Why I Skate
This time last year, I set out on a one-way ticket to El Salvador. I made rough plans to spend my summer learning how to surf and to improve my Spanish, but even rough plans don’t always follow course. I got in over my head, [...]
Let’s get real about “Inspiration”
Feature Image Lauren Bullen It's been a while since I last wrote for Salty. What have I been up to since then? Really, I've got nothing to tell you about. I haven’t been surfing perfect lefts in Bali or doing yoga on a remote, tropical island. [...]
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History
In a world full of discrimination, Rad Women Worldwide, by Kate Schatz, quickly brings our attention back to some 40 of the most influential international trailblazers in history – and they’re all women. The book is a collection of their most memorable stories and an example of [...]
Travel as Transformation: Discover your own Identity
Photo - Cait Miers @caitmiersphotography For those who need that little bit extra inspiration to travel and those experienced tourists in need of transformation, Gregory Diehl asks the readers a set of questions and gives them simple concepts to contemplate with his book Travel as Transformation: Conquer the [...]
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
Thich Nhat Hanh For: those who have experienced a tragedy or a state of suffering. This one is important. I’ll starting by telling you about the first time I found this book, and more importantly, why. It started when I received phone call from [...]
Soul Spark Book Club: It Chooses You by Miranda July
It Chooses You by Miranda July Feature Image via NY times For: anyone who has hit a creative wall. Why read It Chooses You From a young age, humans in this world fascinated me. I traveled to rural Africa to connect with the people I studied [...]
Meet Brenda Centeno: El Zonte’s young shredder
This past summer I found myself in the tiny town, El Zonte, off the Pacific coast of El Salvador. I had spent close to a year living in the surf town of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua a couple years before and left regretting not [...]
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead By Brene Brown. Salty Souls Experience.
Read this if: you're letting fear hold you back from your best self. I am a yoga instructor and student, and in yoga the concept of vulnerability is always a recurring theme. For example, working on our inversions can bring up the fear of falling [...]
I Am Malala: How One Young Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed the World
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” I find I often take the power of my voice for granted, as well as my right to even have one. At fifteen years old, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the face by [...]
Travel Deeper – A Globetrotter’s Guide to Starting a Business Abroad
Our book club has a little something different to report today – the release of a captivating collection of stories and advice from a former traveler and business owner, Ryan Spiegel. We’re excited to announce the release of “Travel Deeper – A Globetrotter’s Guide to [...]
It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War
War photographer Lynsey Addario recounts over two decades of shooting photos in war-torn countries in her memoir. She goes from shooting amateur photos to becoming a prominent photographer as a Pulitzer and MacArthur Genius Award winner. At a young age, Addario was introduced to photography [...]
When Breath Becomes Air
Motivation creeps in on us at the most inconvenient times and inspiration comes from the strangest places. Plans often need altering as we try to tell ourselves to expect the unexpected. No matter how much we prepare ourselves for the unpredictable thing called Life, we [...]
