Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

Would you really rather not get older?

My whole life, people have been telling me I’m “too much." It's BS.

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

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

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

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

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

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.

Are you drowning in negativity?