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
Rising Above the Stars: Destiny, Free Will + Soul Contracts with Danielle Paige
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In this episode, I am in dialogue with international consciousness guide and soul astrologer Danielle Paige about destiny, free will, and soul contracts, and what it really means to rise above the stars. Danielle shares her age 30 awakening, why real astrology is not about predictions, and how discernment and nervous system safety support embodied intuition. She also offers a mini reading from my chart, highlighting New Moon initiation energy and the Pisces to Virgo path of intuition evolving into clarity.
In this episode
• Destiny, vocation, and soul contracts, plus where choice lives inside the transits
• Why real astrology is pattern recognition and timing, not fear based prediction
• Discernment, boundaries, and intuition without rescuing or martyring
• Nervous system safety, embodiment, and the daily practices that change your life
• Mini chart reading highlights: New Moon energy, Pisces South Node to Virgo North Node, and voice as a soul level assignment
• Soulmates, synastry, and why compatibility is nuanced, layered, and learnable
Links
• Danielle Paige: daniellepaige.com
• Danielle on Instagram: @iamdaniellepaige
• Danielle’s 2026 Astrology Forecast Bundle: https://courses.daniellepaige.com/2026-astrology-forecast-bundle
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If you want to work with me beyond the podcast, I would love to hold you. I guide transformational breathwork infused with Reiki, in person fireside journeys, online sessions you can do from your cozy bed, private sessions, retreats, and intimate group experiences that support nervous system safety, emotional release, and a deeper return to your creative power. Explore what is coming up next at www.sageandblushwellness.com
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