Joni Edelman

If you're brave enough to take the DIY Brazilian plunge, these tips are a must-read. As in, tip #6: It hurts, but not more than having a baby. Good to know.

You should know that she is a really awesome human.

Sleep is everything! It's so much more than just feeling like you can function well. You know that but do you know how to sleep for your dosha type?

Is that incense I smell? A drum circle in the distance perhaps? Chanting? Herbal potions? Perhaps a cauldron? Could it be homebirth?

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.

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

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

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

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

And what’s better than eggs? Eggs direct from the cloaca of your own chicken.