Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

Honesty is supposed to be the cornerstone of a healthy relationship, and lying, an automatic dealbreaker. But should it be?

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

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.

Being a parent isn’t everything.

Are you drowning in negativity?