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A Clinicians Poem

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-21-2021 They say they can tell me anything. And they mean it, they tell me everything. Then I care, but then don’t care, I’ve been living in a nightmare. It’s a gift and a curse I say, they trust me, how did it get this way? From hearing secrets on theContinue reading “A Clinicians Poem”

Motivation can’t be Bought

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-16-2021 “Helping isn’t necessarily about having all the right answers. It’s about having the right amount of empathy to validate a struggle that may be outside your comprehension.” -EaE Life Coaches, fitness trainers, crash diets, public figures, iconic gurus and more. People dying to become the “best version of themselves” withContinue reading “Motivation can’t be Bought”

Treat yourself

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6-2-2021 Life is simply too short for all those rules we made up for ourselves with no logical reason as to why.” -EaE As I sit in La Jolla Cove on one of the beaches in San Diego, I feel my stress and worries melt away. I decided to go whereContinue reading “Treat yourself”

Toxic Tolerance

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-15-2021 “We get what we are willing to tolerate.” -EaE “Just walk away from the fight Elisa, it’s not worth it. No matter what people do, walk away.” I was seven years old when my grandmother passed on these words of wisdom. It’s important to note that this advice came fromContinue reading “Toxic Tolerance”

From Soul Mates to Room Mates

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 5-2-2021 “No one is worth chasing. Not for love, not for attention, not for fun, not even for truth or closure. The only truth that matters is if I feel you are drifting away, then that means you are not interested anymore. And if you are not interested in me, IContinue reading “From Soul Mates to Room Mates”

Fighting your Madness

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-25-2021 “All those things that once felt routine, or even easy, we now have to fight ourselves in order to do them. And that is where the frustration and helplessness start to come in. Like, why in the world is this stuff so hard for me now?” -EaE What are youContinue reading “Fighting your Madness”

Identity

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-18-2021 “If you are so offended by me being me, don’t ask me why I’m being me. Ask yourself, why does it bother you so much?” -EaE There is a good chance that most of us have multiple identities but are not seeing their power. Perhaps one identity overtakes another. PerhapsContinue reading “Identity”

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Saved my Life Too

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-8-2021 “The way I see it, I am going to hate myself whether I sit on my ass helplessly for the rest of my life, or I fight and fail, fight and fail…. fight and fail again. If I’m going to hate myself, I better be the best fucking loser I’veContinue reading “Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Saved my Life Too”

The Myth of the Gateway Drug

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-2-2021 “You don’t tame an addict by forcing them into sobriety. You tame them when you can help them find the proper medicine to treat their underlying wounds.” -EaE As people read this blog and get to know me through social media, they would never guess who I was asContinue reading “The Myth of the Gateway Drug”

Unconditional Acceptances & Humanism

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-24-2021 “Sometimes it is NOT for you to figure out or decide, sometimes it’s just something for you to accept.” -EaE I was in Afghanistan when I decided I needed to give myself therapy, badly! I was so tired of being offended by literally everything everyone said to me, everyContinue reading “Unconditional Acceptances & Humanism”