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Salt and Chaos with Caitlin Creeper

Explore the highs and challenges of life through the lense of motherhood, surf, skate, writing and life abroad. A blend of raw stories that offer deep reflections, and journaling prompts and tools to enrich your own creative life.

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I love it when women remember who the f*ck they are

A love note to those who feel like they've wandered too far away from themselves, and want to start wandering back

"You used to be tough."

How courage evolves in your thirties

How to keep going after your goals once the excitement has worn off.

The endless quest for novelty is a slow descent into madness.Salt and Chaos with Caitlin Creeper is a reader-supported publication.

Being pulled between meaningful things is the price of a meaningful life.

I read a post yesterday that had me thinking for a while.

Your world will not get bigger, until you make it bigger

Your world will not get bigger, until you make it bigger.

Don't cut off your twenty year old self just yet

I know she's cringe, but hear me out...

How to do brave things, from the girl who is scared of everything

I’m going to tell you a secret.

I’m waiting for my main character to show up like a street dog

Where I live, there is something informally known as the cat / dog distribution system.

What happens after you quit drinking and social media (mostly)

It gets a little freaky...

After almost 6 years of motherhood, here are three stories about motherhood I’m leaving behind.

Reflections from the fat middle of the bell curve.

How can I share about motherhood without accidentally commodifying my child?

Ain't no hood like motherhood.

Protect Your Softness.

On two seperate occasions recently from two completely different people, I got an almost identical reflection.

The myth of our parallel lives

The lives you didn't choose don't exist. Let them go.

2026’s Analog Dream and the Girlboss-to-Anti-Hustle Pipeline Are the Same Story

Trying to fit a life on the internet

After 15 years of writing, here are the 5 most important things I've learnt

Don’t put the burden on your friends and family to be your reader.

I don't want a goal for 2026

I want my inner witness back

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A poem

The mental load of loving this much

Why mother's struggle to answer when asked: what do you need

Who Is the Poet When She’s Not Burning?

On not needing my words to arrive anywhere in particular

The art of shifting gears

I think a lot about how different parts of our lives require different parts of us.