Joni Edelman

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

My cocktail is wrong. It’s a gin and tonic with only gin. It’s a martini with 10 olives. And I can’t stand the sun. Not today. Not this month.

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

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

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

They will 

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??

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 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.

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