Irina González, MSW Student

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

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Pandemic Mama with Kristin Diversi

16. A Long, Complicated Fertility Journey with Kristin Diversi

Posted on January 6, 2021February 2, 2021 by Irina Gonzalez

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with Kristin Diversi, a freelance writer, new mom, and host of the Macabre Traveler podcast. They discuss her long fertility journey that ultimately included IVF, an embryo adoption, and selective reduction. They also talked about struggling with the identity shift of motherhood and how to define motherhood for…

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Pandemic Mama with Jesus Trivino

3. How the Pandemic Changed this Adoption Story with Jesus Triviño

Posted on September 30, 2020February 2, 2021 by Irina Gonzalez

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with Latinx pop culture expert and dad Jesus Triviño about what it was like to adopt his daughter just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss his and his wife’s 9-year struggle to have a baby and how it all finally came together in just 9 weeks. They…

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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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