The SHE Word brings this exclusive edition on the eve of the last game of the season - the crucial Home Game between Malta and Latvia.

Malta Women's National Football Team are set to make history by leading their group in the internationals, a victory away from entering League B in the UEFA Women's Nations League.

Sasha hosts a very special episode of the Young Women's Edition with guests Emma Xuereb, Shona Zammit and Janice Xuereb from the national team.

The show discusses the meteoric rise to success, the sacrifices that these women have made, and the reality of being in Malta's most successful sports team.

Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should.

As we approach the Holiday Season and most are gearing up for the Christmas season with every gift imaginable, carols are playing on repeat, Christmas trees are being dusted off and children are thinking about what they want to ask for from Father Christmas, for some, the approaching holiday season is not a time of joy - it is a time of dread, or sadness and loneliness, and for some it is a season of fear.

Crisis support hotlines see usage rates spike by 25% to 30% on Christmas Day and Boxing Day alone, while crisis relief and emergency housing programs can see spikes of around 40%. Domestic violence increases up to 33% across Europe over the holiday season, and new research shows that 25% of young people experience loneliness during this time.

Well, this may not be an easy conversation to have, but it is a very important conversation - in this episode we are looking at surviving, and hopefully thriving, in the holiday season.

Joining Host Trudy Kerr is Dr Clarissa Sammut Scerri - Counselling psychologist and Family therapist, Kyra Borg - psychologist and manages a service for survivors of sexual assault and survivors of crime at Victim Support Malta, and Sasha Vella who literally needs no introduction - two time guest on The SHE Word, Young Women’s Edition Host, and a very important member of the SHE Word Family.

If you need help and support over the Holiday Season, please reach out, you can call the Richmond Foundation on 1770, Victim Support Malta on 2122 8333, Crisis Resolution Malta on 9933 9966 or Support Line 179 on 179

Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should.

The statistics are staggering. Whilst over the past decade 234 children have been adopted by families in Malta, the majority of adoptions are from foreign countries with only 27 Maltese children having been adopted.

This moving and tear jerking show shares the journeys of three women who have adopted under very different circumstances, but with one common passion - to share their love and the love of their family with a child who desperately needs it.

Host Trudy Kerr discusses the details of the joys and challenges of adoption with Dorianne Catania - who has two children Jenna and Ryker, Jenna is a beautiful young little girl adopted from India, Elaine Micallef Avallone is a psychotherapist, and her and her wife Roann have an open adoption with their Maltese adopted daughter, and Charmaine Attard Bezzina who is a lecturer at MCAST and mum to her adopted son.

Join us on this touching show to be moved, informed and inspired.

Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should.

Health is a frequently requested topic on The SHE Word, but one aspect of our health that is rarely discussed is our Sexual Health.

Whether due to embarrassment or lack of knowledge - we rarely give due importance to our emotional, medical and physical sexual health. However, the results of not giving our sexual health the relevance it deserves can have long term, and sometimes devastating implications.

On this episode, Host Trudy Kerr is joined by three women who are experts in their field to discuss this critical topic from all angles of sexual health. Fran Fenech Conti - founder of Women for Women and a women’s empowerment icon in Malta, also the woman who suggested the topic, Nicola Falzon - Head of Prevention Department at YMCA Malta, Trainee Psychotherapist and Mental & Sexual Health Advocate and Donia Gamoudi who is a doctor specialising in sexually transmitted infections, contraception and psychosexual medicine.

With recent findings stating that there are 13,000 new case of STIs every year and Malta's HIV rates the highest in Europe it seems that this show is long-overdue.

Conversations women rarely have, but really REALLY should.

Can Women and Men really ever just be good friends? What qualities do Women look for and admire in Men? Why do Women and Men so often misunderstand each other?

In this episode, four women look into the relationship between women and men, from dads, best friends, partners, dating, sex, roles in the home and so much more.

Joining Host Trudy Kerr is British-born, Malta-based Chelsea Bagnal - winner of Malta’s Love Island, who is affectionately outspoken and bold as brass, Tez Saliba - an actress, teacher, singer, parent and wife, and Alexia DeMicoli, Chief Relations Officer at Hospice Malta, Winner of this year’s Lovin Malta Social Media Award for Best NGO, and Alexia is also married to the much loved Keith DeMicoli.

Enjoy this hilariously funny and thought-provoking show.

Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should.

In 2022 the European cosmetics industry hit €88 billion in sales. whilst globally the Botox market has grown to be worth about $4.4 billion, on total, the beauty industry's net worth is estimated at $528.6 billion worldwide as of 2022. Researchers foresee an 8% increase in 2023, the fastest annual growth rate in the last 13 years. Beauty is big business.

Whilst we all strive to look our best, the pressures in 2023 are undoubtedly more than ever before. Host Trudy Kerr sits down with three women from the beauty industry to discuss questions such as 'what is achievable in our quest for beauty?', 'where is the industry driving us as women?', 'What are the biggest beauty trends at the moment that you are seeing?' and 'how do you deal with a woman who is clearly pushing beyond what is healthy in her pursuit of perfection?'.

Joining Trudy is Deborah Mercieca - Aesthetic Medicine Doctor, Dorianne Catania - the founder of Salon chain Ayur Veda, and Rowana Gatt - Marketing Manager at Lucy Make Up.

Conversations women rarely have, but really should.

Conversations that women rarely have but really should.

The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime, and whilst we can choose our friends and life partners and we can make decisions regarding family and our down time, the workplace is often an aspect of our life that often is beyond our direct control. A comprehensive 2022 Workplace Survey found 92% of employees experience mental health challenges that impact their work.

Psychotherapist and Co-Founder at Indigo Psychology Services Malta Claire Borg, Foundation Doctor and Aspiring Psychiatrist Nicole Borg, and solopreneur, headhunter & talent advisor Fran Moisa join host Trudy Kerr to discuss the pressures of the work environment today and what we can all do to positively thrive rather than struggle to survive.

Watch and live.