Joni Edelman

Suffering is America’s favorite thing to do. We starve ourselves to lose weight, and we’re a success story. We don’t sleep, and we’re just getting SO MUCH DONE. We do a thousand things a day and involve our kids in a thousand activities, because somehow, in some perverted way, that makes us successful.

Chronic stress secretes a hormonal cocktail that wreaks havoc on that amazing body you have. Here's how you can chill your adrenals and reduce stress.

Psychiatric illness is still stigmatized. And that’s hard when you have a psychiatric illness.

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.

I don’t think anyone who has been to the spirited child parenting rodeo would call a mother who screams, “bad,” or who loses her temper, a “failure.” I think we all understand parenting is really really hard from the get go, and parenting a kid who won’t sleep, who screams and kicks and says they hate you, is its own challenge

When it comes to your physique, your mind can actually work against you.

My decision to bed-share with my children despite potential SIDS risks has less to do with studies, and more to do with instinct.

I did The Today Show, and after that spent 45 minutes talking to Inside Edition. If you're confused, imagine how I felt.

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.

In honor of World Bipolar Day, I present a sample stream of consciousness based on my experiences living with this disorder.