The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
Siri Baruc Thornton
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In this unguarded conversation, we explore what it means to live in relationship with the unseen; to call it God, Source, Spirit, Universe, or simply Love. Fresh from a transformational breathwork infused with Reiki session, a circle of luminous women gather in reverence and curiosity to speak about faith, energy, grief, and the mystery that breathes us. What unfolds is an unveiling that every path, whether rooted in Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, or the language of nature, ultimately lea...
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In this unguarded conversation, we explore what it means to live in relationship with the unseen; to call it God, Source, Spirit, Universe, or simply Love. Fresh from a transformational breathwork infused with Reiki session, a circle of luminous women gather in reverence and curiosity to speak about faith, energy, grief, and the mystery that breathes us. What unfolds is an unveiling that every path, whether rooted in Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, or the language of nature, ultimately lea...
In this unguarded conversation, we explore what it means to live in relationship with the unseen; to call it God, Source, Spirit, Universe, or simply Love. Fresh from a transformational breathwork infused with Reiki session, a circle of luminous women gather in reverence and curiosity to speak about faith, energy, grief, and the mystery that breathes us. What unfolds is an unveiling that every path, whether rooted in Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, or the language of nature, ultimately lea...
In this luminous and deeply grounding dialogue with writer and teacher Ashmi Pathela we explore what it really means to anchor the light within the human experience. From her home in the forests of Western Australia, Ashmi shares how motherhood, nature, and everyday life have become living gateways to presence, awareness, and love. Together we talk about what it means to live as your higher self now, not as an idea or something far away, but as a daily practice of compassion, embodiment, and ...
In this radiant and deeply real panel, I gather in sacred sisterhood with the luminous women of the Goddess of Light team: creatives, healers, mothers, and visionaries who embody what it means to live, lead, and create from the light within. We recorded just after a transformational breathwork infused with Reiki journey, still in the softness and vulnerability of that space. What unfolded was a conversation about surrender, self-worth, and remembering who we are beneath all the roles we play....
In this luminous episode of The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good, I sit down with the remarkable Jeni Dodd, international tea importer, Certified Tea Specialist, award-winning speaker, and founder of jeni.dodd.tea.com We met by pure serendipity in an airport while I was traveling with my 12-year-old son, Phoenix, to visit my 100-year-old grandmother, and our connection was instant. What unfolded next was a conversation filled with warmth, wisdom, and wonder, so alive th...
In this heartfelt episode of The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good, I dialogue with my friend and fellow creator, Heather Dimick, host of the What’s That Whisper podcast and founder of the What’s That Whisper product line. We dive deep, fresh from a transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki session, into the themes of presence, motherhood, creative entrepreneurship, and what it really means to listen to the whispers within. Heather shares her personal journey of hea...
In this solo episode of The Authentic Creative, I invite you into a gentle, fifteen-minute episode: a space to breathe, reflect, and remember that rest is part of creation. After several weeks away from the mic, I share what I've been learning through my own pauses: how slowing down doesn’t diminish growth, how the nervous system teaches us what safety really feels like, and how true creativity flows when we stop pushing and start listening. Inside this episode, you’ll experience: 🌿 A short t...
So many of us were raised to be “good girls," to smile, to say yes, to overdeliver, to smooth things over, to be endlessly reliable. But at what cost? In this minisode of The Authentic Creative, I open up about why good girls burn out, and why it’s not your fault. Together we explore the cultural conditioning that keeps women stuck in fawn and freeze, the hidden toll on our bodies and creativity, and the radical reframe that allows us to step out of “good” and into whole, authentic, radiant, ...
Anxiety. Burnout. Dysregulation. So many of us are living in constant fight-or-flight, our nervous systems fried from overgiving, overworking, and overthinking. What if healing wasn’t about pushing harder, but about slowing down and receiving? In this luminous panel, three radiant women — Sierra, Dana, and Tange — share their journeys of healing through Reiki attunements at our retreat. Together we explore the mystical and the practical: how Reiki connects us to lineage and unconditional love...
This was a life-changing gathering and more than just a panel. Especially this time. I played with surrendering the structure and let it flow. We began with a powerful hour of Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki. In that space, masks came off. Roles fell away. Women who are used to holding so much for others let themselves be held. The rawness of the shares that followed set the tone for everything. One participant said through tears, “I realized I’ve been living as a role, not as ...
There are moments in life when everything stops. When time slows, the air shifts, and you realize you’re standing inside a dream you once barely dared to imagine. For Ellie Banke, that moment came in London, when Ed Sheeran flew her over to record with him in a café and later sing again at a U2 afterparty in the green room of his pub. After her performance, The Edge from U2 quietly held her hand, breathed with her, and helped her ground back into presence. This episode is about those kinds of...
We are in that threshold moment, shifting from the ease of summer into the momentum of fall. For many of us, this feels like the real start of the year: back-to-school energy, new projects, busy calendars, and plans that already stretch into winter. In this episode of The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good, I share candidly about our family’s recent three weeks in England, the head colds Jake and I picked up after the long flight home, and how I have been in recovery mode...
In this intimate solo episode of The Authentic Creative, I share a very personal moment of transition: my boys starting 5th and 7th grade today, my return from three soul-nourishing weeks in England, and the energy of fresh beginnings that’s alive in my own life and work. I invite you into the heart of the Goddess of Light retreats: sacred, spacious circles where women who hold so much finally get to be held. You’ll hear why I created them, what makes them different, and how they offer a powe...
What do you do when life looks perfect on paper but feels empty inside? This week on The Authentic Creative, I dialogue with Tracy Hill, Fortune 500 exec turned host of A Beautiful Fix, a podcast ranked in the top 5% globally. Tracy shares how burnout pushed her to walk away from corporate life and step into alignment with her true purpose. We talk about: ✨ The power of showing up as your future self ✨ Why sensitivity is a superpower ✨ Human Design as a map back to yourself ✨ Micro-shifts tha...
In this soul-soaked, laughter-laced after party to the July Rewrite & Rise panel, our guests keep the truth flowing. What begins as a casual check-out becomes a sacred afterglow, where hearts open wider, tears are shared freely, and wisdom deepens into revelation. We talk about: ✨ The wild honesty required to write and re-write our stories ✨ The courage to reclaim performance, play, and artistic voice ✨ Motherhood, grief, and the second chakra of birth and creation ✨ The soul’s journey as...
In this episode of The Authentic Creative, Siri dialogues with Marné Minard: nutritionist, healer, and owner of Portland’s Bastion, a restaurant redefining nourishment with seasonal, nutrient-dense food free from the usual fillers and allergens. Marné opens up about her journey from a chaotic, traumatic childhood to finding her calling in healing and nutrition. She shares how Bastion was born, how food became her way of offering care and truth to others, and what it means to let her walls fal...
In this radiant, soul-nourishing afterparty conversation, we gather in sisterhood to reflect on the wisdom, healing, and heartfelt moments sparked by the Radiance and Renewal panel. What unfolds is a tender, intimate circle, equal parts celebration and sacred witnessing, where we speak about the courage it takes to redefine ourselves, the masks we wear without knowing, and the magic that begins when we give ourselves permission to explore, receive, and rest. From Claudia’s poetic reminder to ...
Welcome back to The Authentic Creative. In this special panel episode, “Rewrite & Rise,” we explore the transformative power of rewriting our stories to rise into alignment, joy, voice, and soul. Host Siri Baruc Thornton opens with a breathwork-infused circle and invites a circle of powerful women leaders: authors, healers, creatives, doctors, doulas, coaches, and performers, to share how they’ve each rewritten their own story and reclaimed their wholeness. We explore: ✨ Releasing inherit...
In this expansive and grounding conversation, I dialogue with nervous system specialist and somatic guide Sarah Tacy, whose work helps high-achieving visionaries move from survival mode into embodied sovereignty. We explore how urgency culture disconnects us from our bodies, and how learning to pause, feel, and choose can bring us back to self-trust, presence, and liberation. Sarah shares her own powerful healing journey from chronic pain and performance-driven burnout into deep regulation, r...
This episode is a homecoming. 11 radiant, real women gather to speak from the heart—sharing stories, practices, and revelations about what it means to live, lead, and create in full alignment with the light inside us. We talk about: ✨ What it means to feel safe with money 🌊 How nature reminds us we belong 💫 The beauty of choosing rest, softness, and sovereignty 🐎 How animals help us remember our truth 🔥 The courage it takes to stop performing and actually be yourself If you’ve been feeling...
In this heartfelt minisode of The Authentic Creative, I invite you into a tender space. Our 14-year-old Chihuahua Papillon, Charlie, took her final breath yesterday, surrounded by love. From urgent care on Father’s Day to the lake she loved and our final moments together, I share the full journey: one of ritual, remembrance, and release. You’ll hear: 🕯 A poem I read to Charlie in the car before we said goodbye 🪶 Eight takeaways and practices to hold you through grief 👦🏽 How we included our ch...
The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
In this unguarded conversation, we explore what it means to live in relationship with the unseen; to call it God, Source, Spirit, Universe, or simply Love. Fresh from a transformational breathwork infused with Reiki session, a circle of luminous women gather in reverence and curiosity to speak about faith, energy, grief, and the mystery that breathes us. What unfolds is an unveiling that every path, whether rooted in Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, or the language of nature, ultimately lea...
