Elizabeth Laura Nelson

A relationship with a narcissist may start out with butterflies and fireworks...But don’t be fooled: it’s not about you. It’s about them.

Marriage isn’t a game. But playing one can actually help strengthen it. So, game on!

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

Is it possible that talking about your relationship less could actually be the key to making it better? Sometimes, stop talking and just let yourselves be.

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.

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

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

How far should love go?

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.