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.

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.

It's always so good to know the folks doing the work you're doing.

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

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

I guess the point of a spiritual awakening is just that; if you were already awake, you wouldn’t need a moment that was self-defining. You’d already be defined.

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Attention Civilians: Colonel David Iverson does not want to see your boobs.

Here’s something that isn’t rocket science either, Stephen Hawking: Diets don’t work.

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