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November 8, 2016 By Jodi

Searching for the Northern Lights

October 24, 2016 By Jodi 3 Comments

Today I'm excited to share another post from a contributor and photographer. I met Craig R. Allen at a party in our small town outside of Stockholm. He's an Englishman living in Stockholm with his girlfriend; about a year ago he sold everything he had to follow his dream of exploring the world--and taking phenomenal photographs of it....

Raising Gender-Neutral Kids in Sweden

April 20, 2017 By Jodi 7 Comments

Last Thursday, when I arrived at school to pick up the boys before the long weekend, Leif was wearing a hot pink skirt over his pants. They'd done some dress-up for Easter and he hadn't taken off the skirt yet. When I commented on it ("I love your pink skirt!"), he seemed pleased and proud, then continued to...

Does Seeking Happiness Make Us Miserable?

October 10, 2016 By Jodi 6 Comments

Over the weekend I noticed an essay on Vox titled America is obsessed with happiness--and it's making us miserable. Obviously, given all that I have written about happiness here, including my own efforts to do a happiness project, the title jumped out at me. Even without reading the essay, that title gave me a prick of discomfort...

How it Went: Month 1 of the Happiness Project

May 16, 2021 By Jodi Leave a Comment

Spending a month getting reacquainted with myself, while trite, was incredibly meaningful.

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