Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Well, here are my 2019 writing goals… with a twist [#yearofwriting]

Posted on January 2, 2019February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, as you’ve probably read about in my December 2018 writer’s life, last year did not go as wonderfully as I hoped. I did not make my financial goals for the year and I felt extremely burnt-out at the end of the month, which I am still kind of…

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December 2018 Writer’s Life: Burnout month & yearly totals [#yearofwriting]

Posted on December 21, 2018February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well… Here I am. It’s the end of the year and I need to tell you about how my writing goals and financial goals went for 2018. But first, I want to address something else: I have been feeling a lot of burnout this month. I am not exactly…

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Oh, look, we bought a house! (And I became super stressed out)

Posted on August 16, 2018February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s currently 5:40am on Thursday, August 16th, and I have been up since somewhere around 3 in the morning. This week has been terrible for my sleep and so, at the encouragement of my ever-loving, exceedingly patient, totally supportive husband Adam, I decided it was time to write about…

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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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A year ago, I was single, unemployed, homeless, broke, fat and drunk

Posted on April 24, 2017June 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Exactly a year ago, I had just arrived in my hometown of Fort Myers, FL. After 11 and a half happy years as a resident of New York City, I had decided to move back to Southwest Florida with my tail between my legs. Unknown to my…

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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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