Latina mental health Archives

Selena Gomez Says Years-Long Social Media Break Helped Mental Health

Sofía AguilarApril 6, 2022

by Sofía AguilarApril 6, 202201715

Singer and actress Selena Gomez has always been honest about the mental and physical health issues she’s faced in the past, including her struggles with Lupus, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder diagnosis. This month on Good Morning America, the 29-year-old...

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Healing My Inner Child Helped Me Be a Better Mom & Compassionate Daughter

Nena LezamaMarch 4, 2022

by Nena LezamaMarch 4, 2022014272

Generational trauma means babies are often born with trauma their mothers or even their grandmothers lived through. In Mark Wolynn’s book It Didn’t Start With You, he discusses how some of the trauma we experience can start from situations we...

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Digame: Therapist Jacqueline Garcia is Destigmatizing Mental Health

Virginia IsaadNovember 19, 2021

by Virginia IsaadNovember 19, 202104457

Digame is a monthly series featuring prominent Latinx leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and public figures uplifting the community and making a difference. Jacqueline Garcia is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker who is using social media to amplify the importance of mental...

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Jessica Alba Shares She Goes to Therapy with Teenage Daughter

Virginia IsaadNovember 3, 2021November 3, 2021

by Virginia IsaadNovember 3, 2021November 3, 202109148

Mental health remains stigmatized in the Latinx community and part of dismantling that is talking openly about seeking care. Actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba recently shared that she goes to therapy with her 13-year-old daughter, Honor. The mom of three...

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Selena Gomez Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles

Virginia IsaadAugust 19, 2021August 19, 2021

by Virginia IsaadAugust 19, 2021August 19, 202103526

Selena Gomez has been open about her mental health struggles in the past and now she’s sharing more details about that time in Elle’s first-ever Latinx issue. Following her 2014 diagnosis of Lupus (an autoimmune disease) and 2018 diagnosis of...

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10 Latina-Owned Wellness Brands That Will Elevate Your Self-Care Routine

Nicole YoungAugust 18, 2021

by Nicole YoungAugust 18, 202104741

It’s no surprise that the pandemic and quarantine has taken a toll on our overall mental and physical health. If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to start taking care of your well-being and that starts with prioritizing your...

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How Being the Eldest Daughter in a Latino Family Affects Mental Health

Laysha MacedoJuly 29, 2021August 5, 2021

by Laysha MacedoJuly 29, 2021August 5, 20210392535

In a culture where machismo dominates, my existence as both a woman and the eldest daughter has been clouded by the notion that I should prepare for a future in which my sole purpose is to cater to anyone and...

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Five Struggles BIPOC Face in Accessing Mental Health Resources

Nicole YoungMay 21, 2021

by Nicole YoungMay 21, 202107779

Mental health remains stigmatized in communities of color but another major hurdle BIPOC face is access to mental health resources. While mental illness does not discriminate, unfortunately, our healthcare system does. Fewer than half of all adults in the U.S....

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Latinx Mental Health Specialists Talk Setting Boundaries in Your Latinx Household

Virginia IsaadMay 20, 2021May 22, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMay 20, 2021May 22, 202109751

As if sharing a confined space with a sibling during puberty wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, having to move back into your family household due to an ongoing pandemic sounds like the trailer to an actual horror film. Unsure if the thought...

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Why You’re Ignoring Your Mental Health & How You Can Change That Right Now

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 13, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 13, 202103191

Traditionally, mental health isn’t talked about in the Latinx community. Many of us grew up watching our overworked, overwhelmed, overburdened, stressed and anxious parents pretend like they were just fine and completely ignore their mental and emotional challenges, and we...

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Proven Ways to Naturally Decrease Your Anxiety to Help with Quarantine Stress

Nicole YoungJanuary 19, 2021

by Nicole YoungJanuary 19, 202103649

Anxiety has seemingly affected more people amid a quarantine where 2020 took our anxiety to a whole other level. Unfortunately, a majority of us experience anxiety on the daily and without the proper tools it can feel overwhelming leading us...

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It’s Time for Every Latina To Prioritize Our Mental Health

Johanna FerreiraApril 27, 2020July 24, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraApril 27, 2020July 24, 202007146

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up our worlds, infecting more than 2.9 million people around the globe and resulting in over 173,000 deaths, with numbers expected to climb. It has rattled financial markets and sunk local economies. More than 17...