Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 04-01-2025 “Love is the chemical reaction. The relationship is the construct/ contract that’s meant to trap it. Will the relationship nurture the love or kill it? Only time will tell.” -EaE The Prince and Princess get married and turn into the King and Queen. The ceremony, interactions, and celebration feels/ looksContinue reading “After Ever After”
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Toxic Influencers
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 03-10-2025 You scroll through social media and within several hours, you may have already received contradicting research, information and/ or advice from influencers. Influencers could include healthcare professionals, life coaches, fitness fanatics, celebrities and so on. I know that there are different definitions of the term. I see an ‘influencer’ asContinue reading “Toxic Influencers”
Euphoria
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 02-16-2025 “Let’s just admit that we don’t want our ‘highs’ to end. We don’t want to sink into the lows. We want to chase a feeling and make it permanent. We want to hold onto a moment while life moves on.”- EaE Roughly 6 years ago, I had traveled to CaliforniaContinue reading “Euphoria”
The only other thing is Nothing
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 01-21-2025 “When you don’t want it anymore, but you don’t know anything else. It’s a loop of hell that consumes you. When you free yourself, you strip away the torture, but you strip away your identity along with it.” -EaE Thirteen months ago I had my more recent break up. IContinue reading “The only other thing is Nothing”
You’re probably slacking on your New Years Resolution, aren’t you?
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 01-15-2025 “Growth/ maturity is getting older and realizing that everything you feared, and everything you judged, will happen to you. And the best qualities that you can have during your humility journey are grace and gratitude.” -EaE There is no such thing as an endless supply of motivation. So, if youContinue reading “You’re probably slacking on your New Years Resolution, aren’t you?”
My Sound Bath
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-23-2024 Starting yoga a few months ago was not something I was doing out of excitement. It was something I was doing because I felt a need that I figured only the art of yoga might fulfill. The art of letting go, surrender, clearing my mind in a way that nothingContinue reading “My Sound Bath”
What I tell my patients
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 10-23-2024 There is no way to ever fully explain the magic that goes on in the therapy or consultation room. But, most therapists have their go to phrases, sayings, or feedback that has helped patients make more ground breaking revelations or soothed them during hard times. Not everything I say comesContinue reading “What I tell my patients”
The Rainbow after the Storm
10-13-2024 Interviewer: Elisa Escalante/ LCSW Interviewee: Katie Sheynkman Intro: Katie is one of my closest long term friends. We met in early 2015 at an MMA gym in Brooklyn. We bonded over grappling and punching each other in the face. We also bonded over relationship drama and break ups. We are there for each otherContinue reading “The Rainbow after the Storm”
Vet Rise
10-6-2024 Interviewer: Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ Air Force (OEF) Veteran/ Martial artist/ Author Interviewee: Juan Perez/ USMC (OEF) Veteran/ Chicago PD/ Entrepreneur; The Veteran online coaching program; The Vet Rise academy/ The Vet Rise Podcast Intro: Juan Perez stood out to me initially on Instagram and TikTok. I couldn’t help but notice that his videosContinue reading “Vet Rise”
The Situationship
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 09-02-2024 My friend showed me her journal entry about her mental struggles adapting to a situationship. She had allowed me to post the journal entry anonymously, and I will write my responses below the pictures. I love this journal entry from my Friend, because it’s talking about something that is soContinue reading “The Situationship”
Functionally Mental 