Overcoming Fears & Phobias
What are you afraid of? A reader asks for help coping with her fear of doctors.
What are you afraid of? A reader asks for help coping with her fear of doctors.
A mom needs help getting her toddler who is experiencing a sleep regression back to his champion sleeping ways.
Dearest Wise and Wonderful Amalah, I am writing to you in desperation from the other side of the world – Sydney, Australia to be exact. On January 1st 2008 (as in less than month away) I am traveling to Atlantic City, and will be there…
Am I a momzilla if I don’t want certain difficult relatives visiting my newborn baby?
Is your toddler spoiled rotten…or just doing what all toddlers do? How young is too young to teach compassion and empathy?
A mom needs advice because her toddler persistently challenging behavior at home is causing for chronic unhappiness and stress for the entire family.
So I was about halfway through a regular old Smackdown Q&A, cheerfully bossing someone around about their personal grooming habits, when it hit me that it’s already been a week since I posted this. The Laura Bennett Challenge. Fight the Frump. And so forth. So…
Hello Amalah, While I’m not sure how you feel about advice-seekers straying away from beauty and fashion, I will take a chance and submit a non-product-related question (because in addition to converting me to Philosophy products for my face – OMFG, thank you – several…
Hi Amalah, Love love love love love the smackdown. I followed your foundation routine religiously (including buying a Sephora brush) when I wore makeup… I stopped turbaning my hair as soon as you suggested it (and yes, my hair is happier.) Ok, so my skin…
Amalah shares her favorites sunscreen choices for sensitive skin, just in time for summer.
What to do when your pedicures become a problem.
A nursing mother of a seven month old, who had a challenging time in the beginning, is worried about the future, when it comes time to wean even though she is not there yet with her baby.
Amalah tackles the Case of the Scatterbrained Mother-in-Law — who leaves choking hazards everywhere she goes.
Our happiest update yet.
A first-time mom is looking for age-appropriate tips to get her toddler excited and involved in her first memorable Christmas.
Dear Amalah, I consider myself a well educated consumer of “the product.” You know, anything that can be purchased on the ground floor of a department store, at Sephora or in aisle 3 of your local Walgreen’s. I am currently a devotee of Laura Mercier…
Here’s the deal: I don’t wash my face if I’m not wearing makeup. I know what you’re saying: “gotta wash off the grime of daily life, blah, blah, blah.” But I have dry skin; sometimes so dry that I apply a drop o’ vaseline to…
Making the perfect holiday card from imperfect photos.
My parents are secretly planning to move near my immediate family. They are functional alcoholics and the stress of them pressuring to consistently babysit my young son is leading me to actually consider moving out-of-state.
How to set boundaries for grandparents. But, with love.