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Mar 15, 20231 min read

Will the levee ever be replaced?

By Olga Rosales Salinas, originally published by Voices of Monterey Bay

Feb 25, 20231 min read

"Everywhere you go, there you are"

This essay by Olga Rosales Salinas, was published by palabra. NAHJ. Follow the link to read the full story.

Nov 10, 20221 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...

Aug 18, 20222 min read

Créatif, Chirardelli, & A Magic Show

Creatif, Chirardelli, Farrell Dillon Comedy Magician, Three blogs about summertime with my kids.

Jun 3, 20221 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.

Feb 27, 20228 min read

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World

First Generation and Representation, Entering the Literary World, Interview with Jose Hernandez Diaz

Feb 4, 20222 min read

On Freelance Work

Happy Birthday to me! 42 is looking good! Instead of champagne and roses, I'm asking for donations to the Rosales Sisters' Scholarship.

Jan 28, 20221 min read

Counterphobia: How doing things that terrify me helps my anxiety

What is counterphobia? I find the term fascinating. For me (and my therapist), it is the experience of pushing into something that seems..

Jan 27, 20221 min read

Gordo’s Way

BASED IN CALIFORNIA’S STEINBECK COUNTRY, JAIME CORTEZ’S DEBUT BOOK, ‘GORDO,’ SHOWS THE VULNERABLE RAWNESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OUTSIDER

Jan 25, 20221 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.

Nov 7, 20211 min read

I learned how to do inner child work for my own anxiety — and ended up helping my actual kids

Managing anxiety as a mother and parent of two boys. Generalized Anxiety Disorder and managing the triggers and emotions that come from that

Sep 3, 20211 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...

Aug 19, 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 3, 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.

Jun 28, 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 21, 20211 min read

What Is Toxic Masculinity?

Why Must We Address Toxic Masculinity? The American Psychological Association (APA) issued guidelines for psychological professionals to add

Jun 3, 20216 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.

May 15, 20211 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...