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About Jodi

Welcome! I'm Jodi Elliott. I live with my family in a small town in the Pacific Northwest after living near Stockholm, Sweden for nearly four years. I'm stumbling my way through the vagaries of career, motherhood, and civic engagement while we explore the farms, mountains, forests, wineries, libraries, and playgrounds of our Oregon town.

I hail from Michigan, where I lived until college. I graduated with a degree in anthropology from the University of Virginia (after a meander through some other institutions of higher learning), and then spent several years traveling in Europe and the US, waitressing, interning, and completing a national service program with AmeriCorps. In 2005 I moved to Los Angeles in a half-hearted attempt to become an actor (see here!), where I also worked as a producer's assistant, and where I made the best friends of my life. A few years later I met the man who would become my husband while camping in Joshua Tree National Park, and I moved to Santa Barbara to be with him. After getting married in 2010, we moved to Princeton, New Jersey for a couple years before heading to Stockholm.

In the midst of all these moves, we've left wonderful friends and family scattered around the world, and I've come to really long for those relationships. I started this site to cultivate the thoughtful, funny, heart-shattering conversations I miss so much. I want visiting Dear Sabrina to feel like sitting down to a latte (or a glass of Pinot, or a margarita) with your best friend and talking about all of it - the beautiful, the agonizing, the hilarious, the embarrassing. Sometimes you learn about a great new kids' toy or you think about marriage in a new way - but you always leave the conversation feeling better for having had it.

I hope Dear Sabrina brings some thoughtfulness, some beauty, some laughter, or some perspective to your day. Let me know what you think -- and what you'd like to hear more about.

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The banner design and the lovely grey inky blob in the footer of the site were created by my dear friend Sophia Augusta.
The photo of me at the top and on the sidebar were taken by my friend Craig Allen in Stockholm. The photo of me with the boys is by Sandra Jolly. Website maintenance and design improvements are by my cousin Jason Elliott (he's great and you should probably hire him).


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Posts on this site sometimes include affiliate links for products mentioned. This means that Dear Sabrina may earn a small commission on items that have been purchased through those links. I am an affiliate of Amazon.com. I appreciate your support when you shop through Dear Sabrina, but please use your favorite sites to buy anything recommended here (and let me know what those sites are!).


By the way, I'm required to tell you that I'm a licensed Realtor in the state of Oregon. My license number is 201224958. I kick ass at what I do, if you were wondering.

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I just repatriated from Sweden to the US with my British husband and three young kids. I started this site while living in Sweden to build the conversations and community we've had with loved ones around the world, and to create a space to share thoughts about life, beauty, motherhood, and everything else. read more →

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Are You a Radical Mother?

September 22, 2016 By Jodi 1 Comment

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While being a mother is generally a wonderful thing (minus the sleeplessness, the poop, the tantrums, the food on the floor/walls/ceiling/radiator), sometimes being a mother-among-mothers can be a rough experience. Something about parenting, particularly in the US, frequently leads to too much comparison and competition, and often what results is an increasing sense of isolation. Experts--and even pediatricians...

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Happiness Project Check-In, and Some Thoughts on Meaning and Happiness

November 30, 2016 By Jodi Leave a Comment

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So way back when, at the beginning of October, I got started with the second month of my happiness project, focused on making our home a cozy haven. I was doing quite well with getting our home in order, organizing and sorting (and donating) as well as rearranging and decorating. And then halfway through the...

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A Wonderfully Quirky Swedish Spring Tradition

May 8, 2017 By Jodi 1 Comment

Farmer releasing cow from barn

In my last post, I wrote about a rather sedate spring tradition in Sweden. This weekend, we attended one of the quirkiest traditions we've heard of: the spring cow release, or kosläpp.

Happiness Project: Learning with Skillshare

February 14, 2017 By Jodi Leave a Comment

Indulgent Blue Moodboard made with Photoshop for Dear Sabrina

This month's happiness project is focused on learning. For once, I can report that it's going well so far! I wanted to work on my Swedish this month, and I've been listening to more talk radio and reading more books with the intention of comprehension (normally I skim the local newspaper with the intention of getting half...

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About Dear Sabrina

Welcome! Dear Sabrina is a lifestyle blog for the thinking woman (and man, if men read lifestyle blogs). I hope that visiting this site gives you something to think about, makes you laugh, or shows you something new. If you want to further connect, find me on one of networks below or send an email.
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