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
Minisode: Returning to the Light in Our Hands with Siri
In this solo minisode, Siri shares how Reiki first came into her life through her mother’s healing journey, and how it became a lifelong practice that continues to shape her personal and professional path.
This episode covers:
- What Reiki is and how it works
- A short history of the Usui Reiki lineage
- Siri’s training with Libby Barnett and her Master of Masters certification
- Real stories from clients and students
- How Reiki can support your nervous system, your relationships, your self-care, and your sense of purpose
- Why Reiki is for everyone, not just healers
- Affirmation meditation, based on each chakra
Siri also introduces her upcoming First & Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat, happening July 21–23, 2025 in Camas, WA. This intimate, in-person retreat includes all certifications, nourishing meals, guided practice, and a direct connection to the Usui lineage.
Ready to join or learn more?
You can now sign up directly or choose a payment plan at the new retreat info page here. Additional payment options are also available on this page.
🌞 First Degree Reiki Certification
August 8–9 | Platefit, Brentwood, Los Angeles
Questions? Reach out anytime at siri@sageandblushwellness.com