By EK Wills This week we had our first family meeting in a long time. When the idea was floated, our middle child piped up and claimed...

By EK Wills There is so much pressure on kids to get good results in the final high school grades that it’s little wonder teachers and...

by EK Wills “…. every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina All groups work in different ways and...

By EK Wills A friend lost her kindred sister to the horror of violence this week. The attacker was someone she had previously trusted and...

By EK Wills Rarely do I plan anything for me but I like to put on events and usually do it for my kids. I do big birthday parties with...

By EK Wills Has anyone ever come up to you in the street or the supermarket and told you what you should be doing with your baby? This...

By EK Wills Everyone has bad days but what happens when you have one of those ones that make you question what you’re doing in life? Over...

By EK Wills There are many systemic issues in our current public health system but from my perspective within that structure, the heart...

By EK Wills As this year takes off, there are changes in kids’ lives, and our own, that require us to re-adjust. It could be a child...

By EK Wills I am sitting in a vineyard bach (villa) in New Zealand after having gone out for dinner and can look forward to a swim in the...

By E K Wills We recently moved from a house we were bursting out of and into one with a spacious open plan. It felt like all our...

By EK Wills What better way to spend time with friends and family than to get together for an activity? It could be to socialize over...

By EK Wills Last weekend we attended our son’s scout Christmas party at the beach. Unusual you might say, but this was the sea scouts and...

By EK Wills There was a death in the family this week: my 10 year old son’s hermit crab. It lasted only a few months so, to us, this is...

by EK Wills I recently had a patient lament that the system makes it so difficult to access services to mental health. That comment rings...

by EK Wills Do you doubt yourself even when you have achieved goals you set for yourself? Or feel unloved even when surrounded by family...

By EK Wills Ever gone on a diet? Or looked at your reflection and wanted to change something? Well, who hasn’t, right? Lately, I’ve been...

By EK Wills Driving home with my son yesterday, we were listening to the radio and I was struck by how specifically directed it was to my...

By EK Wills Being a talker, my ears always prick up when I learn of ways we connect that help us in life. I read that a… ‘study of people...

by EK Wills This week was one to test anyone’s patience. And so I was glad to learn about a specific type of therapy that includes skills...