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							<title>How Latinas Can Let Go of Shame to Heal from Sexual Abuse</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[We live in a world where winning is celebrated loudly, while failure is quietly brushed aside. ]]></description>
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							<title>Latinas &#038; the Emotional Labor of Being the First to Heal</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Being la primera to seek therapy and healing can be difficult when family members aren't supportive but it's worth it. ]]></description>
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							<title>Embracing Therapy as a Latina Changed My Mental Health Journey</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Growing up I didn't think therapy was something for me but it has changed my life for the better. ]]></description>
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							<title>Debunking Mental Health Myths in the Latinx Community</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[Therapist Patricia Alvarado shares how we can begin to debunk the mental health stigmas that harm the Latinx community. ]]></description>
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							<title>Selena Gomez&#8217;s Rare Impact Supports Mental Health for Youth</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[The Rare Impact Fund, in collaboration with Google, will support mental health resources for youth across the nation.]]></description>
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							<title>Worthy of Wellness: A Self-Love Letter to Women of Color</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 03:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As someone who has struggled with mental health issues, I wanted to write a love letter to other women of color as a reminder that you are not alone. ]]></description>
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							<title>How to Begin to Destigmatize Mental Health in the Latinx Community</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Patricia Alvarado is a psychotherapist and owner and director of the group practice, Alvarado Therapy  &#38; co-founder of Latinx Healthy Minds providing mental health programs for Latinx professionals. I recently had the opportunity to visit Colombia, specifically a small town called Filandia. It is said that this small town was part of the inspiration for the movie Encanto. As]]></description>
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							<title>Racial Trauma and the Need for BIPOC Mental Health Support</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[First-gen Afro-Latina Dr. Angel Jones is an educator, activist, and critical race scholar whose research explores the impact of racism on the mental health of Black students with a focus on racial microaggressions, Racial Battle Fatigue, and gendered-racism.   I am an educated, successful, loved, and proud Afro-Latina. I am also one of the 58 million people in the]]></description>
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							<title>Izzie Chea talks ADHD, Neurodiversity, and Mental Health Stigmas Among Latinxs</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In many Latinx families, we don’t usually acknowledge or discuss mental health with each other, as it often causes confusion and frustration]]></description>
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