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Piper Lauri Salogga is a transformational coach, writer and teacher supporting her clients in co-creating love within themselves and with each other. Find her work at beautyofbeinghuman.com.

Articles by Piper Lauri Salogga

The body amazing

By Piper Lauri Salogga | November 15, 2023

Piper Lauri Salogga: Aging has helped me appreciate the wonders of the human body that I took for granted

As my body is getting older, I have the opportunity to reflect on all it does for me. The pain and physical challenge that I encounter more than I used to helps me also see how resilient, beautifully functional, naturally flowing, creative and generative my body is, and all our bodies are.

Coming closer to 60 (still feeling 30 in my spirit), I can notice what I took for granted before. ...

You are worthy

By Piper Lauri Salogga | October 11, 2023

The Beauty of Being Human

I’ve recently been having deep conversations with my husband Michael, close friends and clients about feeling worthy — or not worthy, actually.

All of these conversations quickly culminate in all the ways we don’t feel enough: not smart enough; not healthy enough; not skillfull enough; not successful enough; not beautiful enough; not giving enough.

The list goes on. ...

Holding hands

By Piper Lauri Salogga | September 13, 2023

How many of us are moving distractedly, busily and disconnectedly through our lives, forgetting that we are part of a meaningful community, a caring pod of humans, in valuable relationships that need our love and attention? Forgetting, but needing to know we belong all the same? ...

No more ‘I’m fine’

By Piper Lauri Salogga | August 16, 2023

There’s a particular habit we humans seem to have that always gets under my skin. It’s the “How are you?”/“I’m fine” interaction. You know what I’m talking about, right?! That way we ask the question — “How are you?” — without really caring about the response.

We’re simply asking it out of habit, or because we think we should, or because we don’t know what else to say and silence doesn’t seem like an okay option. And for those of us on the responding end, it too often doesn’t really feel like we can tell the truth. ...