Irina González, MSW Student

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

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How to deal with the difficulty of a family member who voted for Trump

Posted on November 18, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. There’s no two ways about it: This election has been divisive. To be honest, it’s been particularly difficult for me. I previously wrote about how proud I was to cast my vote as a bisexual Latina immigrant, three words that are important to me and my…

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How do you find motivation when your mind is freaking out?

Posted on October 12, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I am having an extremely hard time doing anything this past week. It’s not like I am lying in bed sick or depressed or feeling lazy or something like that. Nope. My problem today is my mind, and its utter inability to quiet the F down…

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Why is it so difficult for us to accept generosity when we date?

Posted on October 11, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. We’ve all done this: Signed up for online dating and then spent the next few days or weeks or even months just swiping right on dozens of people. We chat, we flirt, we even go on dates sometimes. The whole point of online dating is to…

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Here’s the absolute best of the worst dating advice I’ve ever heard

Posted on September 27, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I’m lucky to have found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with (finally!), but before that… Well, I was a single and dating girl for many more years than I care to count. And while I can look back and appreciate…

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How I’m writing about the things that seriously SCARE me

Posted on September 26, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. A couple days, I wrote about the scariest thing that I could imagine: my recovery. It’s funny to think about how recovery, which many would consider a “success,” is something so scary to talk about. But I was terrified of admitting that I had a problem and…

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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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