Learning to live with less: the reality
"You pay for things with hours of your life." A few years ago someone spoke these words to me. It has haunted me for life. Just like that, I was never the same again. Every time I tried to order a new dress online for $59.99, my brain would start quickly doing the math… roughly three hours working at the retail store I worked at… was this dress worth three hours of my life? I’d usually decide the time wasn’t worth the purchase and abandon [...]
Ground cherry – thyme compote
The wave season in Ecuador has been pretty mellow, so about a month ago, I decided it was time for me to go play the tourist. It is currently my fourth long-term stay in Ecuador and I still hadn't explored anywhere but the coast. So [...]
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Hey human! As adults, it can be easy to get too deep into our own heads, and our own seriousness. With a saturation of ‘life coaching’ and ‘wellness’ people telling us what we should and should not be doing to be ‘spiritual’, journal like this, [...]
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Everyone can agree that everything related to surf is pretty cool. So are surf competitions. They're fun to watch, they connect us to our surfing inspirations and it's pretty nice to see people killing [...]
Research shows that women’s pleasure is often more multifaceted and responsive to emotional, contextual, and psychological factors compared to men’s. Studies have found that women’s arousal and satisfaction tend to be influenced by a [...]
Have you ever met someone who was just so full of life, it felt like they were radiating? Someone that had a perceivable magnetism, and therefore seemed to be attracting all the good into [...]
Best Surf Spots (Beginner+Intermediate): Montañita, Ecuador
What's the Surf Spot Series ? It's the favorite surf spots of the Salty Team 😉 When it comes to surfing, it’s never easy to pick the right spot, especially as beginners. There are so many and they all work better at different time of [...]
Five Minutes with Surf Photographer Cait Miers
Lush beach settings, impossibly blue-green waters and magical all-girl surf sessions in exotic surf locations all over the world. Meet Cait Miers, the woman behind the lense (and screen) of @caitmiersphotography. At 24, she has released a book, a swimwear line, has a 100,000+ strong [...]
5 ways to get over creative block
What is creativity to you? Creativity is complicated. For me, it's a dance. The kind of white-lady dance where you’re not quite sure what you’re doing so you throw a whole bunch of moves together, slap on a smile and hope for the best, but [...]
Post workout – Peanut Butter and Tofu Jar
When I get back from a surf session, I often get huge instant sugar cravings. I guess I am so exhausted that my body is looking for a fast & easy energy boost right away. In these cases, it is so damn easy to start [...]
It was you all along (and other poems)
Love will always find its way back Love will always find its way back to you. It doesn’t matter how long ago you lost it, or how dark you think the path to your heart is. That’s the thing about love, it will always find [...]
Why ‘ready enough’ is good enough.
Roughly how many times in the past six months have you told yourself you’re not ready? I’m not ready to apply for that job. I’m not ready to share my gifts with the world. I’m not ready to be more visible, more vocal, more honest, [...]
Why do yoga ? (Hint: It’s not about tightening your ass in a hot room)
I still remember the exact second I fell in love with yoga, almost four years ago. I had been practicing in the city for a while at this stage, but low-key thought this whole thing was a little overrated... Written in my journal on July [...]
