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Ten no-bullsh*t affirmations to turn your average day around

Mantra's are nice and feel good and all but sometimes all that light and sparkles needs a bit more grit to feel like me. Here are ten no-bullshit affirmations to turn your average day around. - Caitlin 1. I fiercely love and champion myself, exactly as I [...]

By |November 16th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Ten no-bullsh*t affirmations to turn your average day around

Meet Caitlin — Woman of a Thousand Words

Where are you from? I am from Yankalilla, a small country town in South Australia. But my latest hometown of ten years before moving to El Salvador was the city of Perth, Australia. What got you into writing ? I have always written, ever since [...]

By |November 9th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Meet Caitlin — Woman of a Thousand Words

Dragon Bowl Viet style

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française This recipe is perfect for the roasted chicken & rice night leftovers! Plus, it's easy, quick and tasty!   ↠ Ingredients ↞ Serves about 4 Vinaigrette 2 tablespoon of nuoc mam (fish sauce) 2 tablespoon of sugar 2 [...]

By |November 8th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Dragon Bowl Viet style

You do not need to earn love, least of all from yourself.

It’s easy to love yourself when you’re feeling productive.It’s harder when you’ve been procrastinating for four hours and you feel like any move toward doing something constructive is a slow crawl through thick mud.   It’s easy to love yourself and feel like a MF [...]

By |October 25th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on You do not need to earn love, least of all from yourself.

For all the times I didn’t tell you to back off.

Tonight, I shook hands with a guy that had literally just treated me with disrespect. I was furious and offended, and I still offered my hand. Only to walk away and suddenly want to explode with all the things I actually meant to tell [...]

By |October 24th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on For all the times I didn’t tell you to back off.

Quinoa Oatmeal, Roasted Honey Plum

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française ↠ Ingredients ↞ Serves about 2 The oatmeal 1/2 cup of quinoa 1/2 cup of large flake oats 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk   1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon of [...]

By |October 15th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Quinoa Oatmeal, Roasted Honey Plum

Things I want my Future Daughter to know

(Co-written by Caitlin Creeper and Erika Drolet) Dear daughter, As much as I would like to nurture and protect you from the wildness of the world we live in, I also know that life is one hell of a great adventure that has to be [...]

By |October 7th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Things I want my Future Daughter to know

FEARLESS // The Story Of A Female Surf Photographer

Jinna Yang interviewed by Caitlin Creeper It's been three years since Jinna Yang quit her corporate job in New York City to pursue photography full time.  What started as a late-night, weekend hobby turned into her everyday career through a lot of sweat, hard work [...]

By |October 5th, 2017|Categories: Surf|Comments Off on FEARLESS // The Story Of A Female Surf Photographer

Choco-hazelnut & date spread

 ↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française Although we are called the Salty Team as a derivative of the company name, truth is, when it comes to food, our sweet tooths are uncontrollable. We do eat really well and like to promote healthy habits... [...]

By |September 28th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Choco-hazelnut & date spread

Stop trying to control the uncontrollable, man.

*This is actually a journal entry from January 2016. I had just moved from Perth, Australia, to South Australia, without any clue what my next life step was. This was before I moved overseas. Before I turned writing into my full-time job. Before I learnt that [...]

By |September 26th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Stop trying to control the uncontrollable, man.

Raspberry Chia Pudding

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française With the term Superfood  came the name of its most well-known ambassador, the king of all, the notorious chia seed. Its popularity just exploded in the past few years and it became THE healthy thing YOU HAD [...]

By |September 10th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Raspberry Chia Pudding

Stop running away from “bad feelings”

Running away from all the "bad feels" Ya know when sometimes you're not having a great day and you tell a loved one and they try come up with a solution for you... but that isn't really what you wanted? You just wanted someone to [...]

By |September 1st, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Stop running away from “bad feelings”

White beans, Green peas and Feta Dip

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française One of the good things about travelling is that you are always discovering new food and tasting new flavours. Initially, it will be inspiring, but after a week of getting excited about the new local dishes, you [...]

By |August 24th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on White beans, Green peas and Feta Dip

I refuse to be the “chill girl.”

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. - Audre Lorde Also published at Elephant Journal. I refuse to be the “chill girl.” If you interrupt me I will not let it slide. [...]

By |August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on I refuse to be the “chill girl.”

BLISS is Orgasmic – & Doesn’t Have to Do With Sex

Do you remember the last time you felt an absolute moment of bliss ? You know, I’m sure you do, of those moments where the world stopped spinning for an instant. In that moment all the dots seem to connect. Every focal points that creates [...]

By |August 22nd, 2017|Categories: Empowerment, Yoga|Comments Off on BLISS is Orgasmic – & Doesn’t Have to Do With Sex

Falling: what is it and why are we so scared of it?

Ok dude. Let’s get this clear. Falling. What is it? Gravity pulling you down at 9,81 m/s2? Falling down the stairs? Falling off a twenty-storey building? Or even falling in love? (yeah, that one can mess you up real good too.) Falling also sounds like [...]

By |August 14th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Falling: what is it and why are we so scared of it?

Zucchini + Asparagus Carbonara

 ↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française In my young age, I was fooled several times by my mother's cruditè plates. Too many times I crunched with enthusiasm into what I thought was a cucumber stick, but which turned out to be raw zucchini. [...]

By |August 11th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Zucchini + Asparagus Carbonara

I’m sorry, but screw your ‘Perfect Partner’ checklist

All these boxes These checklists women prepare Dot-points, paragraphs and rulebooks on what their ideal partner must have Before they will even think to open their hearts, to share their lives with someone I hear this so often He’ll have his own successful company and [...]

By |August 4th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on I’m sorry, but screw your ‘Perfect Partner’ checklist

Tropical Fruit Crumble

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française Because your classic apple crisp dreams of a little exoticism too ;) In terms of desserts, the croustade -or crisp in English- is already an interesting healthy option in itself. I have made this version even healthier [...]

By |July 27th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Tropical Fruit Crumble

Delays, stress and ten-hour transits: the Salty Souls guide to surviving your long-haul flight

You know what's fun? Not long haul flights. Before we get started, let me just say I know how blatantly that comment displays an inherent privelege and feverish arrogance and I am lucky to have the agency and socioeconomic status and financial means (ish) to [...]

By |July 21st, 2017|Categories: Life hacks|Comments Off on Delays, stress and ten-hour transits: the Salty Souls guide to surviving your long-haul flight

Les limites, barrières du potentiel ou dompteuses de risque ?

Photo par Morgan Maassen Soyons respectueux devant le possible dont nul ne sait la limite - Victor Hugo En lisant récemment mon dernier exemplaire de Surfer Magazine, j’en suis venue à réfléchir au concept de frontières ou plutôt au concept de limites. Bien sûr, d’un point [...]

By |July 19th, 2017|Categories: Surf|Comments Off on Les limites, barrières du potentiel ou dompteuses de risque ?

Post-Training : Raw Energy Balls

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française Energy balls were my first contact with raw food! To me, it was a totally new concept, different and intriguing. A few years later, based on the memory of this first experience, I developed my own energy ball [...]

By |July 14th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Post-Training : Raw Energy Balls

Burned-out at 27: What Happens When You Fall Off the Carousel

I’ve been a Grey’s Anatomy fan since forever, way before I went to medical school. I remember watching all first three seasons in a record-breaking short amount of time and thinking I wanted to be Meredith Grey. Now, let me clear the air before I [...]

By |July 11th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Burned-out at 27: What Happens When You Fall Off the Carousel

Get present with your discomfort

For all of those moments that are pure bliss, bright and shiny, full of love and laughter, there are moments that are uncomfortable. The happy moments are welcomed, content we live in the present with them and cling to them from our past. I say [...]

By |July 6th, 2017|Categories: Adventure|Comments Off on Get present with your discomfort

Sunshine Juice : Orange, Pineapple, Turmeric, Ginger

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française Just when I finished my Bachelor degree, MC and I made a backpack trip to Mexico. You know, the classic trip where you go around youth hostels with two pairs of shorts and three t-shirts. I do not know how exactly, but our journey took a whole different turn on our way to Mexico City. […]

By |June 28th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Sunshine Juice : Orange, Pineapple, Turmeric, Ginger

For a Brighter Future: Surf Competition for Kids of Montañita, Ecuador

I grew up in a first-world country in a family that was financially, in a word, fine. We weren't the richest, but we never starved, and I always had access to as much water as I wanted. It is insane to me now how much [...]

By |June 13th, 2017|Categories: Surf|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on For a Brighter Future: Surf Competition for Kids of Montañita, Ecuador

Your limiting beliefs are holding you back: here’s how to push past them

It all started with some hot sauce... I went out for dinner with a friend last night, this cool little bar that specialises in hot sauces. So like, they bring out about seven hot sauces, all ranging from mild to please-for-the-love-of-god-don't-do-sexy-things-with-your-boy-after-eating-this-cause-you-will-set-their-peenie-on-fire kind of hot. Anyway, [...]

By |June 11th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Your limiting beliefs are holding you back: here’s how to push past them

Crunchy Nutty Granola (Totally Addictive!)

↠ Défilez vers le bas pour la version française Many photographers will tell you, it can be laborious and time consuming to personify your style as an image artist. Looking at my photos of recipes that were taken more than a year ago, I realize that [...]

By |June 8th, 2017|Categories: Nutrition|Comments Off on Crunchy Nutty Granola (Totally Addictive!)

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, [...]

By |June 6th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Why I Skate

Why you’ll probably never feel like you have your shit together

I just need to get something off my chest: Kdsuehcdjsueq,jsgcowue fojwebvjkqsbuicadchouohas iuggvuecq;;;. Gah. That wasn’t even as satisfying as I’d hoped. I’ve been waiting to do it for like three hours now. Three hours since I’ve wanted to start this article, to sit down and [...]

By |May 30th, 2017|Categories: Empowerment|Comments Off on Why you’ll probably never feel like you have your shit together