We are all familiar with that experiment in which a Mentos is dropped into a bottle of cola - and the bottle rockets. If we imagine our body as the bottle and our hormones as the Mentos – then the chemical reaction can be explosive, emotionally speaking.

When I became a mother my sister told me that motherhood is a process of letting go. Back then I did not truly understand what this meant. Now I know.

Miscarriage. Here is a word we grow up hearing thrown around every now and again. But the severity of what a woman and her partner are going through is only known to those who really experience the dark reality behind the word.

From children’s books to school textbooks and adult novels, Clare Azzopardi is a household name to anyone who appreciates Maltese literature. She shares her feel-good formula.

We tell our children to wish for the stars. To believe in magic. But when it comes to ourselves, we try to make our dreams fit into “reality”. And our version of reality is much more stringent and unforgiving.

As parents we often feel overwhelmed. Sarah Carabott opens up about the haunting feeling mothers often experience - that we are unprepared and getting it wrong.

Some fairytales live in our heads and take shape without us even realising – perhaps sparked by a mix of Disney, social media and social expectations. They infiltrate into our minds and transform into some sort of happiness yardstick we measure our lives against.

Tennis champion Helen Asciak has a very practical view of life. She likes to keep things simple and uncomplicated. Helen is the first woman to share Her Feel-Good Formula with us.

The urge to shop is a feeling many of us experience regularly. Sometimes it is a gradual craving. But it can also feature as a sudden unexpected force. Paulann Grech tells us why this happens and how to get through it.

I often questioned: why am I a crier? Is it a gender thing fuelled by hormones? Is it culture? Research shows women cry more than men and there are various reasons explaining this phenomenon.