Category: Family

Laughter is taken for granted. Think about it? When was the last time you made a conscious effort to throw a joke? Or perhaps allowed yourself to laugh and truly enjoy that laugh?

Research indicates the powerful effects of laughter

With the current ongoing measures safeguarding the health of people in Malta, many have been adapting to a number of changes in our routines and plans. With the closing down of schools, more working parents are now making arrangements with

While we all tend to look forward to some holidays, the situation surrounding the COVID-19 is quite different; while schools are in fact closed for the time being, families are encouraged to stay home as much as possible. In addition

For this blog I wished to write about the subject of sibling grief after perinatal loss. Perinatal loss is the loss of a child before birth, during birth, or immediately after birth.  Research on the subject tends to focus more

The Christmas period can be particularly difficult when we are grieving the loss of a loved one. Irrelevant of when the loss had occurred, we may especially feel the absence of a family member, friend, or pet more strongly during

Il-Milied huwa żmien importanti għal ħafna familji fil-kultura Maltija. Hemm tendenza li dan iż-żmien ikun ikkaraterizzat minn ħin mal-familja, kemm waqt li jkun qed joqrob, kif ukoll – u b’mod speċjali – il-ġurnata tal-Milied innifisha. Minkejja dan kollu, iktar ma

Breaking bad news is never easy. No one enjoys being the bearer of bad news, especially when you know that the news will upset your loved ones. How do you tell your close relatives that you’ve been fired when you

The most common question after the birth of a new baby is: ‘Is it a boy or a girl?. Yet, sometimes the biological sex of the baby is not that straight forward, which can cause a lot of fear and

Living in the 21^st Century means we often think we are as progressive as it gets. We fight for our rights, protest, march and boast about building inclusive societies, but are we really? Sometimes we all need to check

Part one of this blog focused on how mothers and fathers tend to grief differently when losing a child.  It was argued how such differences can lead to misunderstandings and consequently may even draw the parents away from each other.