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.
www.sageandblushwellness.com
The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
Designing Your Space for the Life You Want with Olga Naiman
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In this episode, I dialogue with Olga Naiman, a designer, author, and visionary whose work lives at the intersection of psychology, embodiment, and the spaces we inhabit.
From her early life as a child refugee to becoming the voice behind spatial alchemy, Olga brings a deeply personal lens to transformation. We explore how our environments hold our patterns, reflect our inner world, and can become active participants in our healing and expansion.
This conversation moves beyond aesthetics into something much deeper: how your home can become a living extension of your nervous system, your desires, and your future self.
What we explore in this episode:
• Olga’s journey from Ukraine to the United States and how it shaped her work
• How trauma, displacement, and dissociation informed her relationship with space
• The origin of spatial alchemy and the connection between psychology, somatics, and design
• How your home reflects unconscious patterns and outdated identities
• A powerful process for change: seeing what is, dissolving what no longer fits, and seeding what is next
• Why decluttering alone is not enough and what deeper energetic release looks like
• The symbolic language of your home and how to begin working with it
• How small, intentional shifts in your space can create meaningful change in your life
• The role of altars and meaningful objects as anchors for intention and manifestation
• Real examples of transformation through working with space
What you’ll receive from this episode:
• A new lens for understanding your home as an extension of your inner world
• Practical ways to begin shifting your space right away
• Deeper awareness of how your environment impacts your nervous system
• Inspiration to create spaces that support your clarity, vitality, and expansion
Connect with Olga:
• Book: Spatial Alchemy: Design Your Home to Transform Your Life
https://www.amazon.com/Spatial-Alchemy-Design-Your-Transform/dp/1648291473
• 1:1 Session: The Roadmap
https://www.thespatialalchemy.com/the-roadmap
• Website:
https://www.thespatialalchemy.com
• Instagram:
@olganaiman
Call to Action
If this conversation opened something in you, I invite you deeper into this work.
My 3 month private Breathwork and Reiki container is a space where we work directly with your nervous system, your patterns, and your capacity to feel good in your life.
This is intimate, personalized support where what we uncover becomes embodied and integrated.
You can learn more and reach out here:
🌿 Website: www.sageandblushwellness.com
🌿 Instagram: @siribaructhornton