Irina Gonzalez

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Category: Relationships

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

Posted on August 9, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I wrote this piece in a bout of excitement, elation, love, wonder, guilt and generally feeling both really happy and a little down on myself. It’s been a month and a half since that moment, but this still rings true. Enjoy! Tonight, as I lay in…

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How early is it TOO EARLY to travel in a (fairly new) relationship?

Posted on July 13, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. After dating for just over two months, Adam and I made a pretty monumental decision: we sent in our applications to get our passports renewed. You see, mine was due to expire and his had already been expired. I can’t quire remember exactly when in our…

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How to make the easiest Dessert Pizza ever [RECIPE]

Posted on July 10, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. DESSERT PIZZA, you guys! I have to say that in capitals because, well, OBVIOUSLY dessert pizza is one of the best things that any of us can imagine. Okay, real talk: it’s been kind of a rough week. Okay, it’s been a really really difficult week…

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Aubrey Plaza came out as bisexual and so did I (well, a while ago)

Posted on July 9, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. It’s always a lot of fun for me whenever a new celebrity comes out as bisexual because, as one of the tribe myself, I can’t help but give a little WOO HOO to our little spark of visibility all of a sudden. This morning I read…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and multi-passionate writer. She is a Generation Alpha expert and author of the Raising Gen Alpha newsletter, where she writes about the hope and hopelessness of bringing up kids born 2010-2024 in a world that feels like it’s on fire—figuratively and literally.

Irina's 20-year media career has been defined by her fearless use of storytelling to shine a light on those who feel outside the "norm." Her work serves to remind us that we are never truly alone in our struggles and empowers us to overcome the societal barriers that stand in the way of our mental and emotional well-being. By promoting a message of empathy and inclusivity, Irina is helping to create a better world for all of us, and for generations to come.

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