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.

I’m lucky to be smart, to have an astonishingly good memory. Or maybe I’m lucky to be bipolar.

“I don’t even know what to say, Joni. Your baby isn’t alive.”

My daughter just had 75 of her Instagram yoga images pilfered. What is going on? And what can we do about it?

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

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Nutritionists have weighed in on what to order at McDonald's. Here's what I think you should get instead.

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

Having kids doesn't have to mean the death of your sex life.

Compassion for myself is not a thing I do. It is not a thing I have ever done. It is not a thing I feel comfortable doing. It's time I stop for compassion.