Joni Edelman

Suffering is America’s favorite thing to do. We starve ourselves to lose weight, and we’re a success story. We don’t sleep, and we’re just getting SO MUCH DONE. We do a thousand things a day and involve our kids in a thousand activities, because somehow, in some perverted way, that makes us successful.

What to really expect when you're expecting.

When I heard about accusations that Lena sexually abused her sister, I was astonished. And my visceral emotional reaction prompted powerful questions.

It doesn’t get any more difficult to insult ourselves, regardless of how old we are. It would be ideal if it got easier to respect ourselves, but it generally doesn’t do that either. Every year you age, and every year the aging you looks at the you of the years before and thinks, I can’t believe I thought I was fat/ugly/etc.

"Food isn't the enemy –– calling it the enemy is the enemy."

In today's HELLO, OBVIOUSLY news: National Coffee Day.

My decision to bed-share with my children despite potential SIDS risks has less to do with studies, and more to do with instinct.

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It's #STDAwareness week here at Ravishly. We're kicking it off with this handy chart!

My mother didn't teach me how to be a mother. But my babies did.