Joni Edelman

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

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

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.

"She has created an important space on the internet and in the real world, a space that women and girls are free to take up however they please."

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

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

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

Being vulnerable, being seen (even lumpy and naked), admitting weakness, asking for help — these acts inspire and edify.

I said (on TV, to Rachael Ray, so there are a few million witnesses): If you want a bikini body, put a bikini on your body.

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.