Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Parents — we’re the worst.

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

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

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Are you drowning in negativity?

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

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

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.