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Episode 22

You are the light of the world. And your light is dependent upon your own healing.

This episode is a radiant conversation with the luminous Siri Baruc Thornton—Reiki Master of Masters, breathwork facilitator, Akashic Records teacher, and founder of Sage + Blush Wellness.

Siri’s story is one of coming home to herself, and she shares it all with depth, grace, and authentic truth.

This episode is for you if:

• You’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong
• You’re the space holder who wonders who’s holding you
• You feel called to healing work but don’t know where to begin
• You’re ready to soften, unfurl, and reconnect to your light

We explore:
💫 What Reiki, breathwork, and the Akashic Records actually are
💫 How healing can be passed down through generations
💫 The wound of not-belonging—and how to finally feel at home
💫 Why women who are resourced and supported will heal the world
💫 Siri’s powerful retreats and certifications for soul-led women

This episode is a love letter to you if you’ve ever doubted your place, your voice, or your magic. If you’re ready to feel seen, held, and known—you’re in the right place.

Connect with Siri:

Siri Baruc Thornton is a Reiki Master of Masters, Akashic Records teacher, Transformational Breathwork teacher and founder of sage + blush wellness, with over 26 years of experience guiding transformational healing. She leads intimate certification retreats on the Oregon Coast and in the Mt. Hood forest, where participants receive Reiki I & II training and Akashic Record Practitioner certification in sacred, nature-immersed settings.

Her retreats are designed for women, creatives, and soul-led leaders ready to deepen their spiritual gifts, reconnect with their purpose, and embody their inner wisdom. Blending ancient tradition with grounded, heart-centered guidance, Siri creates spaces that are both healing and catalytic—expanding lives one breath, one insight, and one courageous step at a time.

She is also the host of The Authentic Creative podcast, streamed in over 65 countries, where she shares stories and practices to support a life of joy, alignment, and self-expression.

Retreat Links:

🌿 Reiki I & II Certification Retreat (July 7–10, Rockaway Beach):

🌌 Goddess of Light Retreat (September, Mt. Hood)

Contact & Social:

📧 siri@sageandblushwellness.com

🌐 www.sageandblushwellness.com

📱 Instagram: @siribaructhornton

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Episode 21: This isn’t just a practice; it’s an invitation.

Today’s episode is a bit of a shift from our usual rhythm—a sacred pause, a gift, a guided loving kindness meditation for your heart.

If you’ve been feeling a little disconnected, disillusioned with the world, with others, or with yourself, or just in need of a moment of real compassion, this episode is for you. In this short but powerful session, I guide you through one of my most cherished meditations—one that helps me come back to love, compassion, and deep inner peace no matter what’s happening externally.

Together we’ll experience a practice that expands your heart and creates freedom and ease in your day.

This meditation is for you if:

You’re craving a reset of the heart.

You want to feel more connected to your Source, your Self, and others.

You want to be ready to forgive, soften, and expand your capacity for love.

You need a reminder that you are a light in this world.

You don’t need any prior experience—just a few quiet moments and a willingness to open.

This is a practice I return to again and again—and now, I offer it to you, from my heart to yours.

Here’s your invitation for this week:

Try this meditation once a day this week (or more!), and notice what shifts. Notice how much love you’re capable of giving—and receiving.

With all my love,

May you be happy, truly happy.

May your heart be open.

May you live in deep peace and ease.

May you know the power and freedom of forgiveness.

And may you be a light in this world.

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Episode 20?!

This one is for you if you’ve ever woken up in the middle of your “dream life” and thought: Wait — is this really it? WTF?

In this “whoa, did we really go there?” episode, I’m joined by the radiant and real Kena Siu — empowerment guide, midlife mentor, and creator of the Midlife Butterfly platform and podcast. Kena shares her setback-to-comeback story of losing her father, ending an unfulfilling but not terrible long-term relationship, looking at her “great job” and realizing that what once looked like a dream life had quietly become a comfort zone.

From grief and separation to full-blown spiritual and emotional rebirth, Kena walks us through her sacred journey of self-inquiry, healing, embodiment, and journey to radical self-love. This episode is a gorgeous permission slip to slow down, go inward, get curious, and come home to yourself.

We talk about:

• Turning pain into power and endings into awakenings
  
  
• What self-care and self-love really mean
  
  
• Healing from overdoing, overgiving, and overproving
  
  
• Feminine vs. masculine energy — and how to shift out of hustle and into flow
  
  
• Meditation, self-talk, and spirit-led rituals that create healing
  
  
• Why discomfort and the unknown are often the birthplace of real magic
  
  

Kena doesn’t just talk the talk — she embodies what it means to live in alignment, with joy, equanimity, and unapologetic self-worth. And she’s SO SEXY TOO! This episode is full of wisdom, warmth, and wild truth.

If you’ve been cracked open by setbacks in your life and are wondering what comes next, this conversation is a love note from us to you.

Love Kena Siu as much as I do? Find her here:
✨ Instagram: @kenasiu I ✨ Website: midlifebutterfly.ca I ✨Podcast: Midlife Butterfly I ✨Linktree

✨ Use code “RECOVER” for 50% off her online programs or mini coaching sessions 💖

Recovery Reflection Prompts:

1. Where in my life have I mistaken comfort for fulfillment?

What routines, relationships, or roles once felt aligned but now feel like settling? Where am I being invited to step out of the comfort zone and into my next evolution?

2. What did I think I needed from others that I now know I can give myself?

Whether it’s love, approval, safety, or attention — how have you reclaimed your power by giving it to yourself first?

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Episode 19

There was a literal tornado warning that interrupted the recording of this episode and that may have just been the perfect metaphor for what's happening right now. Life is life-ing in my world and I’m not waiting until the storm passes to tell you about it.

This one’s a love note from me to you if you’ve been trying to fix, figure out, or force your way through a season that’s calling for surrender.

If you're feeling uncertain, frustrated, or exhausted from carrying too much on your own, this episode is my personal experience of how hard the middle can be, and a permission slip and a how-to to let go and practice trusting the universe.

You’re going to hear real-time personal stories I had to ask my husband for permission to share from the middle of our own season of surrender—what I’ve learned, how I’m practicing it in real time, and what it looks like in to try… and try again… to surrender.

Listen in to learn...

✨The difference between surrender and giving up
✨Why needing to know the “how” is blocking the best possible outcomes
✨What to do in the middle of a situation that forces you to surrender
✨The real-time and long-term benefits of surrendering + trusting the universe
✨Practices, affirmations, and reflection prompts to help you let go even when it’s really hard

If you’ve tried controlling, planning, worrying, fixing, advising, and haven’t gotten very far, I hope this episode will serve you in the surrender.

📝 Recovery Reflection Prompt:
Where in my life am I trying to force an outcome instead of letting go and trusting? What would it look like to surrender this and give it over to the care of the Universe?

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Episode 18

In this week’s breakthrough episode of The Girls Who Recover Podcast, I’m joined by the luminous Tracy Hill, founder of A Beautiful Fix and host of the podcast by the same name.

We talk about what it means to remember who you were before the world told you who to be, the magic of surrounding yourself with women who mirror your light, and why you don’t need to be fixed—you just need to come home to yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like you were made for something really beautiful, or that the world dimmed your light somewhere along the way, may this episode give you the same power and permission it gave me.

✨ About Tracy Hill:
Tracy Hill is the creator and host of A Beautiful Fix, a podcast and platform designed to help midlife women feel alive again. After a successful career as a Fortune 500 global marketing executive, she stepped away to rediscover herself—and now helps other women do the same. Through her retreats, Human Design sessions, and honest, heart-opening podcast conversations, Tracy guides women back to themselves—one beautiful fix at a time.

Follow Tracy on Instagram, check out her website, tune into her podcast, A Beautiful Fix, and grab her free guide Finding Your Beautiful Fix.

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Episode 17

✨ What if that setback, silence, or "no" didn’t actually mean what you thought it did? ✨

So often, we make things mean we’re failing, not good enough, running out of time, or missing our shot.
(Ask me how I know... I’ve made ALL of it mean everything about me at one point.)

But here’s the truth:
👉 Most of what we assume isn't even real.
👉 Our brain loves to fill in gaps — usually with fear, not facts.
👉 Meaning is something we create — and we have the power to choose a new story.

In today’s new podcast episode, I’m sharing:
🌟 How I shifted the stories I used to tell myself about failure, money, parenting, and business
🌟 The real impact of making POSITIVE meaning
🌟 How my client Lori broke free from a limiting belief about her worth (and landed a higher offer!)
🌟 Practical strategies — including Byron Katie’s method — to reframe fast
🌟 Why having support (a coach, mentors, community) is non-negotiable when you’re rewriting your story

Bottom line:
Your life will reflect the story you tell yourself.
Choose power. Choose grace. Choose possibility.
(And remember who the f* you are.) 🧡

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Episode 16: Have you ever said, “Making friends with women as an adult is so hard?” If so, this episode’s for you.

Today’s episode comes straight from my good friend Kena Siu’s panel on her powerful podcast The Midlife Butterfly: Healing, Empowerment, and Self-Discovery and you'll meet six of the most remarkable women- and friends- I know, straight from our podcasting community.

We share our personal struggles with isolation, the competitive mindset many of us were conditioned to carry, and the transformative power of building your own community of women.

💎Episode Gems

• Many of us have a competitive mindset with other women that stems from patriarchal conditioning around scarcity
• Research shows children benefit tremendously when they observe their mothers maintaining strong female friendships
• How to break the ice and make new friends
• Let's talk about friendship "breakups"
• The fastest way to true friendship is authenticity (and not perfection)
• How to decide who deserves a "seat at your table" and who doesn't

📝 Reflect on it:

• Who are the women in your life that truly see and celebrate you? How can you nurture those connections?
• What kind of sisterhood do you crave in this season of your life? What would it feel like to be fully supported?
• What’s one step you can take today to call in your soul-aligned community—whether it’s joining a new group, reaching out to someone, or showing up more authentically?

Loved this panel? Find and support us here:

• Jennifer Chambers / Podcast: Your Voice Matters / www.jennifer-chambers.com / IG: @jennifer_chambers_
• Tracy Hill / www.a beautifulfix.com / IG: @abeautifulfix / Podcast: A Beautiful Fix
• Jama Patel / www.jamapantel.com / IG: @jamapantel / Podcast: Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture
• Kena Siu / IG: @kenasiu / https://wellbeingproject.ca / Podcast: The Midlife Butterfly: Healing, Empowerment & Self-Discovery
• Casey Taton / IG: @cataton / Podcast: Inner Spark

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Episode 15: Have you ever thought, “That’s just how I am…” or “I’ve always been…” or “That’s just me…?” especially as it relates to something limiting, negative, or constrictive?

If so, this one’s a fiery love note from me to you, my friend.

If you’ve ever felt defined by your past (or even your present) — your career path, your mistakes, your shame, your family dynamics, your degree, your old habits…

I’ve got news for you:

You are not your story.

You are more than your past.

And your history is not your destiny.

In this episode, I’m sharing my own journey of transformation — from recovery from alcoholism, to shifts in the way I approach marriage, to breaking free of the hustle-for-worthiness mindset, to walking away from a safe but soul-starving K-12 career and finally saying yes to my assignment.

You’ll learn:

✨ The biggest stories holding you back (and how to let those go starting this minute)

✨ How to rewrite old beliefs and make new agreements about who you actually are

✨ A diamond of a secret about your past— and how to use it to alchemize your future

✨ My second-favorite F-word and how to use it to create space for your dreams

✨ Why so many women struggle with guilt and low confidence (and how to reverse this!)

✨ The simple process of transformation my clients use to create their dreams

I also share my stories of past shame and guilt and real-life examples of clients who shattered their limiting stories: — from believing they were stuck in jobs and circumstances they didn’t love…
— to becoming acclaimed musicians, world-travelers, entrepreneurs, and women who fully own their power and the true story of who and Whose they are.

Plus, I’m handing you my most effective tool for releasing the past so you can create space for everything you’ve ever wanted.

If you’re ready to stop repeating old stories, let go of the fake news that’s holding you back and start writing a new, expansive, abundant story for your life… this episode is a love note from me to you.

📝 Recovery Reflection: What’s a belief or story about yourself that no longer fits — and what would you love to believe instead?

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