The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
Welcome to The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good with Siri Baruc Thornton, ranked in the top 3% of podcasts globally.
What if feeling good was the most powerful creative tool you have?
This podcast is a space to reclaim joy, alignment, and deep trust in yourself and the universe through healing, expression, and soulful connection.
Hosted by Reiki Master, Transformational Breathwork and Akashic Record teacher, and podcaster Siri Baruc Thornton, The Authentic Creative brings you multiple episodes each week featuring inspiring conversations with heart-led entrepreneurs, artists, authors, and healers.
You’ll also experience guided meditations, spiritual insights, and practical tools to support your emotional well-being and creative expansion.
Together, we explore the intersection of creativity and healing: how nervous system regulation, somatic practices, and soul connection can unlock your most vibrant, purpose-filled life.
Plus, tune in for powerful monthly Women’s Leadership Panels where visionary voices gather to explore embodiment, abundance, and sacred leadership in action.
Listeners in over 65 countries come here to remember: You don’t have to push to create. You get to feel good. You get to be fully yourself. And from that place, you thrive authentically!
Subscribe now and begin your return to radiance.
Learn more at www.sageandblushwellness.com
The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good
From Best Friends to Boutique Hoteliers: The Creative Reinvention of The June Motel
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 explore what it takes to follow a vision that hasn’t been done before, the magic of designing spaces that make people feel something, and how business disagreements can become unexpected blessings.
We talk about:
The creative instincts that led them to their first motel purchase
Their vision for what hospitality could feel like
Behind-the-scenes stories from filming Motel Makeover
How their contrasting strengths create harmony in business
The art of soulful entrepreneurship, one pink wall at a time
Whether you’re dreaming of building something of your own or just love a good transformation story, this episode will leave you inspired, delighted, and maybe planning your next girls’ getaway.
📺 Motel Makeover was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, including Best Lifestyle Program or Series.
🔗 Learn more: https://www.thejunemotel.com
Deepen your journey with Siri:
🌿 Reiki — Learn to channel healing energy or 1:1s
💨 Transformational Breathwork — Regulate, expand, heal 1:1 or groups
🔮 Akashic Records — Learn to read the Records for yourself & others or 1:1s
Upcoming Retreats: Step into soul renewal and sacred connection. Email Siri for details and dates: siri@sageandblushwellness.com
Stay connected: 📲 Instagram: @siribaructhornton
🌎 Website: www.sageandblushwellness.com
Born in a Sikh yoga ashram in Boston and raised by healers in Vermont, Siri is a breathwork teacher, Reiki Master, and Akashic guide who spent 25 years as a professional actor while also doing her soul work. She lives near Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two boys, and dogs and finds joy in music, nature, and helping others expand their capacity to feel good.