Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Category: Year of Writing

April 2018 Writer’s Life: Shoulder surgery means less work [#yearofwriting]

Posted on April 30, 2018February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, where should I start with my April blog post? Let’s see… Oh right! I had a major thing happen this month: I finally got shoulder surgery after my 15th dislocation last fall. That’s right, since I turned 18 years old, I have dislocated my shoulder a whopping 15…

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March 2018 Writer’s Life: Back on the uptick [#yearofwriting]

Posted on March 31, 2018February 22, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, last month I had some big and annoying news to share: That I was let go from my editor job at Brit+Co and had some adjustments to make. I didn’t make nearly as much money as I had been making before, and having your income drop pretty significantly…

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February 2018 Writer’s Life: Adjusting to changes [#yearofwriting]

Posted on February 28, 2018February 22, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Last month, I got some news that was less than stellar: My editor gig at Brit+Co was going away due to budgeting issues and my writing job at MamásLatinas is no longer happening either. So that’s basically two out of my three main forms of income disappearing right away….

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Why this is finally the year that I learn to focus

Posted on February 26, 2018February 22, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Last year, I wrote about my #yearofwriting and even determined new writing goals for 2018. Although I am continuing my #yearofwriting adventures this year, mostly because it is a good way for me to track all of my writing and my income, I also want to do something a…

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Why being fired as a freelancer is way better than being fired from a “real” job

Posted on February 19, 2018February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. The last time I wrote here on my little blog + portfolio site, I talked excitedly about my 2018 writing goals. I had set big ones for myself in 2017 and accomplished half of them early, so I revised my goals for 2017 and accomplish most of those too….

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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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