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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


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


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


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


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


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

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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