Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.

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…

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

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

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

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.

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

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.