The Authentic Creative: expanding our capacity to feel good

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton gives health coach, Billy Merritt, a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki private session then they dive into the links between health and nature, dance and human connection! Natural health has always been a passion for Billy Merritt. Years ago, Billy suffered major health issues due to lesions in his brain. He began having seizures and blood fl...

Siri Baruc Thornton, founder of sage + blush wellness, offers actor and acting teacher Robyn Cohen a transformative Mountain Breathwork session infused with Reiki. Afterward, Robyn shares the heartfelt story of her brother's passing, which inspires her to embrace happiness and appreciate the gift of life. Through her challenges, she approaches each moment with joy and infuses her work with in...

Filmmaker Simbiat Hall graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is also an alumna of AFI’s prestigious “Directing Workshop for Women,” “The Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship” at USC and studied acting at HB Studios in New York City and with Sam Christensen in Los Angeles. Simbi Hall is the founder of Athena Films, a production company on a mission to sprea...

SOHM KAPILA is an actor, writer and producer living in Los Angeles. ‘Bubbly, and can turn full on volcanic!’ said one acting teacher of Sohm Kapila’s recent guest star roles in shows for ABC, FOX, CBS and Universal. Her recent work includes The Morning Show, Aquaman2, Grey's Anatomy and Sohm is the new voice of Prof. Shah in Warner Bros Hogwarts Legacy Video Game and currently working as a le...

Jennifer Brody / Vera Strange is the author of the “Disney Chills” series, “The 13th Continuum” trilogy, and the Stoker Finalist “Spectre Deep 6,” prompting Forbes to call Brody “a star in the graphic novel world.” She is the co-author of “All is Found: A Frozen Anthology” and “Star Wars: Stories of Jedi & Sith,” where she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s a graduate of Harvard University, a...

Barbara Heller is an award winning songwriter, podcaster, filmmaker, and educator.  She is also a published author, playwright, and voice over artist.  You can subscribe to her award winning podcast See One Beautiful Soul .  You can see her Award Winning One Woman Musical entitled Messianic Moments and Cosmic Conversations at the United Solo Fest in NYC on October 15th, 2023 at 2PM! Her live shows...

Join us for a minisode, human, heart-felt connection with Body, Mind, Spirit Transformation Mentor Team and business owner, Linda Gee-Hesketh and artist, founder of sage + blush wellness, Siri Baruc Thornton. Linda and Siri chat authentically about the importance of human connection and nature in the face of technology and social media. You can connect with how Linda's serving the world throu...

Prior to the actor's strike, Oppenheimer actor, Mate Haumann, and founder of sage + blush wellness, dropped into a guided meditation by Siri Baruc Thornton. Mate shares vulnerably about his beautiful relationship with his professional actor dad who had passed just a few months prior. They then chat all things professional acting related, including the intimate details of stage acting, film ac...

10 year old, Phoenix Thornton, did his own research, diagnosed himself with ADHD, asked to be on The Authentic Creative podcast to explain how his brain works and what helps him so that he may potentially benefit even one other kid or parent that relates. sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton interviews her son, Phoenix Thornton about his self-diagnosis of ADHD, his suggestions for ot...

Elden's life was completely saved by one psilocybin mushroom medicine journey. Founder of sage + blush wellness, Siri Baruc Thornton, gives Elden Brooks a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session. Elden humbly and vulnerably describes his session being as close to his life-changing psilocybin journey as he's come. Then Elden shares the life-changing story of his journey!  Elden was...

Best-selling author, Emmy-nominated songwriter, theater and film producer, Amy Powers, receives a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session from Siri Baruc Thornton, sage + blush wellness founder. Amy shares intimately and vulnerably about her first powerful experience of Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki and then opens up about her life's journey and lessons as a prolific songwrite...

Actor and On-set acting coach, Barry Papick receives a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session from Siri Baruc Thornton, sage + blush wellness founder. Barry shares tons of fabulous stories about handfuls of award-winning actors, directors and the greatest acting teachers and coaches of all time that shaped him. He gives sage advise to aspiring actors or actors deciding whether to stick wit...

John Patrick Shanley receives a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session from Siri Baruc Thornton, sage + blush wellness founder. Siri asks questions from successful actor, writer, producer, director friends as well as her own. Mr. Shanley shares hilarious and deeply thoughtful stories about his life as a writer and director and sage advise to creatives. John Patrick Shanley is from The Bron...

Vikings and Day of the Dead actress, Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, receives a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session from sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton. Kristy then shares intimately and vulnerably about losing her mom to cancer at age 9, the army of women that raised her to be strong, and the courage and motivation her mom still gives her. Kristy also shares her spiritual too...

Wild Feminine Embodiment coach, Isabelle Loeb, received a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session before being interviewed by healer, Siri Baruc Thornton, founder of sage + blush wellness. Siri follows up with Isabelle after their first interview. Isabelle shares vulnerably and authentically about her fresh transition from California to the countryside outside Paris. Isabelle and Siri talk...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, interviews Canadian/American actress, director, and producer Katheryn Winnick, best known for her starring roles in the television series "Vikings" (2013–2020), "Wu Assassins" (2019), and Big Sky (2020–2023). Winnick is also the founder of the charitable Winnick Foundation that supports access to education, healthcare, and she...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, interviews Award-winning director/producer, Michael Pressman. Michael has, by design, worked across most entertainment genres and mediums, including comedies, dramas, social commentaries, short films, feature length studio, indie films, series television, movies, Broadway stage productions, and regional theater. His first feature film as a direct...

Founder of sage + blush wellness, Siri Baruc Thornton, gives an anonymous client an Akashic Record Reading session. The client's name, voice and questions have been edited out and just the spiritual guidance is here for you to see if you relate to on any level. Enjoy a few nuggets of Akashic wisdom. If you'd  like to have your own personal, specific Akashic Record Reading with Siri or le...

Magic mushroom medicine was given a bad wrap in the 60s but is now re-emerging as a serious solution to anxiety, depression, PTSD, and as a life-changing anecdote to a wide range of chronic struggles us humans face in our day to day lives. Founder of sage + blush wellness, Siri Baruc Thornton, gives Shawoman, Rachel Lynn Sebastian, founder of The Shamanic School of Mediumship, a short guided, pers...

Magic mushroom medicine was given a bad wrap in the 60s but is now re-emerging as a serious solution to anxiety, depression, PTSD, and as a life-changing anecdote to a wide range of chronic struggles us humans face in our day to day lives. Founder of sage + blush wellness, Siri Baruc Thornton, interviews creatives about their personal, intimate and authentic experiences with psilocybin mushrooms a...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, drops in deeper conversation with professional screenwriter, Ben Lustig, (Disney's The Princess) questions about his process as a screenwriter over the decades. Ben shares the heart wrenching process of being an authentic creative in Hollywood, with all it's highs and lows. He shares advise from mentors, how patience, relentless perseve...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, guides professional screenwriter, Ben Lustig, (Disney's The Princess) through an effective meditation you can drop in on with them. Then Ben shares with us the intimate details of his oldest memories of being a creative artist, a daydreamer and all the challenges and struggles he faced in life and internally. Ben shares how he used his buddh...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, gives mindfulness teacher, coach, Hollywood film producer and distributor, Robert Baruc, a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session. Then Robert shares what opened his mind to the realm of infinite possibilities in life: the discovery of psychedelic drugs, reading spiritual consciousness books, backpacking through Europe, being on an island...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton, gives mindfulness teacher, coach, Hollywood film producer and distributor, Robert Baruc, a Mountain Breathwork infused with Reiki session. Robert then shares courageously and vulnerably about fatherhood, his lineage, his dad's passing, fond family memories, the foundations of what brought him to being the successful mindfulness teacher and f...

sage + blush wellness founder, Siri Baruc Thornton gives dear friend, actress, breathwork, reiki and life coach, Janine Wolf, a refresher course on practicing Reiki on her clients. You can listen to that full conversation in our last episode! In this episode they continue to talk vulnerably and frankly about the healing arts, the transformative power and purpose of breathwork, personal insights an...