Joni Edelman

You can work your butt off and still be left with a tummy. Bummer.

I want my kids to have an understanding of the truth of sex, the ins, the outs, the details no one wants to ask anyone—least of all their mom.

"Food isn't the enemy –– calling it the enemy is the enemy."

Being vulnerable, being seen (even lumpy and naked), admitting weakness, asking for help — these acts inspire and edify.

The Cabbage Soup Diet, aka The "Torture” Diet. You just put cabbage in water and cook it. And you eat it. All day. It is not good. You will still be hungry, and farting — very smelly, paint-peeling farting.

As the mother of three teens, I'm here to tell you: You have nothing to freak out about.

You do not have to hate your body — but you don’t have to love it either. While I'm happy with my fat body, I miss being thin.

My mother didn't teach me how to be a mother. But my babies did.

I’m lucky to be smart, to have an astonishingly good memory. Or maybe I’m lucky to be bipolar.

91% of women report dissatisfaction with their body. Ninety-one. I know you know math—that’s 9/10 of women.