There are conversations we should be having, especially with younger women, but we’re not. They are missing. They are the ones that help you understand how things truly unfold, so you can make informed decisions before it feels like it’s too late.

We are living on the surface of life, controlled by what we expect from ourselves and what others expect of us. We need to let go. Unshackle ourselves from false realities and help others do the same. We need to collectively agree to stop accepting those false realities and demand honesty and truth. This is The Big Abandon.

Let’s all make 2025 a great, authentic year. Shed those senseless, self-imposed expectations and limits and just allow ourselves to just be. Let’s take the things that matter into our own hands and focus on making them happen.

From meals and chores to budgets and children’s activities, AI technology can help streamline tasks that often feel overwhelming. Professor Alexiei Dingli shares ideas on how ChatGPT can act as a mini personal assistant, providing advice and structure around the endless, mentally-taxing to-dos that family life brings.

In July 2023 Rozanne Meilak Borg, a lawyer by profession, packed her life and her family and moved to the UK for a year. Now that she is back in Malta, she shares some thoughts about the enriching experience and reveals how this made her rethink the meaning of ‘home’… and rekindled her passion for words and writing.

Using the toilet is a natural thing we all have to do. But there are parts of it that still feel embarrassing, especially when it comes to using public toilets. From trying to muffle the tinkling sound and devising ways to cover 'the smell', to needing a place to hand a bag - here's the truth about women's toilets.

I have come to believe that multitasking is a necessary evil. Until a few weeks ago I genuinely thought that being able to juggle multiple things at one go was a sort of mini superpower. But now I see it is both a gift and a curse.

I was stuck in traffic, when I remembered a country road I could take to cut across the main roads I was using. I realised that, had the roadworks not forced me towards that winding road months earlier, I would not have known about it.

Rosanne Zammit caught the travel bug when she was a child - and has been happy to cultivate it into adulthood. A seasoned journalist, with a passion for all things Maltese, she talks about how her adventure through Central Asia is more than just about seeing a new part of the world – it is also a journey of self-discovery.

Women hold many things. The home, family, children, food, friendships, work, memories, sorrow, love. The list goes on. But there is a choice to let go of what we no longer want to hold. Artist Maira Kalman shares her thoughts on the subject she explored in her book ‘Women Holding Things’.