Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

Finding gratitude in the wake of a bad breakup isn’t easy. Here are a few things to focus on.

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.

A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

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

Parents — we’re the worst.

Never ask a Libra where they want to go for dinner.

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

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