The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
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.
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The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
Sisterhood Rewritten: Healing Old Friendship Patterns + Creating a New Way of Being Together
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This panel began with an intention to explore friendship patterns.
What unfolded became something deeper.
We gathered in circle and asked the question many women quietly carry:
How do we stop betraying ourselves and still remain in relationship?
Through breathwork and honest dialogue, we explored the sisterhood wound and the mother as our first relationship with women. We looked at the ways many of us learned to choose attachment over authenticity. The ways we fawned, overfunctioned, shrank, competed, or contorted ourselves to stay connected.
We spoke about shame. About betrayal. About eldest daughter survival. About cocooning seasons and selective circles. About the grief of realizing how often belonging has required self abandonment.
And something powerful happened.
The healing was in the speaking.
Shame softens in rooms where we feel safe to tell the truth.
Women shared about saying no to a mother for the first time. Cutting cords without anger. Allowing pleasure instead of performance. Letting love in after decades of armor. Roaring instead of shrinking. Staying sovereign while staying connected.
“Sisterhood is built in moments like this.”
“We are not alone.”
“What if we could stay true and stay connected?”
This episode is an exploration of authenticity inside relationship. Of learning to hold your ground and stay in the room. Of rewriting old friendship patterns not through perfection, but through presence.
A new way of being together begins when we stop abandoning ourselves.
If this conversation resonates, share it with a woman who is learning to stay.
I am also hosting The Authentic Creative: Breathwork and Reiki by the Sea, a women’s retreat taking place May 3-6 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.
Incredible Panelists:
@kanalee @terasalivingstone @robyncohenactingstudio @camilagreenberg @breathewithjanine @sammidreiling @coachcoco @atasteoftrishia @heidistevens @christinemirarose
Connect with me on Instagram @siribaructhornton
Email me at siri@sageandblushwellness.com
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