Irina González, MSW Student

Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy

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Author: Irina Gonzalez

Editor & Freelance Writer

Brit+Co: August 2016

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by Irina Gonzalez

This Ode to La Croix Is the Only Love Song You Need in Your Life 19 Whole30 Dinners to Cook Up + Eat Healthy All Week Long 17 Halloween Cake Recipes Perfect for Any Spooky Occasion Want more? Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and  Twitter!

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The scary part of turning 30… That I’ve sort of held back on

Posted on August 30, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Turning 30 hasn’t really gone exactly the way I thought it would. The big Three-Oh, as they call it, has been both much better and much worse than I ever could have imagined. I remember, years ago, when I realized that this age was on the…

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Dear coffee shop guy: No, it’s not okay to “talk to me” when I’m busy

Posted on August 23, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Let me describe my morning to you today: I woke up with Adam, lazily got out of bed as usual, showered and got ready to go to my usual coffee shop to work on this Tuesday morning. Once there, I picked up my Earl Grey hot tea,…

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The one thing people forget to tell you when you grow out your hair

Posted on August 22, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Confession: I’ve been trying to grow out my hair for almost as long as I have been an adult. It’s been a long journey, mostly marred by me also having a fondness for changing my hair color constantly. In college, I went from short and red…

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How my boyfriend got me to eat healthy again (and visa versa)

Posted on August 19, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Sometimes it takes falling in love to remind you of some of the things that are important to you. For me, that something was healthy eating. I have quite a complicated relationship with food. After a lifetime of being overweight, losing 90 pounds with Weight Watchers in…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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