Joni Edelman

I'll never forget the day I discovered the name for my mental illness.

My husband and I recently traveled together without our kids for the first time . . . in a while. And it was a brand-new ball game.

You may have seen the acronym "HAES" floating around the Internet, and that is because the "Health At Every Size" movement has taken over THE WHOLE WORLD.

When you push a small human out of your body, things tend to get a little weird.

It's #STDAwareness week here at Ravishly. We're kicking it off with this handy chart!

I didn't get a lot of mothering as a child, but when I did, it was from her. She taught me how to sew, how to crochet. She taught me how to stand up for myself, to be tough. She taught me how to make fried chicken and fried okra, which I will never make, because it's fucking gross.

4. A high school government class.

What to really expect when you're expecting.

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

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