Joni Edelman

You can work your butt off and still be left with a tummy. Bummer.

You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

[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.

When you push a small human out of your body, things tend to get a little weird.

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

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

My husband and I recently traveled together without our kids for the first time . . . in a while. And it was a brand-new ball game.

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?

The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”