Joni Edelman

The Cabbage Soup Diet, aka The "Torture” Diet. You just put cabbage in water and cook it. And you eat it. All day. It is not good. You will still be hungry, and farting — very smelly, paint-peeling farting.

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

Look, I'm not saying McDonald's did this themselves, I'm just saying, a lot of the people that work there probably agree.

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

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

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

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

As a stay-at-home mom, I've made plenty of sacrifices. Where are my accolades?

What to really expect when you're expecting.

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.