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Protecting Your Energy: Notes from a First-Generation Latina
When the world falls apart in reality, is the question we should be asking ourselves, “Is the only thing that I can control the extent to...
Feb 101 min read


Friendship While Pregnant
What was your pregnancy like? Here’s mine in four sentences. At the end of my first pregnancy, I was a thirty-five-year-old resuming college
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Anxiety and The Holidays
by Olga Rosales Salinas Originally published at San Francisco Bay Area Moms. Few things make me as anxious as the holiday season. The...
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Upma: Cooking with Sujaya, Indian Cooking for Beginners
by Olga Rosales Salinas Originally published at San Francisco Bay Area Moms. This week on Cooking with Sujaya, Indian Cooking for...
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Créatif, Chirardelli, & A Magic Show
Creatif, Chirardelli, Farrell Dillon Comedy Magician, Three blogs about summertime with my kids.
Aug 18, 20222 min read


I went to a marriage retreat in wine country and all I got was this epiphany
Recently, we decided to go on a marriage retreat in Napa Valley called “A Vision for Marriage,” hosted by Brian and Ruthie Kim.
Jun 3, 20221 min read


First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World
First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz
Feb 27, 20228 min read


The collected wisdom of Jaime Cortez
Interview with Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo. Based in Steinbeck Country, 'Gordo' shows the vulnerable rawness of a vulnerable community.
Jan 25, 20221 min read


How to return to your hometown—and give back—after more than 20 years away
by Olga Rosales Salinas Anytime I’m in a grocery store, at a bakery, or in a restaurant and I come across strawberries, I think about my...
Sep 3, 20211 min read


Pocket Chef? Yes, please.
Do you ever watch those fitness videos on social media where the extra slim (and somehow also tall) mom prepares three weeks’ worth of food
Aug 19, 20211 min read


Food Centered Anxiety? Over 40? That's me.
Before I had kids, managing anxiety was already a significant part of my life: I was in therapy, took medication, and found hobbies to cope.
Aug 3, 20211 min read


What to do when your COVID anxiety outlasts the pandemic
This is the first edition of Thriving While Anxious, Olga Rosales Salinas’s column about accepting your anxiety in your 40s.
Jun 28, 20211 min read


Interview with Alejo Padilla, GRIT
Interview with Alejo Padilla, Founder of G.R.I.T. and Assistant Principle at North Tahoe High School.
Jun 3, 20216 min read


Pocket Chefs, Family Meal Time is Possible
by Olga Rosales Salinas *Chef Dennis, transforming our Thursday night. It was a normal Friday night, my husband was working late, my kids...
May 15, 20211 min read


Interview with Baruch Porras-Hernandez
by Olga Rosales Salinas *Tener ganas. What are ganas, and how do they work? Baruch Porras-Hernandez shares his struggle as an immigrant...
Apr 21, 20218 min read


Interview with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Emeritus, David Perez
They write a few lines or pluck out a tune and then think, “What’s the point?”...And then they give up... Don’t do this.
Apr 5, 20216 min read


How Carrie Maultsby-Lute balances the guilt of motherhood during COVID with leaning into her career
In My Prime By Olga Rosales Salinas This past year, I found myself Googling words like “resiliency,” “undaunted,” “gallant,” and...
Mar 20, 20211 min read


Paying it Forward, by Elizabeth Castillo
The first of six daughters to attend college. *Elizabeth Castillo, Homecoming Queen, Class of 1992, with parents, Abel and Maria Rosales....
Feb 11, 20214 min read


Demystifying Macro Counting
Have you ever thought about counting macros, or plan on starting in 2021? Read this today. Disclaimer: If you've never thought about it...
Dec 18, 20209 min read
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