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The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good

Siri Baruc Thornton

Welcome to The Authentic Creative with Siri Baruc Thornton: a top 2.5% 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

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54:57

From Best Friends to Boutique Hoteliers: The Creative...

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2025/05/22

Today I’m joined by two adventurous, whip-smart creatives whose friendship and flair for reinvention turned a dusty roadside motel into a pink-hued phenomenon. April Brown and Sarah Sklash are the co-founders of The June Motel and stars of Netflix’s hit series Motel Makeover. Once a public relations pro and a government operations specialist, they walked away from stable careers in 2016 to chase something wildly different: joy, beauty, and a glass of rosé at check-in. In this episode, we ex...

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53:52

Cultivating Self-Love Through Ritual with Shannon Kim

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2025/05/20

In this episode of The Authentic Creative, I dialogue with Shannon Kim: founder of Self Love Tea, Intuitive Hypnotherapist, Certified Herbalist, and Energy Guide. Shannon shares intimately and vulnerably about her journey of self-love, including the deep healing of her relationship with her adopted father. Through subconscious healing, herbal wisdom, and energy work, she supports others in re-patterning their inner world and reconnecting with their truth. We explore the power of intentional...

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24:13

The Light Within: After-Party Reflections Bonus Panel

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2025/05/16

This is a behind-the-scenes, heart-wide-open continuation of The Light Within panel. After the official recording wrapped, our panelists stayed to reflect, celebrate, and share from the soul. What unfolded was a raw, nourishing, deeply human exchange of laughter, insight, motherhood moments, spiritual realizations, and sisterhood. ✨ In this episode, you’ll hear: Reflections on being present and taking your hands off the wheel Robyn Cohen’s brilliant download on creative flow and spiritual p...

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84:29

The Light Within: Embodying Compassionate Leadership...

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2025/05/13

This special episode features a radiant panel of heart-centered leaders sharing what it means to lead with compassion, presence, and integrity. These are women creating ripple effects through their work, families, art, and communities and their insights just might ignite something powerful in you too. Before recording, several panelists joined me for a Transformational Breathwork session infused with Reiki: clearing, aligning, and expanding our energy before this sacred dialogue. You’ll feel ...

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24:40

Minisode: Pain, Power & Permission with Rebecca...

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2025/05/09

In this intimate, impromptu episode of The Authentic Creative, we share a post-breathwork reflection with Rebecca Schlosser, a trauma-informed breathwork guide and podcast host, who graciously allowed us to record her experience immediately after "one of the most connected sessions she’s ever had." Together, we explore: Generational healing through the breathPain as both a portal and a teacherThe nuanced dance between treating pain physically and addressing it energeticallyHow facilitators ca...

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13:52

Walk as the Goddess of Light — A Guided Meditation...

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2025/05/04

Walk, breathe, remember, and return to your radiant self. Created for the women of the Goddess of Light Retreat on the Oregon Coast, this meditation is yours too—wherever you are. Whether you're walking the beach, flying home, driving through winding roads, or simply laying down in stillness, this immersive journey will bring you back to the wisdom of your own luminous being. This is a soul-soaked invitation to walk beside your inner self. To embody your leadership, not through doing but thro...

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74:34

The Art of Liberation with Amy Tangerine: Inner Child...

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2025/05/01

In this radiant episode of The Authentic Creative, I dialogue with the magical Amy Tangerine: artist, author, YouTube creator, and heart-forward creative guide, whose joyful mission is to help us reconnect to our inner child and remember that we are all artists. Together, we explore: The intersection of Amy’s creative work and the healing journeyHow art supplies, stickers, and color can become sacred tools for transformationThe role of play in spiritual liberationThe beautiful convergence of ...

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66:39

Finding Synchronicity through Alignment with Robyn Cohen

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2025/04/26

In this episode, I have a truly magical dialogue with Robyn Cohen: actress, director, educator, and luminous creative spirit. Our conversation is an exploration of what it feels like to be fully in alignment with your craft, your body, and your life and what it takes to notice when you’re not. Robyn shares her perspective on how we can attune ourselves to the moments of synchronicity that are always trying to find us, if we’re willing to listen. We talk about how magic and mechanics intertwin...

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28:36

🌍 Earth Day After Glow: The Power of Remembering...

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2025/04/24

What happens after the formal panel ends, and the circle keeps glowing? This special bonus after party episode captures the warmth, wisdom, and raw beauty of what unfolded when the Earth Day panelists stayed on to share from the heart: unscripted, unfiltered, and unshakably real. Together, we explored what it means to return to safety, live with courage, and honor our sacred needs as alignment with nature herself. From nervous system resets to the Empress card, sound as medicine, and sacred m...

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81:23

Earth Day Panel: Return to Reverence

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2025/04/22

In this sacred and soulful Earth Day episode of The Authentic Creative, we gather in powerful sisterhood to honor the living intelligence of Earth and the Divine Feminine within us all. This is a ceremony, a remembering, and a radical act of love. Hosted by Siri Baruc Thornton, founder of sage + blush wellness, this special panel features spiritual leaders, healers, artists, and creatives from around the world. Together, we reflect on how reconnecting to the Earth invites us to reconnect with...

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77:16

Living One Hundred Percent Woo with Paden Hughes

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2025/04/18

In this high-vibe, joy-filled, and deeply magical episode, I dialogue with the radiant Paden Hughes, transformational coach, energy healer, bestselling author, and host of the 100% Woo Podcast. Together, we geek out on all things woo: intuition, energy, ancestral wisdom, and the sacred intersection of entrepreneurship and embodiment. Paden shares her powerful story of building a 7-figure business by the age of 30, only to hit a breaking point that led her into a profound spiritual awakening....

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48:07

Vibrating into Authenticity with Rachel Blumberg

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2025/04/14

Some conversations feel like a breath of fresh air. This one with Rachel Blumberg was exactly that. Founder and CEO of PLATEFIT, Rachel has built a powerful fitness movement centered on vibration training, but our conversation reached far beyond the physical. We explored how grief, ritual, and authenticity shape us—and what it means to live from the inside out. Rachel shares from a place of grounded truth, speaking to the courage it takes to let go of old identities and trust the unfolding of...

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63:11

Being in Inspired Funky Flow with Fulton Lee

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2025/04/08

In this soulful and joy-filled episode of The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good, I dialogue with the wildly talented Fulton Lee: a retro-pop-funk artist with infectious energy, heart, and grooves that lift you into higher vibes. We dive into the evolution of his creative journey, from obsessing over success to learning how to loosen the grip and surrender to something greater. Fulton shares how flowing with God and trusting the process has shifted not only his music but...

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58:46

Microdosing and the Divine Feminine Frequency with...

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2025/03/26

In this powerful and heart-opening episode, I dialogue with visionary mentor, homesteader, and Domestic CEO Heidi Stevens about what it truly means to allow the Divine Feminine to lead in our daily lives, our businesses, and our healing journeys. Heidi holds a master’s in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis in health, healing, and consciousness. Over the past decade, she has supported thousands of women through retreats, online programs, and intimate coaching containers. Her work centers ar...

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After Party Magic: Gratitude, Joy & Polishing Each...

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2025/03/21

In this spontaneous and soulful after party following our Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness panel, we dive into the rich reflections and lingering heart wisdom that surfaced once the formal conversation ended. We explore the beautiful truth that “the mud is fuel”—how the challenges we face are the very ground from which our light and transformation can bloom. From Buddhist teachings about blooming from the mud and polishing each other in community, to personal stories about he...

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57:11

Healing Through Story with Anita Kopacz

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2025/03/21

In this heartfelt episode, I dialogue with award-winning author and spiritual psychologist Anita Kopacz about the power of storytelling, healing from trauma, and remembering that we are already whole. Anita shares moments from her journey: growing up, reclaiming her voice, and leading her beloved Costa Rica retreat for the past seven years. We explore how joy, creativity, and service come together in her work, from her Simon & Schuster fiction novels, Shallow Waters and The Wind on Her To...

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88:06

Spring Equinox + International Day of Happiness Panel

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2025/03/21

In this episode of The Authentic Creative, we celebrate the Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness: two powerful invitations to step into balance, renewal, and joy! Just as nature awakens, so do we: our creativity, leadership, and purpose. Joy is something we cultivate and allow to flow through us, shaping the way we live and create. This special panel gathers visionary women who embody these themes, sharing insights on creativity, healing, and leading from the heart. Our Panelists...

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65:35

Mastering Creative Leadership with Vincent Wanga

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2025/03/16

What does it take to evolve from a talented creative into a visionary leader? How do we cultivate leadership that is both strategic and deeply human? In this episode, I dialogue with the brilliant Vincent Wanga, an international design thought leader, keynote speaker, award-winning creative executive, and author of The Art of Direction. With over two decades of experience shaping brands, leading creative teams, and driving innovation, including overseeing the meteoric rise of a billion-dolla...

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53:28

Gratitude as a Superpower with Chernice Dieudonne

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2025/03/12

What if the key to joy, success, and peace was something simple yet profoundly powerful?In this episode of The Authentic Creative, I dialogue with the incredible Chernice Dieudonne, a faith-driven Atlanta-based Realtor, empowerment coach, and passionate traveler who helps people create lives filled with purpose, peace, and possibility.Beyond guiding clients through real estate transactions with ease, Chernice empowers others to shift their mindset, embrace faith, and harness gratitude as a tool for

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85:41

Reclaiming Our Power Through Water Home Birth with...

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2025/03/11

Today, we’re diving into a conversation that is deeply personal, transformative, and full of heart: the experience of natural water home birth. For many, birth has been shaped by trauma, interventions, or medical necessity. Others may long for an experience that feels more connected, intuitive, and peaceful. No matter what your journey has been, we honor all birth stories and in this episode, we explore one possibility: the beauty and empowerment of choosing home birth. Joining me today is ...

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