Joni Edelman

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

Oh hey remember that time in 1804 when Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had an actual duel, with actual guns and Burr shot Hamilton and Hamilton did not shoot Burr. And then the next day Hamilton died.

Here’s something that isn’t rocket science either, Stephen Hawking: Diets don’t work.

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

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

I guess the point of a spiritual awakening is just that; if you were already awake, you wouldn’t need a moment that was self-defining. You’d already be defined.

...I’m going to help you! By “help” I mean “tell you all the things that didn’t work.”

I was told that feminism is man hate. That abortion is murder. And then I thought, "What am I doing here?"

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