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”
Tag Archives: emotional barriers
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”
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”
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”
Apologize to yourself
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-18-2021 “Get used to a world where no one belongs to you, and no one cares all the way. Live in that truth, accept that truth, and learn to be your own savior.” -EaE I recently felt a dire need to apologize to myself. It was what I’ll call my firstContinue reading “Apologize to yourself”
T.I.G.S
Elisa A. Escalante/ LMSW/ 08-25-2020 What is it that erodes our mental health over a lifetime? What can we avoid? And what must we face? There are quite a few mental disorders and no doubt our brain chemistry and biology play a role in our psyche. However, it is also that nurture factor: theContinue reading “T.I.G.S”
Living in a Nightmare
Elisa A Escalante/ LMSW/ 7-15-2020 “I often wonder, do they feel pain the same way I do? For the same reasons? And to the same extent? Or am I just crazy and alone in this? Maybe they are just good at hiding it too? Happiness is wanted from us all, it is easier than truth.Continue reading “Living in a Nightmare”
Functionally Mental 