Irina González, MSW Student

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

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It’s been a year since the start of my rom-com love story

Posted on May 3, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Last July I wrote about how my life turned into a rom-com cliché and that I was okay with it. It was a post telling the tale of how I met Adam unexpectedly shortly after moving down to Florida. As you now know, the past year…

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April 2017 Writer’s Life: My new blog & new gig at Romper [#yearofwriting]

Posted on April 30, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Well, here we are! It’s April in my #yearofwriting adventures and I have not one but TWO big announcements, so let me start with those… 1. I started a new blog, The Cookie Dough Life! The first week of April was not good for me. I hadn’t…

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Here’s what I learned about partying sober since I gave up alcohol

Posted on April 27, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When I first gave up alcohol and went into recovery in July 2015, I didn’t know all of the changes that it would bring to my life. However, one of the more obvious changes are socializing sober. When I was in New Orleans last September for…

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A year ago, I was single, unemployed, homeless, broke, fat and drunk

Posted on April 24, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Exactly a year ago, I had just arrived in my hometown of Fort Myers, FL. After 11 and a half happy years as a resident of New York City, I had decided to move back to Southwest Florida with my tail between my legs. Unknown to my…

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Why Buffy the Vampire Slayer is still important 20 years later

Posted on April 20, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. The proudest moment of my career (so far) happened earlier last month when VICE published my piece titled “How Willow from ‘Buffy’ Helped Me Come Out.” Not only did the piece go up the morning of the 20th anniversary of the television premiere of Buffy the…

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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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