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Emma Leaning

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The urgency addiction: What nature can teach you about change - China Opinion
Opinion

The urgency addiction: What nature can teach you about change

Nature has been at this a lot longer than we have. It’s time we follow her lead.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Why Taylor Swift and Einstein have more in common than you think - China Opinion
Opinion

Why Taylor Swift and Einstein have more in common than you think

Great things happen when head and heart can pick their moments.
The shocking truth about 'normal' life - China Opinion
Opinion

The shocking truth about 'normal' life

The greatest tragedy isn’t failing to live an extraordinary life. It’s living one without ever noticing.
Dangerously safe: The real risk we're all taking - China Opinion
Opinion

Dangerously safe: The real risk we're all taking

The scariest thought is having lived so safely we never lived at all.
When a city speaks: Shanghai in a thousand stories - China Opinion
Opinion

When a city speaks: Shanghai in a thousand stories

Shanghai isn't my city, or your city. It's our city. And we're writing its future together, one story at a time.
Pet photography raises awareness for animals in need - Lifestyle in China
Lifestyle

Pet photography raises awareness for animals in need

Emma and her dogs, Bodhi and Finn, visited HappyPawPaw to meet founder Allen Lee. They discussed how Lee's pet photography is helping stray animals find their forever homes.
The many faces of grief: Why losses you can't see hurt the most - China Opinion
Opinion

The many faces of grief: Why losses you can't see hurt the most

What happens when loss doesn’t fit neatly into a framework?
Why your pets are happier than you - MENTAL in China
MENTAL

Why your pets are happier than you

Life doesn't need to be perfect; it just needs to be lived.
Lessons from the football field: What 'Ted Lasso' has taught me - China Opinion
Opinion

Lessons from the football field: What 'Ted Lasso' has taught me

Pretty words have no place in a painful moment. Or do they?
The warrior within: life lessons from the terracotta army - China Opinion
Opinion

The warrior within: life lessons from the terracotta army

What if in each of us there's a warrior waiting to be unearthed?