Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 11-27-2025 “You walk through life while a rain storm follows. And all the while, people talk to you about the sun, as if you can feel it.” I want to be more satisfied. With the world, with other people, and with myself. Trauma and depression were my greatest barriers. But, itContinue reading “Never Thankful”
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Staying in the Lanes
5-1-2025 Interviewer: Elisa A. Escalante LCSW/ published author Interviewee: Kody R. Escalante @Lanewhisperer/ Two sanctioned 300’s & Sanctioned 299 Bowler (And also my little brother!) Q- I distinctly remember the time I knew that your bowling skills were above average. I was sixteen years old, and you were 8, and you beat me in severalContinue reading “Staying in the Lanes”
But Why?
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 4-20-2025 Our mind will go to places that defy the laws of radical acceptance, & life itself. The reason that I ‘why’ my patients, and sometimes my friends to death, is because the mind is reaching for every answer to every possible scenario. Or the mind is fixated on sticking withContinue reading “But Why?”
The Success that no one Talks About
Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-6-2021 “It’s not about perfection, or resources, or even where your knowledge is at right now. More importantly, are your intentions any good?” Like many things, we look at success through a narrow lens. The majority may equate success with money, status and/ or power. Then outside of this limitedContinue reading “The Success that no one Talks About”
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