Soul-led Creative Women with Sam Horton
Self-Improvement
About
Welcome to Soul-Led Creative Women — the podcast for heart-centred, creative women who are ready to infuse more soul, depth and meaning into their art and their life. I’m Sam Horton — artist + creative and spiritual mentor, and I’m here to support women who want to use their creative practice to fuel their personal and spiritual growth. Each episode is an invitation to uncover the spiritual power of creativity to heal, nurture, empower, and transform . Through honest stories, soulful conversations, and inspiring tools, we’ll explore how Soulful Creativity can guide you home to your inner world, help you reconnect to your truth, and give you a safe, expressive, meaningful way to honour your soul’s desires.
Episodes
- The Magic Within: Choosing a Creative Path of Self-Trust, Joy and Inner Power | Terry Bean
In this episode of Soul-led Creative Women, host Sam Horton interviews life coach Terry Bean about the 'magic within.' They explore how creativity fosters self-trust, emotional resilience, and joy, emphasizing that true magic lies in self-…
- How to Create from Intuition Instead of Pressure: Infuse More Soul into Your Art and Your Life | Sam Horton
This episode guides listeners on how to shift from pressure-driven creation to a more intuitive and soul-led art and life practice. It explores recognizing and trusting intuition, understanding the difference between external pressure and…
- Healing Distance & Finding Home Through Art: The Power of Nature, Connection & Creative Expression | Silvina Lanusse
Mixed media artist Silvina Lanusse shares how her creative practice became a healing tool during a significant life transition, exploring the connection between nature, identity, and belonging through her art.
- Poetry Minisode | "Conversation with My Soul" — Honouring the Relationship with Your Creativity
This minisode features Sam Horton's original poem "Conversation with My Soul," exploring creativity as a dialogue with one's soul. It highlights how art can offer healing, clarity, and self-trust, encouraging listeners to view their creati…
- Use Creativity to Transform Your Pain into Spiritual Elegance: Healing Through Art, Intuition & Soul Expression | Chris Nielsen
Chris Nielsen joins Soul-led Creative Women to discuss transforming pain into spiritual elegance through art and intuition. The episode explores creativity as a healing tool, connecting with inner wisdom, and authentic self-expression for…
- Empowerment Through Creative Ritual: The Deeper Power Within Your Creative Practice | Sam Horton
This episode discusses how creative ritual can deepen your artistic practice, transforming it from mere expression into a powerful pathway for healing, self-discovery, and spiritual growth. Learn to view your art as a responsive mirror for…
- Evoke Your Story & Claim The Creative Identity In Your Heart | Anna Rosa Parker
This episode features a conversation with Anna Rosa Parker, exploring how storytelling and creativity are keys to rewriting personal narratives and claiming one's authentic identity. It discusses overcoming fear and societal conditioning t…
- Poetry Minisode | "Creative Witness" — The Soul Messages Waiting in Your Artwork
This Poetry Minisode from Soul-led Creative Women features Sam Horton sharing a poem titled "Creative Witness." It explores the practice of observing finished artwork to uncover deeper messages, symbols, and truths, promoting a more reflec…
- Curiosity, Creative Expression & Spaghetti on the Wall: A Practice for Self Discovery | Kristan Swan
In this episode, host Sam Horton discusses the link between curiosity, creativity, and self-discovery with guest Kristan Swan. They explore how creative practices like journaling and intuitive drawing can help individuals process emotions,…
- Gathering Creative Gold: The Power of Witnessing Your Art | Sam Horton
This episode explores the practice of witnessing your art, emphasizing its importance beyond the creation phase for deeper wisdom, integration, and self-connection. It highlights how slowing down and observing your work allows meaning and…
- Unmasking Creativity: You are Enough, No Matter Your Neurotype | Angie Dixon
This episode features Angie Dixon discussing the "Leonardo Trait," reframing neurodivergence, and the process of "unmasking." It explores how creativity supports self-expression and self-acceptance, emphasizing inherent worthiness regardle…
- Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wisdom" | Shifting from Consuming Self Help to Creative Wisdom
This poetry minisode, "Creative Wisdom," addresses the feeling of being disconnected from one's inner voice despite external guidance. It explores how creativity aids in integrating external wisdom and reconnecting with intuition, suggesti…
- Becoming More Joyfully You: Play, Creativity and Risk | Amy Dickens
This episode discusses the importance of play for wellbeing and creativity, contrasting it with responsibility and productivity. It explores how fear and busyness disconnect women from joy and offers ways to reconnect with one's playful, e…
- The Shift From Consuming to Creating: Reclaiming Your Inner Wisdom in a Self-help Obsessed World | Sam Horton
This episode of Soul-led Creative Women discusses the imbalance between consuming self-help information and actively creating. Host Sam Horton explains how creativity is essential for processing insights, achieving energetic balance, and r…
- The Power of Witnessing Your Story: Art, Healing & Soul Portraits | Devorah Brinckerhoff
This episode features artist and creative healer Devorah Brinckerhoff discussing her Soul Portrait process. The conversation focuses on how witnessing one's story with compassion, through art and creativity, facilitates emotional release,…
- Poetry Minisode - "Creative Wind Chime" | An Invitation to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons
This episode features Sam Horton's poem "Creative Wind Chime," reflecting on how creativity adapts during busy life seasons. It encourages listeners to recognize and honor subtle, everyday forms of creative expression rather than lamenting…
- Lotus Rising: Creativity, Soul Truth, and Inner Listening | Jennie Lee
In this episode, Sam Horton talks with Jennie Lee about creativity as a spiritual path. They discuss how inner listening, gentleness, and play are more powerful than striving for output, and how creativity connects us to our soul's truth.
- 7 Ways to Honour Your Creativity in Busy Seasons | Sam Horton
This episode offers seven grounded strategies for nurturing creativity amidst life's demanding seasons. It emphasizes honoring your creative practice with gentle approaches, focusing on self-trust, community, and allowing your creativity t…
- The Stories That Save Us: Creativity, Truth & Emotional Healing | Nikki Allen
Nikki Allen joins Sam Horton to discuss how creativity, music, and storytelling can facilitate emotional healing and self-reclamation. Allen shares her journey of transforming personal pain into art, emphasizing creativity's role in empowe…
- Poetry Minisode - "Creative Shift" - An Invitation to Honour the Evolution of Your Artistic Identity
This poetry minisode, "Creative Shift," addresses the subtle but significant changes in one's creative identity. It offers poetic language to help artists navigate these shifts, highlighting that discomfort often signals growth and that ev…
- Creative Metamorphosis, transforming your identity in midlife | Soreya James
This episode discusses how creativity can be a spiritual practice, particularly in midlife, facilitating a transformation of identity. It highlights Soreya James's insights on breathwork, energy, and creative expression as tools for reconn…
- Evolving Your Creative Identity: giving your creativity room to breathe and meet you again | Sam Horton
This episode discusses the evolution of creative identity, explaining why old styles may feel limiting and introducing four pillars for growth: permission, curiosity, playful expression, and identity work. It helps listeners reconnect with…
- Divinely Creative: The Spiritual Path of Music Artist, Monelise | Maria Kheyfets
Singer songwriter and artist Monelise shares her spiritual path in music, discussing how creativity is intertwined with spiritual awakening. She details writing 100 songs in a year, creating an oracle deck, and using ritual for inspiration…
- Poetry Minisode - "Bloom of My Heart" | Sam Horton
This poetry minisode, "Bloom of My Heart," is a love letter to the inner self, encouraging listeners to rest and reconnect with their heart's wisdom. The poem emphasizes that the heart blooms in imperfection, offering a reminder of inheren…
- Invitation to Soulful Art: Amplify Your Connection to Your Inner Heartspace | Sam Horton
This episode invites listeners to create a tiny visual poem as a way to honor rest and reconnect with their hearts. The practice includes making a soft circle with simple marks and a single line, reflecting on what to cancel, and identifyi…
- Soul Activation: Meditation for Connecting to Your Inner Heartspace Sanctuary | Sam Horton
This guided meditation, "Soul Activation: Meditation for Connecting to Your Inner Heartspace Sanctuary," helps listeners find a gentler way home when life feels heavy. It guides them to connect with their inner heart sanctuary, soothe thei…
- Use Creativity to Unlock Your Everyday Genius | Taryn Voget
In this episode, host Sam Horton talks with Taryn Voget about using creativity to unlock everyday genius. They discuss a simple genius formula (passion + strategy + channeling) and how creative action builds confidence and clarifies purpos…
- Poetry Minisode - "Truth's Hollow" | Sam Horton
This minisode features Sam Horton's original poem "Truth's Hollow," exploring the body's response to suppressing inner truth and the courage required to honor it. It offers reflections on recognizing this disconnect and taking steps toward…
- Invitation to Soulful Art: Amplify Your Connection to Inner Truth | Sam Horton
This episode invites listeners to reconnect with their inner truth through soulful art-making. It explores how creativity can serve as a safe and nurturing way to express inner truth, honoring values like courage, patience, and trust witho…
- Soul Activation: Meditation for Honouring Inner Truth | Sam Horton
This episode guides listeners through grounding practices and a Soul Activation meditation to reconnect with inner truth, especially during times of self-doubt. It highlights benefits like nature connection and mindful stillness, offering…
- Reclaiming Feminine Power Through Storytelling | Kerry Blaser
This episode features author Kerry Blaser discussing how creative expression, particularly writing, can serve as a healing mirror for trauma. It highlights self-love as a foundation for connection and empowerment, and explores reclaiming f…
- Building Unshakeable Self-Love, Trust & Confidence Through Creativity | Sam Horton
This episode explores how creativity can be a powerful spiritual tool for developing self-love, trust, and confidence, particularly during difficult times. It highlights how creative expression serves as an act of self-love and a practice…
- Shadows in Life & Art: Exploring the Grey Between | Nadine Ellis
In this episode, Australian poet Nadine Ellis joins host Sam Horton to discuss how poetry can be a tool for healing and resilience. Ellis shares her experiences with navigating life's shadows and transforming them into creative expression,…
- Poetry Minisode - "Dare to Dream" | Sam Horton
Sam Horton reads her original poem "Dare to Dream," discussing how heart-centered intentions arise from the soul's deepest longings and that true guidance comes from intuition.
- Healing Your Inner Child Through Creativity: How to Reconnect With Joy, Play, & Soulful Expression | Sam Horton
This episode explores how inner child energy offers clues for emotional healing and self-discovery. Gentle creative practices are suggested to reconnect with childlike wonder, emphasizing that playfulness is essential for the soul and help…
- Unlocking Your Creative Potential: Following your Soul’s Ache | Miriam Schulman
Miriam Schulman discusses how creative "soul aches" are signals from the soul, emphasizing creativity as a spiritual practice for healing and transformation. The episode explores navigating resistance, honoring creative calls, and building…
- Poetry Minisode - "Honouring Truth" | Sam Horton
In this minisode of Soul-led Creative Women, Sam Horton reads her original poem "Honouring Truth." The poem delves into the courage and self-devotion required to shed restrictive layers, encouraging listeners to embrace self-honesty and in…
- The Creative Mirror: how your creativity reflects your inner world & soul's whispers | Sam Horton
This episode discusses the concept of the creative mirror, explaining how art can reveal inner truths and serve as a tool for healing and self-discovery. It highlights that creativity becomes a mirror when control is released, and ritual h…
- All is Love: Exploring the Sacred Mirror Between Creativity & Life (part 2) | Morgan Boszilkov
This episode with Morgan Boszilkov explores the connection between creativity, spiritual integrity, and authentic living. It discusses using intuition, the wisdom of the body, and creative practice as tools for healing, resilience, and sou…
- Poetry Minisode - "Gifts in the Mirror" | Sam Horton
Sam Horton reads her original poem "Gifts in the Mirror," reflecting on how looking back at past struggles can reveal hidden gifts and truths gained through growth, courage, and resilience.
- From Self-Care to Soul-Care: Reclaiming Depth in a Surface-Level World | Sam Horton
This episode guides creative women to shift from superficial self-care to deep soul care, addressing feelings of emptiness and creative uninspiration. It explores the difference between self-care and soul care, highlighting practices that…
- All Is Love: Exploring the Sacred Mirror Between Creativity and Life (part 1) | Morgan Boszilkov
In this episode of Soul-led Creative Women, host Sam Horton speaks with artist and spiritual coach Morgan Boszilkov about her journey of reclaiming her creative identity after burnout, motherhood, and cancer. They discuss how creativity mi…
- Poetry Minisode - "Sacred Truth" | Sam Horton
In this minisode of Soul-led Creative Women, host Sam Horton shares her original poem, "Sacred Truth." The poem delves into the quiet inner knowing that resides within us and questions where individuals might be dimming their truth to feel…
- Saying YES to Creativity in Life's Chaos: Finding Inner Safety in the Mess | Sam Horton
This episode explores creativity as a vital tool for navigating life's chaos and uncertainty. It discusses how simple creative rituals can build emotional resilience, foster inner safety, and serve as a form of self-witnessing and spiritua…
- Anatomy of Art: Intuitive Creative Breakthroughs (Part 2) | Alexandra Beller
In Part 2 of a conversation with Alexandra Beller, the discussion explores how movement can unlock creative truth and expression by disrupting habits and trusting physical instincts. The episode highlights how embodied creativity bypasses…
- Poetry Minisode - "No Place Like Home" | Sam Horton
This minisode features Sam Horton reading her original poem, "No Place Like Home." The poem delves into the internal sensation of home, exploring how to reconnect with that feeling amidst external challenges and find solace within oneself.
- The Inner Journey of Expansion: How Creativity Becomes the Soul's Compass | Sam Horton
This solo episode of Soul-led Creative Women with Sam Horton discusses the inner journey of expansion, where existing life structures no longer fit and a more authentic path emerges. It encourages listeners to overcome inner blocks and emb…
- Anatomy of Art: Intuitive Creative Breakthroughs (Part 1) | Alexandra Beller
This episode discusses how to approach the creative process intuitively, focusing on unlearning perfectionism, accessing instinctual power, and using embodied awareness and somatic practices for clarity.
- Poetry Minisode - "North Star" | Sam Horton
This minisode features Sam Horton reading her original poem, "North Star." It delves into the concept of inner guidance, intuition, and trusting oneself beyond logic. The episode encourages listeners to find their internal "North Star" and…
- The Sacred Season In Between: When Your Creativity and Soul Go Quiet | Sam Horton
This episode reframes periods of quiet creativity not as problems, but as sacred, soul-led invitations. It explores the spiritual power of slowing down, viewing self-doubt and lack of clarity as signs of entering a new, aligned season, and…