Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

Sexless marriage? Couples therapists estimate that around 20 percent of marriages are sexless. Don’t give up without giving these ideas a try.

No energy at 3PM? The mid-afternoon slump is a well-known phenomenon.

The "comfort relationship": Sometimes we get comfortable being uncomfortable.

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

The thing is, when you fight with your partner, it’s your amygdala that takes over. It's the part of the brain that processes fear, and it’s powerful.

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

How far should love go?