The SHE Word

In this episode of The She Word Mums, we are having an honest, compassionate conversation about the rollercoaster that is postpartum.

Postpartum otherwise known as the fourth trimester, is experienced by each and every single mum, but not in the same way.

Maxine Attard makes her hosting debut in this fresh episode and is joined by three amazing guests; Steph Rogers; mum of 2, educator and influencer. Steph speaks about her experiences of postpartum and how it changed from her first to her second child. She talks about her own coping mechanisms, and how she began to feel more like herself- even though it was met with backlash on her social media platforms.

Dorothy Bezzina; mum of 2, educator, singer, actress and producer shares her unique and interesting take on the term ‘bouncing back’, as well as enlightening us with her positive approach to postpartum. Dorothy’s calm energy and positivity will give any mum to be or new mother that beacon of hope and confidence that is so needed during the most vulnerable moments.

Our third guest on the show is Rebecca Mizzi, mother of 2, hypnobirthing teacher and independent midwife with Positive Birth Malta. Rebecca debunks postpartum myths,

talks us through what truly happens during the postpartum period, and gives golden advice to couples and new mothers.

We talk about everything from our experiences, to our frustrations with the system, how the dads role is finally changing for the better, and just how much support is needed during one of the most beautiful, messy and hardest time of a mums life.

This episode offers validation, real talk and reassurance that you are not alone in this rollercoaster that is postpartum.

Many thanks to our sponsors; Hyatt Regency, Browns, Ayur Veda, Slinky and Co, Monsoon, ProHealth, Pemix Distributors

TSW Afterhours is the show where regular guest dive into current and topical subjects and pull them apart from four direct perspectives. Comment and have your say too!

In this show, Host Trudy sits down with regulars Emily Jones, Sue Caruana and Tez Saliba to tackle lighthearted and serious topics head on. This show includes a look at the predicted fashion trends for 2026, a deep dive into the term ‘rage baiting’, AI and our relationship with ChatGPT and other AI platforms.

Also in this show Emily shares the news of her recent engagement and how the news was received by her followers, which lead on to a lively discussion concerning authenticity online and the predicted trend for micro influencers for 2026 and the search for more genuine content for both brands and individuals alike. The table also takes a deep dive into algorithms and the impact on our mental health.

Throughout the show the ladies test out the new flavours of Malta’s favourite snack, with mixed and hilarious results. And the show guests tackle a ‘real life’ Agony Aunt question, with a wide variety of sincere and brilliantly funny suggestions from the table.

This show is your companion whilst driving, exercising, working, cooking, doing the chores, pretty much anything (but remember that the Afterhours show contains adult content) - the show is going to make you laugh, chuckle, think, probably shout at the show, agree, disagree, and hopefully make you want to share your opinions too.

So make time for this one, The Perfect Podcast Companion.

Marina Mazepa is an actress, a dancer, a contortionists, a choreographer, a model and an artist. Ukrainian Marina knew as a child that she wanted to be famous, she wanted to perform and be the very best that she could be. As a young women Marina won scholarships, competitions, dance events, and then famously made it through to the semi finals of America’s Got Talent, but just as Marina reached the heights of her early career, Marina packed her bags and headed to Hollywood as a young woman who couldn’t speak English, in a highly competitive industry, taking every break she could get.

In this edition of SHE Warriors Marina shares her story of determination and overcoming every challenge and her own imposter syndrome to chase her dreams and take to the stage and screen to share her talent, passion and drive to perform.

Marina shares how she turned down a residency with the prestigious Cirque Du Soleil to follow her true passion of acting, starting from scratch and knocking on people’s doors to be given an opportunity to act. Thankfully the gamble paid off with big screen and small screen credits including The Unholy, Malignant, The Continental, and Darkness of Man.

Marina also shares how her journey has driven her to soul search and examine her own life in order to play the parts that she has portrayed, to evaluate her own decisions to be able to become the best version of herself.

A beautiful story of a young woman defying expectations and beating the odds to become the artist she wants to be.

We ALL love to love and be loved, don’t you agree? And for that reason, this episode is an absolute MUST listen for everyone.

From our earliest age love plays a huge role in our lives. We are actually “programmed” to love due to a combination of biological factors involving specific brain chemicals, like dopamine and oxytocin, that drive us to form bonds, but our brains are wired for social connection and attachment. But what we learn about love in our earliest years, in our childhood, very much shapes the way love looks in our lives and this can differ wildly for each person, even siblings growing up in the same home. This is our love Blueprint; the way we view, express and understand what love is, and what it means.

As we grow older and experience variations of love beyond our Blueprint we are presented with choices. We can either reassess and revaluate our love framework and understanding and evolve and learn, or we apply our parameters to our relationships - both positively and negatively.

In this show Trudy sits down with three women to examine the Blueprints they developed from a young age, looking at the influences that formed their opinions, and the lessons that life taught them to revaluate their understanding and experiences of Love.

Danae Mercer Ricci is an influencer with an online community of over 2.5 million followers, using her platform to speak out about body positivity, understanding social media and its impact, and protecting young girls and the challenges they face today. Danae’s also holds a powerful story of overcoming an early life with her teenage mum, a succession of men and often abusive father figures and shares how these experiences shaped the relationships she formed as an adult.

Demaris Agius, also known as Life of a Mum on Instagram, Demaris is an ADHD advocate, a long-term wife and mother, and a content creator. Demaris shares her experiences of her family influences and how meeting and marrying her husband when they were in their very early twenties has presented its own challenges, and opportunities. Demaris talks about how both her and her husband have changed over the course of their relationship, growing into new versions of themselves, as partners and parents. And the work that it has take to maintain, build and strengthen their love over nearly two decades.

Maxine Attard is part of The SHE Word family, Mum of two, currently working her way through postpartum and her new life with two young children. Maxine brings her own story to the discussion, growing up with a single parent, also hit hard when her beloved Mum passes away from cancer when Maxine was in her late twenties. Maxine shares how the absence of a father shaped her understanding of trust and the role a husband, partner and father can play.

This show is full of Golden Nuggets of experiences, lessons learned, changed perceptions, honest opinions and admissions. There is something for everyone in this edition of The SHE Word, no matter where you are on your Love and Life Journey.

With HUGE thanks to: Browns, Prohealth, Tampax, Always, Maison Perrier, Satariano Living, Dave’s Supermarkets, iCentre, YUE, Ayurveda, Growth Gurus, Monsoon, Myoka Spas and UBER

In the first ever Maltese episode of The SHE Word: Young Women’s Edition, host Sasha Vella welcomes listeners to a culturally rich conversation exploring what it truly means to be a Maltese woman today.

For the first time, this episode is conducted entirely in Maltese, opening space for an honest discussion around identity, language, and belonging. Sasha addresses her own relationship with the Maltese language and the public commentary surrounding it, using this episode to reclaim language as a core part of Maltese female identity.

Joined by Josline Camilleri, Denise Kim Gafa, and Jais Zammit, all active voices within the social media space, the panel dives into conversations many of us recognise but don’t always have out loud. From the realities of code switching, dialects, and whether the Maltese language is being lost, to how language shapes personality and self expression.

The episode also unpacks the complexities of Maltese identity, pride and frustration, stereotypes, and the tension of living on a small island that can both nurture and restrict. The guests reflect on everyday Maltese habits and whether Malta allows space to truly be yourself.

At the heart of the discussion are the lived experiences of Maltese women. From judgement and support between women, social media scrutiny, driving culture, and the challenges that come with growing up female in Malta. The conversation also explores the desire many young women feel to leave the island, why some return, and how living abroad can shape perspective.

An open, relatable, and much needed conversation that celebrates Maltese culture and the voices of young Maltese women.

Please note - this episode is in Maltese

With special thanks to our sponsors: Browns, Ayurveda, Tampax, Always, Islands 8 Gin, YUE, Hyatt Regency, UBER, iCentre, and Growth Gurus.

The SHE Word’s founder and host Trudy Kerr invites three of Malta’s leading men to sit down to discuss one of today’s toughest topics and everything that surrounds it; Male Violence and Aggression, and the Impact on Women.

This raw episode is probably the most honest conversation about this massive issue shared from a man’s perspective and understanding. This show isn’t about ‘bashing’ or accusing men. On the contrary, this episode sets out to break the silence on an issue that simply can’t be fully understood and solved without men as a crucial part of the conversation.

With one in three women facing violence and assault, Trudy lays out the sober truths that women face everyday in terms of safety, SA, DV, aggression and harassment; the constant negotiations women and girls make to navigate the opposite gender both online and offline.

Guests Podcaster Jon Mallia, Producer and Presenter Frank Zammit and Editor in Chief Herman Grech join Trudy at the table to dive into the multilayered and complex subject, and unravel not only what motivates the minority of men who commit violence, assault and abuse, but why most men find it hard to call out this behaviour. Frank stuns the table as he shares the brutal honesty that men find it easier to support a campaign such as Animal Cruelty than speak out against SA or DV. Jon shares his fears for his daughter and her safety, and Herman unravels the role social media plays in fuelling rage against one another.

The guests delve into what makes men men, the shifting climate, the sliding scale of implication, healthy masculinity and rise of toxic men, everyday objectification, the role of heroes and the heartbreaking and tragic dynamic of young men today.

Whilst this show isn’t an easy listen, it is an absolute game changer in opening the conversation to include both men and women, with the goal to start to understand how we can tackle the issue of identity, value, violence, abuse and aggression from the very roots.

This is a show for women AND men, to feel seen, understood, and to be able to understand this global endemic issue from the other side of gender fence, from a different point of view.

With HUGE thanks to: Browns, Prohealth, Tampax, Always, Maison Perrier, Satariano Living, Dave’s Supermarkets, iCentre, YUE, Ayurveda, Growth Gurus, Monsoon, Myoka Spas and UBER

If you are affected by any of the topics discussed during the show in any way, please reach out to Stop Violence Malta on: +356 2276 8301

The Richmond Foundation: 1770 (local Malta)

The Domestic Violence Unit Support Line: 179 


Feature references from the show: 


Scott Galloway and the Young Men Crisis: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRzeafzCINK/?igsh=ajV2bzB3MG1zNzJx

Scott Galloway and Rage Sells https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR3Gk5vAQdT/?igsh=MmVkMWp5aTlhcXIy

The Sliding Scale, Part One: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQdDEfaCEax/?igsh=eDV0NGw2aHlsaDFz

The Sliding Scale, Part Two: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQdDP0KiHBd/?igsh=MTZsZGlhc3RpdnBycw==

Men Fear Rejection, Women Fear Death; https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRcmwdEgQ7I/?igsh=MjZtZzgxa3ByNWxw

Danae Mercer Ricci is an instagram influencer with millions followers, who uses her platform to share a message of body positivity and educate about online image manipulation and the impact of social media on women. Her reels, photos and stories have reached all over the world, empowering women and girls to be more aware and informed of the multi-billion dollar industries that base their marketing strategies on telling us that we are not enough. Danae is also a journalist, a speaker, a wife and a mum, who works with women and young girls through her passion projects across the globe.

But behind this success story is a journey of loss, grief, abuse, pain, and a crippling illness that nearly became the end of Danae’s life. Trudy Kerr sits down with Danae to dive into the woman behind the instagram page and uncovers not just the trauma and tragedy, but a tale of resilience and rising above her turbulent beginnings to aim high and keep climbing. This honest, open and raw interview leaves no story untold.

Danae speaks with passion and love as she tells how her late mother pushed her to be more than her roots. She shares how her mum ran from bad relationships to worse relationships, taking her four children with her. Danae talks about the tragic sadness of her mother’s death, the subsequent unrootedness for her and her siblings and the impact on her as she poured herself into her studies and the ever increasing need to find comfort in the controlling disease Anorexia.

In this episode of SHE WARRIORS, Danae delves into how she fought her way to recover from debilitating eating disorders, found her freedom in friendships, travelled the world whilst navigating a toxic relationship, blew up her socials and went viral in COVID with her body-honest message as she gathered 100,000 new followers a day by empowering women, but also gathering unwanted abusive attention.

Danae tells the brilliantly entertaining and beautiful account of how she met the love of her life whilst locked together in an apartment for six weeks. Danae also shares her passion to use her voice to empower women, especially young girls, to navigate the world we live in today, and the very real challenges that face us.

This episode of SHE WARRIORS is deeply moving, emotional and powerful. Danae brings an openness rarely experienced in interviews, a relatable rawness that will make all women (and men) feel seen in their own challenges and situations.

Huge thanks to the partners that make these conversations possible, Brown’s Pharmacy, Hyatt Regency Malta and Intimissimi

This episode of the She Word is a She Word Mum’s show and a very special one at that.

In this episode, host Nerissa Massa was brave enough to have three Dad guests around the table - the first ever in the history of the She Word. She sits down to get the low down on what Dads experience and go through.

So many times it is only mothers who talk about their experience of parenthood and we rarely hear the Dad's side of the story.

Nerissa sits down with Sean Gravina, Kevin Naudi and JD Patrick to discuss everything Dad related- from finding out their partner was pregnant, to how present they are in their kid’s lives today.

These Dads bare all about the highs, the lows and the unexpected moments of parenthood, how they changed when they became dads and how they split household and child minding chores with their other half.

This show is hilarious, chaotic and beautifully honest and has highlighted some very interesting points in amongst the laughter.

Many thanks to Browns, Hyatt Regency, Pro Health, Monsoon, Slinky and Co, Pemix, Ayur Veda and iCentre.

Welcome to the third edition of The SHE Word Afterhours, a less ‘censored’ edition of the show, where Trudy sits down with three guests who aren’t afraid to share their thoughts on current topics and challenges, and for whom we take no responsibility...

In this mostly hilarious, sometimes serious edition, Host Trudy is joined by regulars Sue Caruana and Tez Sabina, and special guest Gianni Zammit.

The conversation bounces around the topics of Christmas Decorations, Opening Crisps from the wrong end, summer and winter bed sheets, and much more with brilliantly funny exchanges and innuendo. The four contemplate their parallel lives and show intros and go on to get distracted by whether or not it is possible that Gianni’s daughter is just to extraordinary to be his.

The show also takes a deeper and more serious look at the resilience of the children we are raising, the impact of the ‘participation medal culture’ and the result of over-protective parenting, whilst Gianni presents his outstanding ‘pendulum theory’.

The episode goes on to take a deeper dive into AI and our dependence on technology, the impact it is having on our children, and the long term on us as adults, whilst asking the question ‘can you remember your childhood phone number?’

And the show returns to the light-hearted banter as the table bonds over belly lights about the garbage, Tez’s husband’s squeaky door, Gianni’s pet hate for WhatsApp groups, Trudy’s grinch attitude, and Sue’s insistence that Tez should ‘flush the fegking toilet’

Loose yourself and unwind in a brilliantly comically and surprisingly deep episode of The SHE Word Afterhours, perfect for your daily commute, background entertainment to your weekly chores, company whilst cooking, or outright relaxing entertainment, BUT DO NOT MISS this podcast GOLD. 

With HUGE thanks to: Browns, Prohealth, Tampax, Always, Maison Perrier, Satariano Living, Dave’s Supermarkets, iCentre, YUE, Ayurveda, Growth Gurus, Monsoon, Myoka Spas and UBER

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Let’s be real for a second, keeping the sex spicy in a long term relationship is not a regular dinner time conversation, although maybe it should be. Within marriage and long term relationships, difficulties with sex, different interest levels, or a lack of physical intimacy are cited as common reasons for divorce, separation and break up, with satisfaction often declining over time.

But sex in a long term relationship is important isn’t it? Well. Maybe it isn’t for everyone, and maybe it shouldn’t be. A recent study found that on average, long-term couples have sex about once a week (54 times per year). However, statistics vary widely; one study found 31% of couples have sex a few times per week, while 8% have it once a month, and 33% either have sex rarely or not at all. Let me say that again, a third of couples in long term relationships rarely have sex, or not at all.

In this brilliantly entertaining and informative episode, we not only look at the magic of how to keep your sex life satisfying in all seasons of your relationship, but we look at the importance of sex in a relationship that is likely to change over years, and how to evaluate the importance of sex and intimacy.

Trudy guides her guests through this enlightening and empowering conversation to touch on the challenge of falling in love over and over again with the same person, renegotiating long term relationships, Breaks vs Accelerators and the very real challenges that can interrupt the physical side of a relationship.

Joining Trudy are three regular sex-perts and relationship counsellors; Anna Catania is a highly respected and recommended qualified counsellor specialised in the area of sex and relationships and offers counselling and psychotherapy to individuals and couples who are having difficulties with sexuality, relationships and intimacy. Nicola Falzon is back on The SHE Word, having brought her energy and a wealth of knowledge to our previous show’s on the topic of sex - Nicola is a Gestalt Psychotherapist & Mental and Sexual Health Advocate Marija Attard is a psychotherapist who provides psychosexual therapy, a master in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice.

This episode normalises talking about sex, eliminate any shame and provide all the tools you need to navigate satisfying intimacy in a long term relationship and acknowledges the very real challenges faced by every single couple.

Referenced resources (please note, therapist’s recommended and personal preferences resources only) https://www.datenightquestions.com/ https://lovewick.com/couples-card-game-questions/

With HUGE thanks to: Browns, Prohealth, Tampax, Always, Maison Perrier, Satariano Living, Dave’s Supermarkets, iCentre, YUE, Ayurveda, Growth Gurus, Monsoon, Myoka Spas and UBER