Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Category: Self-Care

How my Latina shame kept me from going to therapy for years

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

Note: This is 1 of 3 essays that was written for and published on The Flama last year. However, the site has since shut down (mostly) and my essay has disappeared… But the internet gods allowed me to find it in its entirety, so I am re-posting it here since a) it was fun to write &…

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2016 was an exceptionally happy year for me (and I’m not afraid to admit it)

Posted on December 31, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. We’ve all been saying it all damn year, haven’t we? 2016 IS THE WORST. I know that I’ve definitely been guilty of this sentiment, and it wasn’t really just because of the election (although that contributed to my year-end complaints). But in the past few days,…

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Confession: I’m in recovery… And here are 5 things I learned so far

Posted on September 23, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Next week is the last day of National Recovery Month and I am taking a DEEP BREATH in order to tell you something that has taken me one year, two months and five days to admit publicly: I am in recovery. I don’t get want to go…

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Dear coffee shop guy: No, it’s not okay to “talk to me” when I’m busy

Posted on August 23, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Let me describe my morning to you today: I woke up with Adam, lazily got out of bed as usual, showered and got ready to go to my usual coffee shop to work on this Tuesday morning. Once there, I picked up my Earl Grey hot tea,…

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The one thing people forget to tell you when you grow out your hair

Posted on August 22, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Confession: I’ve been trying to grow out my hair for almost as long as I have been an adult. It’s been a long journey, mostly marred by me also having a fondness for changing my hair color constantly. In college, I went from short and red…

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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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