Would I feel different if I felt better about myself? Would others look at me and treat me differently? I’m going to try to answer these questions by embarking on a one-month mini-experiment. For one month I will make an effort to look more “groomed” and I will report back every week for four weeks.

When I first became a mother I experienced what felt vaguely familiar. It felt like adolescence: the insecurities, uncomfortable feelings, changing body parts, hormones and more. I was going through matrescence. Perinatal psychiatrists Ethel Felice and Rachel Buhagiar talk about this transition from woman to mother.

Owning your sexuality, being honest and unashamed about what you like, is an integral part of sexual health which is part of general health. Anna Catania, a counsellor specialised in sex and relationships, sheds light on the subject.

The more I think about superpowers, the more I realise that I know many mummies (and daddies) who have them… the human, real version of superpowers.

It’s January. The festive season is over. The Christmas tree is back in storage. For many of us, it’s time to step out of the December slumber and back into reality. It’s Monday blues on steroids.

There is something about the new year approaching that wipes out reality. We are mentally projected into the the new year and thoughts from that imagined future infiltrate our minds: both good and bad.

Expectations, I’ve concluded, are like ‘brain weeds’: they implant themselves in our minds and take over the way we approach - and eventually experience - something.

Natasha Azzopardi Muscat worked hard to get to where she is today - the Director Country Health Policies and Systems at the WHO Regional Office for Europe. She shares her feel-good formula and talks about the choices she made and what motivates her.

This Christmas I am trying to tell myself to simmer it down - to what really matters. I’m trying to get rid of the fancy ingredients that stress me out during the holidays and focus on what really matters: being present.

Dependency. Such an uncomfortable word to this generation. In our parents’ generation, this was the norm. But this generation is one that was nurtured to study and build a career which meant getting a full-time job and salary.