Tag Archives: selfhelp

Learning the Art of Love

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-28-2023 ‘Unconditional love is for kids. Grownups need conditions. If you surrender all your love without conditions, it means you don’t have love for yourself.’ -EaE ‘He felt like my favorite coffee right next to a warm fireplace that never went out. If that makes any sense at all…. just pureContinue reading “Learning the Art of Love”

The Favor Bank

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 3-10-2022 “You’re welcome, for all the shit I did for you that you forgot to say thank you for.” -EaE If there’s one emotion that caught me off guard and left me feeling very uncomfortable and unsettled, I would have to say it was my rage. Because by my early thirtiesContinue reading “The Favor Bank”

No More White Picket Fence

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-28-2022 You feed a bunch of people a fantasy, you create a herd of people chasing a ‘dream’ that leads to disappointment. If you feed everyone the same fantasy, you neglect the concepts of diversity and individuality. Then you push the masses through the same customs and teachings; you will createContinue reading “No More White Picket Fence”

The Double Edged Sword

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-13-2023 There are issues that come up in a persons life that have no good, easy or perfect answers. In some cases, we get to a fork in the road where we have two or more crappy options, and we have to try to sort out the question of: “which optionContinue reading “The Double Edged Sword”

Shedding

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 2-6-2023 “Stop holding on to what is not for you. Get out of the quicksand. Swim toward the surface. Shake off the poison. Push away the evil. Make a barrier between you and all else; create secret passwords for access. Move forward. Be brave. Accept the new.” -EaE What do weContinue reading “Shedding”

Glamp Happy

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 1-6-2023 After spending many years toward a mental health career as well as fulfilling my dream to publish, I found myself asking “what’s next?” Well, real estate technically. That’s the one other major goal I have had. As in purchase real estate and perhaps work to rent out properties. But, dueContinue reading “Glamp Happy”

Emotional Interpretation & Guidance

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-28-2022 In many cases, I do find that I need to go ‘back to the basics’ with clients. Or, teach them something new, something they should have known but never knew. The common perception many societies have is that there are ‘good emotions’, and ‘bad emotions’. The good ones you canContinue reading “Emotional Interpretation & Guidance”

The Red Flags I Ignored

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 12-08-2022 “Walking away is so underrated. You need to be able to protect your energy.” -EaE We talk about red flags all of the time, sometimes people do mention legitimate red flags. Some people call everything a red flag. There is a part of this that is up to interpretation andContinue reading “The Red Flags I Ignored”

My Life is GREAT, and I’m Depressed

Elisa A. Escalante/ LCSW/ 11-25-2022 “I find myself grieving everything before it’s gone, because I just know, that it will not last forever.” -EaE There is a part of mental illness that is purely biological. And also, a part of mental illness that exists due to long sustaining injuries that have hit our brain, andContinue reading “My Life is GREAT, and I’m Depressed”