Joni Edelman

You should know that she is a really awesome human.

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In honor of World Bipolar Day, I present a sample stream of consciousness based on my experiences living with this disorder.

At certain points in the month I definitely feel worse about my body. I'm much less confident and more prone to eating the wrong things, and not doing physical exercise.

As the mother of three teens, I'm here to tell you: You have nothing to freak out about.

My husband and I recently traveled together without our kids for the first time . . . in a while. And it was a brand-new ball game.

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.

I don’t think of myself as fat. Not inside, anyway.

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??