Joni Edelman

Good god, where will I ever find someone who will love me in such a pitiful condition?

Do you want people to for-sure panic? Tell them not to panic.

If you decide pit or leg hair isn't a big deal, then bam! It's not a big deal.

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

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

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.

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

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

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With the help of the midwife—and immense effort on my part—Ella finally slid out into the water. But she was limp, pale. It was scary.