My Story: Becoming Salt + Silk

I didn’t create SALT + SILK from a place of having it all figured out. I created it when I was unraveling.

When I was knocked off center over and over- by trauma, illness and the stripping away of everything I thought I was- I didn’t need advice. I didn't need solutions. I needed rituals that helped me feel me again. That helped me remember my softness and my strength. That gave me purpose from within.

After surviving an assault, I needed to learn what it means to build trust with my body. So I added gentle movement to my mornings.

After thyroid cancer, I discovered that healing is just as emotional as it is physical. So I surrounded myself with silk scarves and crystal talismans- sensory anchors that reminded me I was still here.

After the birth of my children, postpartum, I learned how many identities can dissolve at once and how to meet myself with grace in the becoming. So I began journaling to discover what was real beneath the noise and chaos.

After deep friendship losses, I let go of who I thought I needed to be and chose to stand in who I truly am. I stepped through the discomfort and into action, eventually building a community around these rituals.

I used to be a rule-follower, in life and in my ritual- trying to check every box in hopes of doing healing “right.” But true transformation doesn't come from perfect practice. It comes from the moments when I pause, soften and ask- what do I actually need?

SALT + SILK was born from that shift. It's not about self-care that looks good from the outside- these rituals are not about performing. I've tried that and it doesn't work. They’re here to reconnect you with your body, your breath, your inner rhythm. Come as you are. Choose what supports you. Let your practice evolve as you do.

Because true ritual is about returning to yourself. Unbecoming what was never yours. Choosing what still feels true. And beginning again. As many times as you need.

I created this community as a place for you to begin. To choose the rituals and the steps that feel intuitively yours. To feel held without being told who to be.

The rituals I wish I'd been able to find when I was struggling.

If that’s you now, welcome.

This is for us.

The ritual begins here.....

A Poem of Becoming and Unbecoming

SALT + SILK wasn’t born from strategy, it came from healing.
From unraveling and remembering.
From rituals I created when there was nothing else that could hold me.

This poem came first.

Before the guides, before the tools, before the name.
It’s the thread that runs through every ritual I share.
I offer it here as a place to return to, again and again.

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Wandering the world searching for peace
Not knowing it was buried deep within me

Healing the child (after all this time )
Her pain to carry is no longer mine

Breath in, breath out
Through new eyes I take in the world

Peace turns to fire burning inside
Fueled by the magic of being alive

Go past the surface my soul commands
Peeling the layers to bloom and expand

Dancing with nature, traveling the world
Beautiful sights around me unfurled

Connected and playful, our kids untamed
Hand in hand, a life aflame

Creating beauty and art from my soul
Inhabiting the feelings I want to behold

Strong
Soft
Kind

Connected
Wild
Free

Present
Peaceful
Loving

Bold
Empowered
Me