This is a sponsored partnership between Voltaren and LatinaMoms.com If you’re Latino, chances are your parents have nominated you to take care of them in their old age. It’s not unlikely that through jokes or assumed hierarchy, eventually, one of their children is chosen as their primary ... View Post
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Stuttering and Mental Health, How To Help Your Child
Como madres, we always try to find ways to have our children feel loved and understood. We are often faced with situations in our children’s lives that are hard to explain and leave us wondering how to cope with them. As parents, it is our job to apoyar our children and learn how to manage anything ... View Post
Mental Health and Latino Culture, Opening the Conversation
Comadres, let’s talk about mental health and our Latino culture. I know you might feel like this topic might be everywhere nowadays, but it’s with good reason. Let’s not pretend like we didn’t grow up around family members talking about “los nervios” (instead of calling it what it was ... View Post
The Importance of Friendships in Mothers’ Mental Health
Waking up to the kids and all of the tasks that come with maintaining a safe and healthy environment can be mentally taxing. Sure, the amount of love it takes to perform activities that will bring joy to the immediate family is more satisfying than anything. But sometimes it feels like todo es ... View Post
Tips for Preserving Mental Health This Back-to-School Season
Latina moms are known for juggling countless tasks and often without even asking for help. Somehow, we think we are superwoman (and we are in many cases!), but we have to take a few steps sometimes for the sake of our mental health. One of the best times to take a moment for ourselves is ... View Post
The Tragic Impact of Today’s Blatant Racism on Our Kids’ Mental Health
The second Monday in October has been a Federal holiday in the United States since 1937, a recognition of the encounter between Europe and America during colonial times. The observance is in the process of being renamed as Indigenous People’s Day, shifting its perspective from the “Columbus Day” ... View Post
Killing the Taboo Around Mental Health and Men: Women are the Key
The topics of women and mental health typically intersect at an uncomfortable point that, like so many other core elements of our society, is rooted in the patriarchy. The practice and dissemination of the mental health arts was a prototypical male profession as it emerged in the late 1800s and ... View Post
Mental Health Crisis for the Latinx Community
At the national level, the need for mental health care and therapists is quickly outpacing the resources we have available as a society. For the Latinx community, one of the unique challenges is the dearth of bilingual, culturally sensitive clinicians — just as the demand is rising, with the ... View Post
Health and Caregiving, Tips To Improve Our Mental & Physical Health
This is a sponsored partnership between Voltaren and LatinaMoms.com Taking care of someone is a huge responsibility in our Latino community. We’re constantly thinking of our family and loved ones’ needs. Sometimes we prioritize them before our own – an issue we all need to talk about more ... View Post
The Other Side, How To Cope When Your Spouse Struggles with Mental Illness
Our society is so hyper-fixated on that which they can physically see that they fail to understand the complexities of our minds and overall mental health. Some may try to understand the burden of the person that struggles with their mental health, but what about their loved ones — family, ... View Post
Five Things That Help You Have A Healthy Brain
This is a sponsored partnership between Centrum and LatinaMoms.com We are constantly changing as we grow older. We change physically and mentally, and this includes our hobbies, too. However, you don't have to wait until you reach 50 to take care of your brain. Instead, why not challenge your ... View Post
The Ultimate Checklist Before Choosing In-Home Help For Grandma’s Health
This is a sponsored partnership between Centrum and LatinaMoms.com Our traditional Latino families often think we can do it all. We can keep up with our mental health, raise our families, and, on top of all that, be our seniors’ nurses. But is that the best option for us in the long ... View Post
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