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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


Will the levee ever be replaced?
By Olga Rosales Salinas, originally published by Voices of Monterey Bay
Mar 15, 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.
Feb 25, 20231 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


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.
Feb 4, 20222 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 28, 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 27, 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.
Jan 25, 20221 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
Nov 7, 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...
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


What Is Toxic Masculinity?
Why Must We Address Toxic Masculinity?
The American Psychological Association (APA) issued guidelines for psychological professionals to add
Jun 21, 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
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