Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

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 do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

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.

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