Body image, self-confidence, addictions

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Don’t Let the Olympics Make You Feel Fat!

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My husband and I enjoy watching the Olympics, both summer and winter games. He roots for Italy; I root for the U.S., and once one of our respective countries is knocked out of contention, we’ll root for the other’s team. Summer and…
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Teaching Our Kids to Learn From Failure

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I’ll never forget the crushing loss my son’s basketball team suffered last year, at the hands of a school that seemed to be made up of gigantic, mutant, bearded sixth graders. The other guys, clearly jacked up on nuclear waste and steroids,…
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Latinas Supporting One Another, Building One Future

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Last week it was announced that I would be taking the helm as Mamiverse Editor-in-Chief. I could not be more proud to be a part of this site, its mission, and to work with the brilliant team that makes the site what it is. Anyone who knows…
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Why Unemployment Can Kill You

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Unemployment kills not only dreams and careers, but it also affects the mental and physical health of the unemployed. Just ask people who are unemployed. Lessy Diaz is unemployed. She feels frustrated because she has worked all of her life…
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Latin Stereotypes: How to Cope, with Laughter

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Lazy, uneducated, immigrant, dark, sexy, cholo, freeloader, non-English speaker—Latino stereotypes, we are all familiar with them. If at least one of these descriptions hasn’t been directed at you, then it’s likely a friend or family…
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Best-Selling WONDER Author on Being a Mom and Kindness

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This is how August Pullman, the main character in R.J. Palacio’s best-selling middle grade novel WONDER, describes himself on the first page of the book: “I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse….” You…
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How to Negotiate With Your Boss

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Knowing how to negotiate with your boss can sound like a nightmare for most women—most of us fear the outcome and don’t really know how to frame our argument in a successful way. As women, we feel that when we confront our bosses about…
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Will Moving Away Bring Mom and Me Closer?

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My relationship with Mami is about to change. In less than a month, I will be moving away cross country to Los Angeles for a month, and we will be physically apart for the first time since 2006. I am so thrilled. Not because I…
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Father-Daughter Relationships: Daddy Issues?

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 We’ve all heard the term “daddy issues” to explain a woman’s needy and sometimes self-destructive behavior. These women let themselves be mistreated by men because they so desperately ache for male attention.…