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A review of medical literature has suggested that probiotics and depression are related and that probiotics may indeed help ease depression.. A gut-wrenching experience. Butterflies in your stomach. Many of us instinctively feel the connection between our gut and our brain. That connection and how the range of bacteria residing in our digestive tract — our microbiome — might help treat mental illness has become a field of interest for scientists in recent years. A new review of medical literature has suggested that probiotics – foods or supplements containing microbes thought to exert a positive influence on our gut — could help ease depression. “ThisRead More…

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“Listen, but don’t be afraid to do something that you are passionate about just because it deviates from “the norm”. If you follow your internal compass, life has a funny way of working out” – Laura Paris Laura Paris recently collaborated with Break the Taboo and Young Progressive Beings to put together a collection of women’s abortion experiences called Dear Decision Makers in the hope of persuading policy makers to listen to women and create debate around Malta’s total abortion ban. Wham caught up with Laura Paris to find out what drives this ambitious young dynamic woman who works as a disease control specialist inRead More…

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Wham is always interested in different events and to highlight new opportunities for women, so when we heard of a group of girls playing polo at the Arena Polo we had to go find out what this was all about. I don’t know much about polo except that it’s played on a horse and looks dangerous to me who’s very scared of horses. But in the name of empowerment, information and also because I was quite intrigued, I headed off to the Arena Polo arena at Montekristo Estates to find out more about this sport and these brave women who play it. I met upRead More…

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Summer 2020 has been the most anticipated summer yet! Add a little glamour to your beach look and dazzle by the pool with our Accessorize SS2020 Collection and this will be your best summer ever! With a winter spent inside there is no doubt we will be embracing the warmer season now more than ever. Accessorize is your go to summer boutique full of stunning swimwear, beach clothing, sarongs, kaftans, flip flops & sandals, statement jewellery and so much more. Add a little glamour to your beach look and dazzle by the pool with our SS2020 Collection and this will be your best summer ever!Read More…

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“People ask me all the time how I managed to turn my life around, and my answer to everyone is to try the Six Pack Revolution. My name is Hayley and this is my story…“ At 35 years old, I had some life changing news. For a few months I had notbeen feeling my usual self, but had got on with everything as normal, and brushed it off with being stressed by work, and just tired. I finally went to the doctors and chatted about everything with my nurse, who was concerned that there may be an underlying cause, and asked me to bring inRead More…

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As a newly graduated Gestalt Psychotherapist, Sophie caught our attention because she portrays the modern Maltese woman; confident, influential, inspirational, bright, independent and in the words of Annie Lennox “doing it for herself”. We caught up with Gestalt Psychotherapist Sophie Bonello Du Puis to find out more about her. Tell us a bit about yourself – how old are you? what are your aspirations, and what are you passionate about? I am 27 years old and have always aspired to working in the field of psychotherapy. The dream is to open a private clinic which I can call my own, a space which promotes safety,Read More…

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Maltese bobbin lace … What comes to mind when you think of it? Perhaps watching your great grandmother working lace when you were a child, perhaps listening to stories about where your mother’s most prized tablecloth came from, memories of hawkers at Gozo selling their lace products or images of British royalty wearing our Bizzilla. Even as lace-making slowly and silently fades into our cultural history, we all have some story to tell or some experience to share.  St Jeanne Antide Foundation’s SOAR service launched a project in late 2019 called A Stitch in Time, to bring women together, especially women who have faced difficultRead More…

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A mindful sex app has been created using techniques such as cognitive behavioural therapy promoting pleasure, confidence and health for women. For centuries, research has seen a huge male bias, creating a gap in knowledge about women’s health. Research now shows that a half of the men and women surveyed in Britain had a serious lack in identifying and understanding the function of a vagina. This is compounded by poor perceptions around female pleasure that are derived from porn. This is why two young entrepreneurs set out to change the narrative around women’s sexual wellbeing. Quinlan, 29, and Hushlak, 31, have launched a mindful sexRead More…

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Emergency contraception in Malta includes two types of emergency contraceptive pills, with the more popular ones named ESCAPELLE®. Read on to find out who stocks the MAP in your locality. What are Emergency Contraceptive Pills and what are they used for? ECPs are sometimes called “morning after” pills (MAP). ECPs can be used any time a woman is worried that she might become pregnant. For example, after: Unprotected sex Mistakes using contraception, such as: Condom was used incorrectly, slipped, or broke Delays in taking the daily oral contraceptive pill or missed pills Couple incorrectly uses a fertility awareness method (for example, failed to abstain orRead More…

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Certain health conditions affecting women in a different way than men include breast cancer, UTIs, anxiety and depression, and more… Although women suffer from the same health conditions as men, women are affected and suffer in different ways and in some cases more severely then men. The main example of this is breast cancer, although men can suffer from breast cancer it affects women in larger numbers and women are at a much higher risk of developing breast cancer. For example alcohol, even though men are more likely to become addicted the affects of alcoholism are more serious in women. Alcoholism in women can increaseRead More…