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The SHE Word episodes

  • The SHE Word - S3/EP12 - Women Surviving Christmas

    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.

    1 hr 33 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP11 - Women and Adoption

    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.

    1 hr 8 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP10 - Women and Sexual Health

    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.

    1 hr 35 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP9 - Women and Men

    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.

    1 hr 30 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP8 - Women and Beauty

    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.

    1 hr 4 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP7 - Women and Identity
    Some conversations are rarely had because they are controversial. It would be easy to avoid discussing topics that may be emotive, but that's not what we do on The SHE Word, we believe it is important to talk about even the most challenging topics, even if we don't agree. Defining the identity of a woman is not a topic that we would have considered perhaps even 5 years ago, but in an age where definitions are ever developing and inclusion is an important agenda, Women and Identity is a topic that will increasingly touch each of our lives in some way or another. Following an edition of Sue Caruana's Friday feature 'Keeping it Reel' when Sue expressed her concern that some aspects of inclusion may be at the cost of women's rights, the response was polarised and phenomenal. It was clear that there needed to be an in depth discussion on the topic. Three women with varied viewpoints sit down together with host Trudy Kerr to discuss one of today's most emotive topics. Alexia DeBono is self-employed writer and digital marketer, but also the Co-President of the Volt Malta Party, Dr Maria Pisani is a senior lecturer at the University of Malta and cofounder and director of the Integra Foundation, and Sue Caruana who has been on The SHE Word twice before with Body Modification and Surviving Relationship Trauma as well as contributing a popular Friday afternoon reel to the channel. Conversations women rarely have, but really should.
    1 hr 24 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP6 - Women and Menopause Revisited
    There are few certainties in life, but for women who reach their mid to late forties*, menopause is GUARANTEED to affect us in one way or another, and yet a large proportion of women don't know about it, don't talk about it and have very little idea of how it is going to affect their life. Recent statistics reveal (29%) of women never sought information about menopause before they experienced it. One-fifth (20%) of women surveyed had experienced symptoms for a year or more before being assessed by a healthcare provider and 34% had never been formally assessed or diagnosed as menopausal and most (73%) women reported that they were not currently treating their menopause. So we are revisiting this topic, with experience, insight, wisdom, stories and a good does of humour - because this topic NEEDS more conversation.Deirdre Farrugia - first time SheWorder - an athlete, an olympian, a wife and mother, is joined by Izzy Warrington who featured on the SHE Word before in the show Women and the Arts with Tez Saliba and Ira Losco, and Karen Schranz - fitness instructor, business woman, mother and wife, hosted by Trudy Kerr. Conversations that women rarely have but really should.
    1 hr 6 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP5 - Women and Menstruation
    Periods will affect almost every single woman one way or another and will stay with us for approximately 37.5 years of a woman's life. A woman will menstruate for an equivalent duration of 6.5 years of her life. On average, women will have 500 periods over their lifetime, which equals 3,500 days spent menstruating, this amounts to over 10,000 period products in one lifetime. Women in Europe spend around €675 every year on menstrual hygiene products. Based on an average menstrual lifetime of at approximately 40 years, this comes to a total outlay of around €27,000, before taking into account related costs for pharmacological or pain-alleviating products. Of course, each woman is unique so that number will vary, but understanding your cycle is important since you will have so many throughout your life.Guests Chiara Frendo-Balzan - an intensely loved and respected Obstetrics/Gynecology Doctor specialising women’s health and sexual health, with Audrey Galea Souchet who is a Women’s Health Physiotherapist specialising in the pelvic floor and Rebecca Spiteri aka content creator Rebecca's Lifestyle join Host Trudy Kerr to discuss this topic that affects every single woman.Our experts blow away the myths of period pain, what we should put up with, what to do when you think something might be wrong, and common conditions that affect our cycle. Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should
    1 hr 5 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP4 - Women and Mental Health in the Workplace

    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.

    1 hr 14 min
  • The SHE Word - S3/EP3 - Women Childfree
    Conversations Women Rarely Have, But Really Should.While deciding against having children is nothing new, a trend for owning the ‘child-free’ label and discussing that choice more openly is picking up pace.A 2021 study shows 44% of non-parents aged 18 to 49 don’t think they will have children, either because they don’t want them, because the opportunity hasn’t arisen, or because they can't.Helen Chorley, Maria Micallef and Alex Gaglione join host Trudy Kerr to share why they have made the life choice not to have children, for the most surprising reasons. Watch, be surprised and informed.
    1 hr 14 min

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Conversations that women rarely have but really should.

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