Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Category: Self-Care

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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How can we find optimism after this week’s tragedies?

Posted on July 8, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Yesterday, my friend Lester joked on Facebook that he is going to call in to work tomorrow and say this: “Hi! I’m staying home today because I’m afraid to drive to work out of fear that I’ll be pulled over by a police officer and shot…

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When #BlackLivesMatter and days like today are really difficult

Posted on July 7, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Days like today are really difficult. It’s difficult to wake up to the news that yet another black man was unjustly killed by the very people that are supposed to be protecting us. It’s difficult to realize that the same thing happened not 24 hours ago….

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Donald Trump made me lose my patriotism, but John Cena restored it

Posted on July 4, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Anyone who knows me won’t be particularly surprised by the admission that I absolutely positively HATE the presidential hopeful Donald Trump. It’s not shocking because a) I have been quite vocal about it on my personal Facebook page and b) I am a sane person. But…

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So I started going to therapy… and it’s difficult because I’m Latina

Posted on February 25, 2016June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. This is a little difficult to admit… but I’ve started going to therapy. To be honest, I’ve been thinking a bout it for years but somehow never got up the courage to do it until I had a particularly challenging summer this past year. After spending…

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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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