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Mama Let's Talk: Christina & Elaine fostering interview mama let's talk parents Apr 08, 2021

Fostering - a shortcut to parenting or an act of selfless love?

During what proved to be an emotional Mama Let's Talk Episode Donna had a chat with three amazing women. Foster parents Christina Zammit La Rosa and Elaine Brincat were joined by Laura Darmanin from the Directorate of Children and Yo
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Mama Let's Talk: Noel & Chris interview mama let's talk parents superdads Feb 05, 2021
Noel and Chris - perhaps not who you'd expect for a Mama Let's Talk episode, but we wanted to get a number of points across via this interview.
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First, that all parents, but even more so those choosing adoption as a route to parenthood need to be supported and loved as the journey is not an eas
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Mama Let's Talk: Lorinda Mamo interview mama let's talk parents supermums Jan 12, 2021

We're in awe of Lorinda - cancer survivor, mum to the gorgeous Henry, and creative extraordinaire at HappyPlay Company.

For this episode of Mama Let's Talk, Donna has a chat with Lorinda to learn about the period in her life when blogging was her therapy and how creativity gives her an outlet for tho...

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Mama Let's Talk: Ira Losco interview mama let's talk parents supermums Jan 12, 2021

For the series MAMA LET'S TALK, Donna has a chat with Ira Losco about her off-stage role as mum to Harry and baby Gigi.

Who is mummy Ira? How does she find time for her art? What prompted her to be so vocal about the importance of perinatal mental health? Is Harry a fan of her singing? Be sure to che...

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Mama Let's Talk: Amy Camilleri Zahra interview mama let's talk parents supermums Dec 21, 2020

For the series MAMA LET'S TALK, Donna meets warrior mama Amy Camilleri Zahra, to talk about life as a parent with a disability, why lack of accessibility frustrates her, and how she advocates the importance of parental mental health.

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Q&A with Christina Gauci: Speech and Language Development in Early Childhood (Part 2) early childhood interview milestones q&a speech and language development Dec 21, 2020

Screen time - yay or nay? What about the importance of reading to our baby?

In the second part of our interview with Speech and Language Pathologist Christina Gauci, we also talk multilingual familiesĀ where family members areĀ speaking more than one language with the children - how does this change th...

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Q&A with Christina Gauci: Speech and Language Development in Early Childhood (Part 1) early childhood interview milestones q&a speech and language development Dec 20, 2020

Donna chats with Speech and Language Pathologist Christina Gauci on the topic of speech and language development in early childhood.

In the first part of our interview, we have a look at the milestones that we should keep track of, how we can encourage speech and language development (since before bi...

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Mama Let's Talk: Melissa Gatt interview mama let's talk parents supermums Dec 11, 2020

For the series MAMA LET'S TALK, Donna chats with Melissa fromĀ @theislandmummaĀ to learn about her experience as a mum of three, the daily challenges and why she learnt to accept help.

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Interview with Ms Fiona Lyndley - Craniosacral Therapy alternative therapies craniosacral therapy interview Oct 02, 2020

We virtually met Ms Fiona Lyndley , a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Pre & Perinatal Somatic Psychologist - a bit of a tongue-twister, as Donna quickly found out, but Fiona's heartfelt explanation of what Craniosacral Therapy is all about is an eye-openerĀ to the possibilities that lie within ...

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