence  • The relationship between play, nervous system regulation, and emotional wellbeing  • Why taking small risks leads to growth, expansion, and deeper self-trust  • How community and shared experiences amplify joy and healing  • The importance of spaciousness and creativity in a productivity-driven world  • Why joy is not a destination but a compass  • A powerful reflection question to reconnect with your true self Reflection Question Who would you become if you chose your joy more often… and what small step could you take toward that today?  FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep103 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    42 min
  3. The Shift From Consuming to Creating: Reclaiming Your Inner Wisdom in a Self-help Obsessed World | Sam Horton

    FEB 8

    The Shift From Consuming to Creating: Reclaiming Your Inner Wisdom in a Self-help Obsessed World | Sam Horton

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep102 What if the reason you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected isn’t because you’re not doing enough inner work — but because you’re doing too much consuming and not enough creating? In this solo episode, Sam explores a quiet but powerful imbalance many growth-oriented women live with every day. We are surrounded by podcasts, books, courses, and frameworks promising clarity and transformation, yet so often we feel full of information and disconnected from our own inner wisdom. This episode gently names the hidden trap of self-help culture — how it can turn us into chronic consumers of growth — and offers a nourishing reframe. Creativity is not an optional extra or indulgence. It is the missing integration tool that allows insight to become embodied truth. Sam shares why creativity is essential for digesting what we learn, restoring energetic balance, and reconnecting with the answers that already live within us. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why personal development culture often prioritises consumption over embodimentHow consuming information can feel like progress but still leave you stuckThe difference between mental insight and lived transformationWhy creativity helps your nervous system process, integrate, and releaseHow art-making, journaling, and self-expression restore clarity and self-trustWhy you don’t need more answers — you need more creativity and expressionThis episode is a gentle invitation to pause, soften, and shift from constantly reaching outward to listening inward — and to reclaim creativity as a sacred pathway back to yourself. Reflection Question What might change if, instead of seeking one more answer, you gave yourself permission to express what you already know? FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep102 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    7 min
  4. The Power of Witnessing Your Story: Art, Healing & Soul Portraits | Devorah Brinckerhoff

    FEB 1

    The Power of Witnessing Your Story: Art, Healing & Soul Portraits | Devorah Brinckerhoff

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep101 What if healing didn’t require fixing, analysing, or reliving your pain, but simply witnessing your story with compassion? In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by professional artist and creative healer Devorah Brinckerhoff, whose life journey led her to create the Soul Portrait process, a deeply intuitive form of healing through art and creativity that supports emotional release, trauma healing, and soul connection. Together, we explore how soulful creativity allows us to witness our stories without becoming trapped inside them, and how self-witnessing becomes a gateway to inner freedom, empowerment, and deep healing. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How Devorah’s healing journey gave birth to the Soul Portrait processWhy witnessing your story is more powerful than trying to fix or analyse itHow healing through art and creativity supports emotional release and self-trustThe role of intuitive art-making in spiritual awakening for midlife womenWhy you don’t need artistic skill to heal through creativityHow soulful creativity reconnects you with your inner truthKey Takeaways: Healing through art and creativity allows emotional energy to move gently and safelySelf-witnessing is a powerful act of transformationCreativity reconnects us with soul truth beyond wordsTrauma can become a gateway to spiritual awakening and empowermentSoul-led creativity restores self-trust and emotional healingReflection Question: What part of your story is asking to be witnessed, honoured, and gently released through creativity right now? FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep101 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    36 min
  5. Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wind Chime" | An Invitation to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons

    JAN 25

    Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wind Chime" | An Invitation to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep100 There are seasons when life feels busy, noisy, and full, and the creative freedom you once knew can feel like it belongs to another version of you. In these moments, it can be easy to assume your creativity has faded or that something is wrong. But often, it has simply changed shape. In this episode, Sam shares her poem Creative Wind Chime, a tender reflection on how creativity continues to breathe through us even in demanding seasons. Rather than longing for how things used to be, this piece gently invites you to listen for the smaller, quieter ways your creative spirit still moves through your everyday life. This episode explores: • How creativity evolves rather than disappears in busy seasons  • Why “idle wanderings” and small creative moments still matter  • The shift from big, expressive creativity to softer, more subtle forms  • How to listen for your creativity like a delicate wind chime in the background of your life  • Why gentle beginnings can be deeply powerful in certain seasons Creative Wind Chime is not a poem about loss, but about presence, patience, and learning to meet your creativity where you are now. Reflection question: Where, in the small and ordinary moments of your week, might your own “creative wind chime” be quietly trying to sound?  FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep100  Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    4 min
  6. Lotus Rising: Creativity, Soul Truth, and Inner Listening | Jennie Lee

    JAN 18

    Lotus Rising: Creativity, Soul Truth, and Inner Listening | Jennie Lee

    Send a text  FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep99 What if your creative practice isn’t about producing more… but about listening more deeply? In this soulful conversation, Sam sits down with conscious creativity coach and author Jennie Lee to explore how creativity becomes a spiritual path, a way of reconnecting with your soul’s truth, and a bridge between inner wisdom and outer expression.  3 Powerful Benefits of Listening  You’ll understand how creativity can become a spiritual practice, not just a productivity habitYou’ll discover why inner listening is more powerful than forcing creative outputYou’ll feel permission to honour your creative season exactly as it is right now  Episode Summary In this episode, Sam is joined by Jennie Lee, award-winning author, yoga therapist, and conscious creativity coach, for a deeply nourishing conversation about the intersection of spirituality and creativity. Jennie shares how creative expression becomes a dharmic path, a way for the soul to move into form, and why our most meaningful work emerges when we stop striving and start listening. Together they explore what blocks authentic creative expression, how fear, self-judgment, and productivity pressure disconnect us from our truth, and why gentleness, play, and spiritual presence are essential ingredients in any soul-led creative life. Jennie also shares the story behind her Essere Writers and Artists Residency in Italy, a space created not for production, but for being, inner listening, and creative renewal. This episode is a loving invitation to stir the mud, trust the process, and allow what wants to emerge through you to rise in its own time. Key Takeaways Creativity is your soul in action, not your ego in controlYou don’t need more discipline; you need more listeningPlay and experimentation are essential, not optionalProductivity can disconnect you from your deeper creative truthRest and stillness are fertile ground for creative evolutionYour creative expression will naturally evolve as you doYou don’t need a big plan, just one small soulful step Reflection Question   What is one small, gentle, or playful way you could “stir the mud” in your creative life this week, simply to create movement without needing an outcome?    FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep99 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    29 min
  7. 7 Ways to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons | Sam Horton

    JAN 11

    7 Ways to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons | Sam Horton

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep98 There are seasons where life feels heavier, fuller, and louder — where responsibility, care, and everyday demands quietly push your creativity to the edges. Not because it doesn’t matter. Not because you don’t love it. But because it feels like the soft, sensitive part of you that doesn’t quite fit inside the weight of life. In this episode, Sam shares seven gentle, grounded ways to honour your creative practice when time, energy, and space feel limited. This is not about forcing yourself to be more disciplined or productive, but about softening your relationship with creativity so it can support you rather than demand from you. This episode is for you if you’ve been feeling disconnected from your creative self, quietly longing for more space to create, or judging yourself for not showing up the way you think you “should”. Inside this episode, we explore: • How to build a nourishing creative practice even in busy or heavy seasons  • Why starting small and consistent builds more self trust than waiting for more time  • How creative community, dreaming, and gentle containers can support you when energy is low  • Why your creative practice is allowed to change shape as your life evolves  • How witnessing your work deepens meaning and soul connection  • Why productivity is not a measure of creative worth  • How to soften, release pressure, and meet your creativity where you are now This is an invitation to stop fighting your season, stop judging yourself, and remember that your creativity has not left you — it’s simply waiting to meet you in the shape your life is in now. Reflection question: What would it look like to honour your creativity in a way that supports you, rather than demands from you, in this season of your life? FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep98 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    11 min
  8. The Stories That Save Us: Creativity, Truth & Emotional Healing | Nikki Allen

    12/21/2025

    The Stories That Save Us: Creativity, Truth & Emotional Healing | Nikki Allen

    Send a text FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep97 What if the very stories born from your deepest pain are the ones that ultimately save you? In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, I’m joined by singer-songwriter and author Nikki Allen, whose creative journey reveals how music, storytelling, and fiction can become profound tools for healing, truth-telling, and self-reclamation. Nikki shares how a single song born after leaving an abusive relationship evolved into a screenplay and eventually a published novel. We explore the emotional and spiritual layers of creative expression, why she writes only after the pain has passed, and how creativity helped her transform heartbreak into empowerment rather than into victimhood. Together, we dive into the courage it takes to explore real emotions through fiction, the spiritual nature of creativity as a channelling process, and why turning away from your creative outlet can deeply impact your wellbeing. This episode is a gentle but powerful reminder that creativity is not a luxury, it is often how we survive, make meaning, and come home to ourselves. In this episode, we explore: How creativity becomes a lifeline during emotional healingTurning pain into creative power instead of reliving traumaWhy Nikki believes stories, songs, and art are different expressions of the same truthThe spiritual nature of music and creativity as a channelling processExploring real life emotions safely through fiction and storytellingWhy staying connected to your creative outlet matters for your wellbeingThe redemptive power of rewriting personal narrativesA reminder that your story only needs to reach one person to matterReflection question: What story within you is asking to be told, not to relive the pain, but to reclaim your power? FOR EPISODE LINKS & MORE INFO VISIT: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep97 Support the show Send me a message on instagram - https:/instagram.com/samhortonstudio Follow Soul-led Creative Women on your favourite platform - find all links at https://samhorton.co/podcast The themes and practices in this episode are glimpses of tools we explore deeply in my new online program, Empowered Creative Soul. For more info and VIP access when doors open, please join the waitlist at https://samhorton.co/ECS-waitlist

    22 min
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Welcome to Soul-Led Creative Women — the podcast for heart-centred, creative women who are ready to infuse more soul, depth and meaning into their art and their life.I’m Sam Horton — artist + creative & spiritual mentor,  and I’m here to support women like you who want to use their creative practice to fuel their personal and spiritual growth.Each episode is an invitation to uncover the spiritual power of creativity to heal, nurture, empower, and transform. Through honest stories, soulful conversations, and inspiring tools, we’ll explore how Soulful Creativity can guide you home to your inner world, help you reconnect to your truth, and give you a safe, expressive, meaningful way to honour your soul’s desires.

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