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Half Awake

Elisa A Escalante / LCSW/ 08- 18-2024 I’m half awake. Only half at play. Only half yours. Only half this day …will be mine. Only half my mind. Only half my fears, just half this body …. is here. I’m for the sky’s. My true demise… is my soul is gone. But the flesh isContinue reading “Half Awake”

Trauma Puzzles Pieced Together

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-14-2024 My trauma puzzle poems take you through my life from the ages of 3 y/o to roughly 22 years old. It’s the perspective of what I witnessed, felt and thought about through the majority of my childhood traumas. I keep an element of mystery because 1- it’s not always aboutContinue reading “Trauma Puzzles Pieced Together”

Grammaw’s 95th Birthday

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 7-7-2024 Two weeks ago, I flew back to Houston to Honor my grandmother (Gram) for her 95th Birthday. We must have talked at least 10 times this year leading up to the Bday celebration. Anytime I reminded her that I would be ‘seeing her soon’, she would say: “God Willing”. And,Continue reading “Grammaw’s 95th Birthday”

Dad Day

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 06-16-2024 “Everyone says that women try to date men like their father, and I wish for me that was the case. But I think I was too busy trying to be like him” -EaE My father was in, and out, and in, and out and in my life over and overContinue reading “Dad Day”

Turtle Power (Staying fit through Mental health struggles)

Interviewer: Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ BJJ practitioner/ Author/ AF Veteran Interviewee: Dalton Seafler/ Personal Trainer/ Nutritionist/ Life Coach/ BJJ Practitioner 6-12-2024 Elisa: One of the first things that stood out and led me to want to tune into your Instagram stories is those morning affirmations you do. Very positive and motivating. When I wake up,Continue reading “Turtle Power (Staying fit through Mental health struggles)”

Raised with Values

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 04-14-2024 “There was something more important than us, that needed to be the driving force of every action we took. Honor, courage, commitment, integrity, service before self, excellence and more. We have beautiful core values, but do not let them be the death of your journey after service. Do not letContinue reading “Raised with Values”

I Used to be a Sweet Southern Girl

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-11-2023 “You’re the nicest person I’ve ever met!” This is one of the more common lines I have heard through childhood, adolescence, and all the way up to my early to mid twenties. I was raised in AZ, TX, & SoCal primarily. So yes, I am a ‘Southern Belle’. (Not inContinue reading “I Used to be a Sweet Southern Girl”

Detox

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-04-2023 “What I’m trying to teach myself now is to learn how to go with the waves of life. Life can’t always be forced. We can’t always be at our best. Some weeks we will thrive, we will be on fire, and we will accomplish everything we want to and more.Continue reading “Detox”

You CAN’T do everything you set your Mind to

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 11-21-2023 Once upon a time, I wanted it all. I was taught I could have it all. We believe that we will grow up and somehow ‘be highly functional’ in every aspect of life. We are taught we can have a great career, descent money, intelligence, social skills, great friends, greatContinue reading “You CAN’T do everything you set your Mind to”

Luxuries

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 11-4-2023 How often do we think about our luxuries? Humans, dare I say, are more prone to obsessing over problems and what they lack, vs what they have. I suppose this innate drive helps in that we are constantly searching for ways to improve our situation. That can be helpful. ButContinue reading “Luxuries”