Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy
LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with writer and head of marketing at This Naked Mind, Kelly Fitzgerald Junco, about what it’s like to experience her first pregnancy during the pandemic. They talk all about her pregnancy anxiety after experiencing a miscarriage last year, the stress of figuring out how to celebrate milestones with…
LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with Latinx pop culture expert and dad Jesus Triviño about what it was like to adopt his daughter just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss his and his wife’s 9-year struggle to have a baby and how it all finally came together in just 9 weeks. They…
LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with freelance writer and mom of three Lauren Wellbank about what it is like to welcome her third baby in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss the positives of her high-risk pregnancy, how this postpartum period is different from her previous ones, and Lauren will even share a…
LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Journalist and new mom Irina Gonzalez shares her own pandemic birth and parenting story. She talks about her first-trimester miscarriage, the anxiety of her second pregnancy, and what it was like to suddenly find herself 36 weeks pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also talks about experiencing the fourth trimester…
It’s the last day of World Breastfeeding Week and I wanted to share a bit about my journey because, well, it’s been a tough road. When I first had Rio, he latched pretty immediately. In the hospital, a lactation consultant came by to give me a few pointers but, in general, we were off to…