Joni Edelman

More and more programs are offering services to help companies support and retain women during their maternity transition.

As a stay-at-home mom, I've made plenty of sacrifices. Where are my accolades?

"She has created an important space on the internet and in the real world, a space that women and girls are free to take up however they please."

When I had my first child, I couldn't have prepared for the way it would make me feel.

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

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

Help. Me. Please. And by help me, I mean, bring me my jumbo size jar of

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Can we just take a pause to consider all of the total fucking bullshit to which we subject ourselves?

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