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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 elaborate themes and cakes as well as activities and it is all home-made. Interestingly, this is the picture for many women who feel they need to support the family and make everyone’s lives cohesive and harmonious. my daughter's cake for my birthday 2018 with Nana I’m planning a big birthday at the moment but this time for me. I decided if I

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 and friends? Maybe you think there is something wrong with you because everyone else seems to have to it all together more than you do? These thoughts can form core beliefs that we operate with on a daily basis. In the psychological world, they are called schemas and can be seen as cognitive distortions that effect the way we function and c

By EK Wills “I can only find myself in and between me and my fellows in a human conversation” Robert Hobson This week I discovered The Long Conversation. That is to say, I learned about it(1) and it seemed to fit like a glove. I have always been a talker and the idea that conversation can be so useful and necessary resonated well with me. We as humans live in a world of language and symbols as much as we do in a world of immediate physical surroundings. As such, all human int