Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

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

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.

Researchers say that the average relationship hits the ‘comfort zone’ phase after 11 months and 24 days.

Reading in bed together, while it might not be a major milestone — like marriage or having children — truly is a significant event in a relationship.

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.

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

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