Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Author: Irina Gonzalez

Editor & Freelance Writer

When #BlackLivesMatter and days like today are really difficult

Posted on July 7, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Days like today are really difficult. It’s difficult to wake up to the news that yet another black man was unjustly killed by the very people that are supposed to be protecting us. It’s difficult to realize that the same thing happened not 24 hours ago….

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Why carrying cash is the worst thing you can ask a Millennial to do

Posted on July 6, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Like pretty much everyone I know my age, I am one of those millennials who absolutely positively abhors carrying cash at any point in my life. I hate going to the ATM, I hate opening my wallet and finding random singles in there and I absolutely…

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The weirdest part of moving out of the city I called home

Posted on July 5, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. One of the weirdest parts of moving out of the city I’ve called home for the past 12 years is actually getting rid of all of the furniture things that I collected over the past several years. For me, anyway, that was absolutely the weirdest. To be honest,…

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Donald Trump made me lose my patriotism, but John Cena restored it

Posted on July 4, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Anyone who knows me won’t be particularly surprised by the admission that I absolutely positively HATE the presidential hopeful Donald Trump. It’s not shocking because a) I have been quite vocal about it on my personal Facebook page and b) I am a sane person. But…

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My life turned into a rom-com cliché and I’m okay with it

Posted on July 3, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I have a confession to make. Just over two months ago, I was single AF. Like seriously… I haven’t been in a serious relationship since 2011. Not for a lack of trying, necessarily, but it just hasn’t been in the cards for me lately. I’ve dated –…

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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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