Joni Edelman

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.

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

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

[CN: suicide, overdose] Gratitude stops me from ending my life, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting to end my life. Even the fierce love I have for my family doesn’t mean I don’t feel utterly hopeless sometimes.

The FDA has approved a new drug for banishing double chins . . . it's ACID.

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

Now that I've embarked upon the decade I once considered "old," there are a few things I'd like my 20 (and 30) year-old self to know.

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

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

You should know that she is a really awesome human.