Irina Gonzalez

Journalist | Editor | Author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter

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Here is the full story of my 100+ pound weight loss (plus some resources)

Posted on September 7, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I was always a chubby kid. I remember wearing shorts in 5th grade and hating the way my thighs looked. I lost 20 pounds in the beginning of high school by experimenting with diet pills, not eating breakfast and only having a 20 ounce bottle of…

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Map Your 30s Blog: Why life doesn’t end when you turn 30

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

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Exactly two months ago, I turned 30 years old. One month later, I arrived to my new (old) home in Florida. Today is May 22nd, 2016, and I have officially lived thirty years and two months on this planet. I don’t want to get annoyingly philosophical here…

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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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My 6 food resolutions for 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When it comes to starting the year off right, we all make New Year’s Resolutions that are often pretty much dropped by the time February rolls around. I’m certainly guilty of it, year after year after year. That’s why this year I’m doing things a little…

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I’m about to turn 30…

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

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. In the past few months, and I couldn’t tell you if this is coincidence or some weird algorithm or simply because I am more aware of it, my Facebook feed has been full of “hey you’re turning 30!” articles. And it’s true. I am turning 30….

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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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