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Emma Lopez
Feb 78 min read
10 Superfoods That Give Me Superpowers
The word "superfood" is a bit wonky if you ask me. A superfood is defined as, "a nutrient-rich food considered to be especially...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 24 min read
To Dwell or Not to Dwell: How Do We Deal with the Emotions of Nostalgia?
Nostalgia creeps in like the cold of winter. Slow at first, then one day the icy wall shows up with full force, impossible to ignore....
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Emma Lopez
Nov 15, 20235 min read
Death in the Mountains: A Quest of the Sublime
Another man died in the mountains. I say another because that fate is not uncommon in mountain towns. I say man because fatality among...
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Emma Lopez
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Autumn in the Mountains: The Complexities of Change
I have been seduced by the phenology of quaking aspens. In the winter, they stand softly, white bark against white snow. Their eyes,...
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Emma Lopez
Sep 25, 20223 min read
The Healing Powers of Nature: Feeling Alone
Peyton is in 8th grade. Blonde, formidable beauty in her future, remarkably rebellious, sharp as a nail, and tragically wrapped up inside...
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Emma Lopez
May 14, 20225 min read
Kids and Screens: A Reason to Scream
I am walking through the forest with some 6th graders when one exclaims, Wait, these spruce don't look anything like the ones on...
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Emma Lopez
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Self-Soothing: A Necessary Skill to Coping with Life's Challenges
Imagine something traumatic has happened to you. Maybe it actually has. We may have a support system - Parents, friends, teachers,...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 13, 20226 min read
Finding Nature’s Power Through Stillness
I park my car next to a small snowbank of fresh snow, and see large footprints that head into the forest that start at my car. They...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 5, 20229 min read
Why I Stopped Collecting and How You Can Stop Too
When I was in elementary school, I had a box containing around 300 gift cards. None of these gift cards ever had any money on them. I...
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Emma Lopez
Dec 21, 20215 min read
Beating the Holiday Blues by Managing Expectations
Twinkling lights wherever you go, holiday desserts, family gathering, gift giving, time off from work - How could one not be happy around...
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Emma Lopez
Oct 12, 20216 min read
Hiking My Way to Sanity in Franconia, NH
I take deep breaths, half because of physical exertion, and half because the air is dense with the musky-sweet smell of fallen leaves. So...
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Emma Lopez
Sep 12, 20214 min read
Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Wherever You Are
It can be easy to be healthy while living in an affluent urban area where you are a stone's throw away from a juice bar and an equinox...
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Emma Lopez
Jul 27, 20217 min read
Reevaluating My Path to Happiness
Slipping out of the hotel room and into the quiet dark streets of rural Slovenia, I feel as though my heart might be set ablaze. The cool...
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Emma Lopez
Jul 2, 20216 min read
Is My Life Worth a Hat? Grappling with the Value of My life
Never had I been forced to consider the worth of my life before my last solo-hike. I am hiking a trail called Upper Layout, a modest hike...
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Emma Lopez
Feb 26, 20214 min read
The Fate of Relationships for Young Vagabonds
As a young adult, I am on the move quite a bit. Everywhere my feet land, I am unsure if I will make this plot of earth my home, or if I...
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Emma Lopez
Feb 4, 20214 min read
I Love Aging
I love aging. I don't know if I will still be feeling that way when I hit 40, but right now I am in love with it. I love the way my body...
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Emma Lopez
Feb 3, 20214 min read
The Art of Being a Soft Badass
You're driving down the freeway when some ambiguous person in a purple Dodge Challenger comes out of nowhere and aggressively swerves in...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 25, 20217 min read
6 Signs of an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
There is a good chance that either you or someone you know has been in an emotionally abusive relationship. The National Domestic...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 20, 202111 min read
Why I am Vegan (essay)
It is easy to live your life following societal norms, but harder to entertain the idea that perhaps our entire ideology is skewed. I can...
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Emma Lopez
Jan 15, 20215 min read
5 Mantras that Changed My Life
Words only have power and meaning if we give them the means. Logs won't burn without a means to spark a flame, and a piano will not...
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