The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good

Siri Baruc Thornton
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The Authentic Creative is a top 2% globally ranked podcast hosted by Siri Baruc Thornton.Every conversation is an invitation to come home to yourself.With more than 316 episodes and listeners in 65+ countries, Siri has welcomed Emmy Award winners, New York Times bestselling authors, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, artists, entrepreneurs, musicians, spiritual teachers, researchers, and everyday people whose stories illuminate what it means to be fully human.Every episode begins with curiosity.Together we explore creativity, healing, psychology, spirituality, relationships, purpose, nervous system regulation, and the beautifully imperfect human experience. These conversations invite honesty, deepen compassion, expand perspective, and remind us that healing often begins the moment we feel deeply seen.The subtitle of this podcast is Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good.Feeling good begins with expanding our capacity to fully experience life—with love, grief, wonder, uncertainty, creativity, gratitude, joy, and compassion. As that capacity grows, so does our ability to live authentically, create courageously, love deeply, and meet life with presence.Alongside intimate conversations, you’ll also find guided meditations, Transformational Breathwork, Reiki teachings, and solo reflections that offer practical tools for healing, authentic living, and personal growth.Everything I create is rooted in one intention:Creating extraordinary spaces where people feel deeply seen, safe to tell the truth, and remember who they truly are.Whether you’ve been listening since the very beginning or you’re pressing play for the first time, I’m honored you’re here. Welcome to The Authentic Creative. www.sageandblushwellness.com

  1. 6d ago

    RECEIVING minisode

    What Are You Ready to Receive? What if receiving could feel as natural as giving? In this guided minisode of The Authentic Creative, I’m inviting you to walk with the October theme inside The Authentic Creative Sanctuary: Receiving. So many of us have become incredibly capable at caring for others, holding families, building businesses, creating, leading and making things happen. In the process, receiving support, love, care, rest, abundance or help can sometimes feel far less familiar. In this episode, I’ll guide you through gentle breath, embodied reflection and an original poem as we explore what it means to open ourselves to receiving. Together, we’ll consider where we learned to do everything ourselves, what we may be ready to put down, and what could become possible when we allow ourselves to be supported. You’ll leave with questions and practices you can carry into your everyday life, helping you notice where support is already available, become more aware of what you truly want and need, and practice allowing goodness to reach you. Our central questions for October are: What if receiving could feel as natural as giving? Where have I learned to do everything myself? What might become possible if I allowed myself to be supported? What am I ready to receive? This minisode is part of The Authentic Creative Sanctuary: A Living Archive of Women’s Wisdom, where I bring women together for Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki, embodied reflection and honest conversation. These gatherings become podcast transmissions so the wisdom shared inside the Sanctuary can continue traveling outward. Walk this journey with us. Listen now, live with these questions in the weeks ahead, journal with them, notice what begins to shift, and then return for our October Sanctuary episode to hear what Receiving opened in the lives and hearts of the women gathered in our circle. If this practice supports you, follow The Authentic Creative so you don’t miss the October Sanctuary conversation, share this minisode with a woman you’d love to walk alongside, and explore my Transformational Breathwork, Reiki, sound healing and women’s wellness offerings at sageandblushwellness.com. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    RECEIVING minisode

  2. Sep 13

    Coming Home to Yourself: Reclaiming Your Voice, Power & Self-Trust | Authentic Creative Sanctuary

    Where do I feel most like myself right now? Where have I moved away from myself? And what would it feel like to come home? What does it mean to truly come home to yourself, especially when motherhood, work, relationships, caregiving, and the expectations of others have pulled you away from your own voice? Welcome to the first gathering of The Authentic Creative Sanctuary, a year-long journey unfolding monthly from September through July. Each month, I gather a changing circle of extraordinary women for Transformational Breathwork + Reiki followed by an intimate, unfiltered conversation around a new theme. The Authentic Creative Sanctuary is a living archive of women’s wisdom. Rather than polished conversations about what we already know, we take off the masks and speak from where we actually are — our transitions, grief, creativity, relationships, motherhood, breakthroughs, questions, and becoming. And you’re invited to come along for the journey. Over the coming year, you’ll get to know these women and their evolving stories while exploring your own alongside us. My hope is that our experiences become mirrors for yours: that we grow, remember, heal, and transform together as the year unfolds. Our first theme is Coming Home to Yourself. If you’ve been feeling disconnected from yourself, questioning your instincts, carrying too much for everyone around you, or simply longing to feel more like you again, this conversation is for you. Together, we explore: • Rebuilding self-trust after criticism, grief, betrayal, or change • Motherhood and caregiving without losing yourself • Releasing emotions your body may be carrying • Learning to receive when you’re accustomed to being the strong one • Creating and expressing yourself from truth • Returning to your body, intuition, power, and own knowing • The courage to take up space and live more fully as yourself In this Sanctuary: • Dr. Saidie Rodriguez — a doctor working with children in intensive care who brings a deeply embodied perspective on aliveness, courage, power, compassion, and the human experience @soulshine_global • Amanda Malarkey — a designer, creative, mother of three, space creator, and entrepreneur exploring sanctuary, nature, reinvention, and creating spaces that help people come home to themselves @Amanda.wildfernproject • Simbi Hall — a writer, producer, creative, and Buddhist practitioner exploring authentic expression, creativity, spirituality, self-reflection, and trusting our own voice @simbihall • Jeni Dodd — an attorney, voting-rights advocate, tea educator, and storyteller exploring tea ceremony, women’s history, civic voice, presence, and the power of gathering @jenidoddtea • Karaleigh Garrison — a performer, musician, music director, and mother of three neurodivergent children exploring confidence, creativity, caregiving, health, and stepping into a role she has dreamed of for years @karaleigh.garrison • Kimberly Leemans — a mother, home-birth advocate, and emerging member of her local birth team exploring instinct, informed choice, surrender, motherhood, and trusting the wisdom of the body @kimieabreak • Dr. Ianthe Marini — an actress, singer, conductor, and creative leader exploring the difference between performance and authentic expression, women’s voices, embodiment, music, and the power of creation @iantheoneliamarini As Dr. Saidie shares, “The capacity of my remembering coming home to myself is only to the extent of the capacity of my forgetting myself.” If you’re ready to experience this work more deeply, I offer Transformational Breathwork + Reiki, Akashic Records, private coaching, sound baths, Reiki healing, and community experiences. Visit sageandblushwellness.com to explore upcoming offerings and ways to work with me. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    Coming Home to Yourself: Reclaiming Your Voice, Power & Self-Trust | Authentic Creative Sanctuary

  3. Sep 3

    Coming Home to Yourself minisode

    If you've been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unsure of what you need in this changing season, this 10 minute guided meditation and grounding breathwork practice will help you slow down, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom. The transition from summer to fall can bring changing routines, competing responsibilities, and the challenge of finding your rhythm again. This may feel especially familiar if you are a mother, entrepreneur, or creative trying to care for the people you love while making space for your own needs, work, and inner life. Through personal reflection, grounding breathwork, a guided meditation, and an original closing poem, I invite you to ask yourself: What am I needing? You will have space to call your energy back, listen for the answer, and identify one small way to give yourself what you need today. When you meet yourself with care, you create more room for nervous system regulation, creativity, alignment, manifestation, flow, and synchronicities. Created during Virgo season and the days leading toward the September new moon, this minisode offers a gentle practice for coming home to yourself, trusting your body, navigating life transitions, and creating a more grounded beginning. This is also the theme of our first Authentic Creative Sanctuary on September 11th, Coming Home to Yourself, an intimate gathering centered around Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki, reflection, poetry, and honest conversation. Give yourself the deepest breath you have given yourself all day, and come home. Explore upcoming gatherings, private healing sessions, Transformational Breathwork, Reiki, and more through sage + blush wellness at https://sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    Coming Home to Yourself minisode

  4. Jul 21

    Endless Possibilities Entrepreneurial Leadership Panel

    What becomes possible when we stop gripping so tightly and begin receiving what life is offering us? This month's women's panel became something none of us could have planned. What began as a conversation about endless possibility unfolded into a profound exploration of grief, intuition, trust, receiving, purpose, leadership, and the unseen ways life continues to guide us through both joy and loss. Following a transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki session, an extraordinary group of women shared stories that were deeply personal and universally relatable. Together we explored how the greatest expansion often comes through surrender rather than striving, and how our deepest challenges can become portals into our greatest purpose. Inside this episode, we explore: • Why endless possibilities begin with the willingness to receive. • How breathwork helps release limiting beliefs, grief, fear, and old identities. • The surprising connection between intuition, nature, and authentic decision-making. • Navigating profound loss while remaining connected to those we love. • The role of trust in creating a life that feels aligned rather than forced. • How women leaders can move from constant doing into embodied receiving. • Why your desires may actually be pointing toward your purpose. • The difference between living from fear and living from oneness. • How feminine leadership invites relationship, intuition, and spaciousness instead of hustle. • Remembering that every breath offers a chance to begin again. Throughout the conversation, our panelists share remarkable stories of resilience, advocacy, motherhood, entrepreneurship, spirituality, medicine, creativity, Human Design, Buddhism, healing, and the courage to keep saying yes to life, even after heartbreak. Whether you're navigating a transition, questioning your next step, grieving someone you love, or simply longing to remember what's already alive within you, this conversation offers a gentle invitation back to yourself. As Mary Oliver asks, "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" May this conversation remind you that the possibilities you're searching for may be much closer than you think. Celeste Moore is a Certified Master Image Coach who turns image into strategy for high-achieving women, getting them recognized faster, invited onto more stages, and paid at the level they have already earned, with work featured in Forbes, on a Times Square billboard, and at New York and Paris Fashion Week. Dr. Saidie Rodriguez is a physician, coach, and creator of soulSHINE, where science backed transformation meets soul led living. Through her coaching, podcast, and writing, she helps high achieving women reconnect with their intuition, expand beyond survival mode, and create lives rooted in purpose, fulfillment, and self trust. Amanda Malarkey is the visionary founder of The Wild Fern Project, a designer, yoga instructor, permaculture advocate, and mother of three based in the Lake Tahoe region. Janelle Fitzpatrick is a leadership coach, strategic partner and dedicated mom. She helps people bridge the wisdom of their personal journeys with their professional lives, unlocking more authentic leadership, deeper connection, and a greater sense of possibility in both. Janine Wolf is a Conscious Connected Breath Coach and Sound Healer trained in the foundations of rebirthing. She has breathed hundreds of children and adults in private and group sessions. Along with the breath, she combines sound healing, reiki, and spiritual coaching to guide the practitioner to release whatever no longer serves, giving them the opportunity to let go of the past and experience the here and now. Dana Hunter Fradella hosts the top 5% Her Next Level podcast and serves as an executive leadership coach and business mentor for women leaders focused on expanding their income and impact in the world.  Simbiat Hall is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, director, and founder of Athena Films, a production company dedicated to spreading enlightenment through entertainment. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an alumna of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, her work has screened at festivals including AFI Fest and SXSW. She continues to develop film and television projects while serving on the boards of the Blackbird Alliance and the Almanack Screenwriters Alumni Council. Robyn Cohen holds a BFA from The Juilliard School and an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. She’s been acting professionally for 33 years - in theatre, film, and television - opposite such artists as Bill Murray, Cate Blanchette, and Jeff Goldblum. She’s been training actors for 20 years and is the founder of THE COHEN ACTING STUDIO where she coaches artists and public speakers across all mediums. Robyn is the happy host of “Thriving Artists: The Daily Joyride with Robyn Cohen” Podcast. Incredible panelists: @simbihall @breathewithjanine @robyncohenactingstudio @danahunterfradella @janellefitzpatrickcoaching @celestemooreimage @soulshine_global @amanda.wildfernproject If this episode resonates with you, we'd love for you to: • Follow or subscribe to The Authentic Creative Podcast. • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Share this episode with someone who could use this reminder today. To learn more about Siri Baruc Thornton, Breathwork • Reiki, The Authentic Creative Sanctuary, retreats, Reiki certification, or upcoming events, visit: https://sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    Endless Possibilities Entrepreneurial Leadership Panel

  5. Jul 4

    I Feel Free: The Power of Feeling Safe Enough to Tell the Truth

    After our Let It Be Easier women's panel, Amanda Folkestad sent me a voice note. Listening to it brought me back to something I witness again and again. We spend so much of our lives wondering whether this is the right time, the right place, or the right way to share what's really happening inside of us. Holding it all together can become such a familiar way of being that we forget what it feels like to simply exhale. Amanda describes what shifted for her that morning in a way I couldn't say better than she does herself. She talks about feeling free, finding the courage to share authentically, and discovering what becomes possible when we're surrounded by people who meet us with compassion instead of judgment. Her words are a beautiful reminder that healing isn't always loud or dramatic. A single conversation, one deep breath, or an hour spent feeling truly seen can change the way we relate to ourselves. I'm so grateful she trusted me with her experience and gave me permission to share it with you. If something in Amanda's share speaks to your heart, I'd love to welcome you into one of these spaces. Whether it's a class, a private session, a sound bath healing, or a First and Second Degree Reiki Certification retreat, my intention is always the same: to create extraordinary spaces where people feel deeply seen, tell the truth, and remember who they are. You can learn more at www.sageandblushwellness.com. Thank you for listening, and thank you for being here. Keep expanding your capacity to feel good, one breath at a time. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    I Feel Free: The Power of Feeling Safe Enough to Tell the Truth

  6. Jun 30

    Let It Be Easier: A Conversation About Trusting Life, Even When It's Hard

    When we arrive in our bodies first, through breakthwork and reiki, we tell a different kind of truth. That's exactly what happened here. What unfolded was a group of women showing up honestly, allowing themselves to be seen, and trusting that whatever wanted to emerge would be enough. Our theme was Let It Be Easier, we realized that ease isn't the absence of hardship. It's the willingness to soften instead of forcing, to trust instead of gripping, and to let ourselves be fully present with whatever season we're living through. As each woman shared her own story, we found ourselves talking about grief, parenting, caregiving, relationships, purpose, self-trust, and the ways we slowly find our way back to ourselves. Here's some of what we explored together: How Breathwork infused with Reiki helps us arrive differently every single time, meeting us exactly where we are.Grief, divorce, motherhood, caregiving, and navigating seasons that ask more of us than we feel ready to give.The difference between feeling an emotion, getting caught in the story around it, and learning to move through both with greater compassion.Releasing perfectionism, productivity, people pleasing, and the pressure to carry everything on our own.Trusting our bodies, our intuition, our own timing, and the unfolding of life, even when we can't yet see where it's leading.Why authentic community can become one of the most powerful forms of healing.There were so many moments I'll continue carrying with me, especially this simple question: "What if letting go was as easy as taking a breath?" I hope this conversation reminds you that you don't have to figure everything out before taking your next step. I hope it gives you permission to trust your own rhythm a little more, receive support a little more freely, and remember that healing often happens in the presence of people who are willing to tell the truth. I was honored to stand in conversation with Amanda Folkestad @portlandpink Michelle Rios @michelle.rios.official Robyn Cohen @robyncohenactingstudio Dana Shalit @danashalit Anna K. Morris  @iamannakmorris Cora Poage @coachcoco and Claudia Noriega-Bernstein. @claudia_noriega_bernstein If you'd like to experience Breathwork infused with Reiki for yourself, I'd love to welcome you into one of my classes, private sessions, sound bath healings, or First and Second Degree Reiki Certification retreats. You can learn more at www.sageandblushwellness.com. Keep expanding your capacity to feel good, one breath at a time. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    Let It Be Easier: A Conversation About Trusting Life, Even When It's Hard

  7. Jun 14

    The Healing Power of Safe Relationship with Mike Elliott

    What if the thing you're longing for isn't success, certainty, or control? What if it's safety? Today I'm in conversation with Mike Elliott, a relationship coach, breathwork facilitator, and guide for men who are longing for deeper connection, emotional presence, and more meaningful relationships. Mike's work was deeply shaped by being separated from his biological mother at birth and adopted twice before the age of 14 months, experiences that later revealed deep patterns around abandonment, performance, and the fear of rejection. After years of pursuing external success, the collapse of his marriage became a catalyst for a profound healing journey into attachment, nervous system regulation, somatics, intimacy, and emotional embodiment. In this conversation, Mike shares openly about adoption, addiction, a shotgun held to his chest, heartbreak, suicidal ideation, nervous system healing, and the relationships that ultimately helped him reconnect with himself and transform his life. Together, we explore functional freeze, emotional safety, intimacy, attachment, sensitivity, and why so many people who appear successful on the outside still feel disconnected on the inside. More than anything, this conversation is about safety. The kind of safety that allows us to feel, connect, heal, and fully be ourselves. It's a reminder that no matter how disconnected, numb, or alone we may feel, healing remains possible. In this conversation, we explore: • Why our deepest wounds often become our greatest medicine • How trauma shapes our relationships • Why sensitivity is a strength • The role of safety in healing and connection • Simple practices for creating more presence in everyday life Favorite Quote: "The longest journey any of us will ever take is from our head to our heart." Resources & Links: Mike Elliott: @mikeelliott.relating | itsmikeelliott.com | The Sacred We podcast Song Mentioned: "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes https://open.spotify.com/track/6Pce5yn5oOSDB6hZm8Ou2U?si=61a6111141374bd8 Connect with Me: @siribaructhornton | sageandblushwellness.com | siri@sageandblushwellness.com If this conversation resonated with you, I offer private Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki sessions online and in person, as well as immersive retreats and Reiki Certification Retreats designed to help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, release old patterns, and create greater safety, connection, and freedom in your life. Learn more at sageandblushwellness.com Keep expanding your capacity to feel good, one breath at a time. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    The Healing Power of Safe Relationship with Mike Elliott

  8. Jun 8

    The Power of Reiki for Anxiety, Burnout + Overwhelm: Real Stories After Reiki Attunements

    Anxiety. Burnout. Overwhelm. So many of us are living in a constant state of doing, giving, striving, and holding it all together. What if healing isn't about pushing harder? What if healing begins when we finally allow ourselves to receive? I'm resharing this powerful Reiki panel conversation because enrollment is now open for my upcoming First and Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat, September 27 through 30, 2026, in beautiful Depoe Bay, Oregon. In this episode, 3 former Reiki students share what changed after receiving their Reiki attunements. Together, we explore Reiki supported nervous system regulation, emotional healing, greater self trust, sobriety, grief, parenting, spiritual connection and a deeper sense of peace. If you've ever wondered what Reiki attunements actually feel like or how Reiki can impact daily life, these stories offer an honest, heartfelt glimpse into the experience. In this episode, you'll hear: • What it feels like to receive Reiki attunements • How Reiki supports nervous system regulation • Stories of transformation, healing, and remembrance • Why giving Reiki often becomes a healing experience for the practitioner as well • A simple grounding practice you can use anytime Some favorite moments from the conversation: "When we give Reiki, we also receive." "Presence is enough. Reiki teaches us to stop efforting and start allowing." "It was always me. This moment was always meant to happen." "My nervous system was fried. Reiki gave me a way to regulate again." "The lineage is behind you. You are never alone." If you've been curious about Reiki, feeling called to deepen your practice, or simply longing for more peace, trust, and connection in your life, I hope this conversation serves you. First and Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat September 27 to 30, 2026 Depoe Bay, Oregon 3 to 6 spots available. For details or to reserve your spot: sageandblushwellness.com Instagram: @SiriBarucThornton Email: siri@sageandblushwellness.com Send us Fan Mail Support the show

    The Power of Reiki for Anxiety, Burnout + Overwhelm: Real Stories After Reiki Attunements
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The Authentic Creative is a top 2% globally ranked podcast hosted by Siri Baruc Thornton.Every conversation is an invitation to come home to yourself.With more than 316 episodes and listeners in 65+ countries, Siri has welcomed Emmy Award winners, New York Times bestselling authors, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, artists, entrepreneurs, musicians, spiritual teachers, researchers, and everyday people whose stories illuminate what it means to be fully human.Every episode begins with curiosity.Together we explore creativity, healing, psychology, spirituality, relationships, purpose, nervous system regulation, and the beautifully imperfect human experience. These conversations invite honesty, deepen compassion, expand perspective, and remind us that healing often begins the moment we feel deeply seen.The subtitle of this podcast is Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good.Feeling good begins with expanding our capacity to fully experience life—with love, grief, wonder, uncertainty, creativity, gratitude, joy, and compassion. As that capacity grows, so does our ability to live authentically, create courageously, love deeply, and meet life with presence.Alongside intimate conversations, you’ll also find guided meditations, Transformational Breathwork, Reiki teachings, and solo reflections that offer practical tools for healing, authentic living, and personal growth.Everything I create is rooted in one intention:Creating extraordinary spaces where people feel deeply seen, safe to tell the truth, and remember who they truly are.Whether you’ve been listening since the very beginning or you’re pressing play for the first time, I’m honored you’re here. Welcome to The Authentic Creative. www.sageandblushwellness.com

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