Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 05-15-2025 Every year I promise myself that I will take the month of May more seriously. As it is mental health awareness month. But life get’s the best of me. I was racking my brain on how I could possibly write a blog about mental health for May, as it isContinue reading “Mental May”
Tag Archives: grief
After Ever After
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”
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”
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”
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”
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)”
Veterans Lifestyle Magazine
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ May 4th, 2024 I am honored to have had my first magazine publication be in Veteran Lifestyle Magazine. This online magazine is dedicated to honoring veterans with diverse stories. Their mission statement also includes fostering community, celebrating triumphs, and empowering the voices of veterans and their family members. It’s Memorial DayContinue reading “Veterans Lifestyle Magazine”
Post Vacation Blues
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 6 April 2024 “So grateful for my imagination on a world full of disappointment.” -EaE I’m crying as the airplane flies away from NYC. This is actually unusual for me, but maybe life and emotions are just catching up. Maybe the grief just piles on, and now I’m too tired toContinue reading “Post Vacation Blues”
Always Grieving
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 10-10-2023 “I hate that I grieve before I lose something or someone. It’s not enough that I still feel my past grievances, my brain also grieves the future. Like it knows all too well that I’m going to hurt again.” -EaE I had once broken down and cried to a ChaplainContinue reading “Always Grieving”
Functionally Mental 