Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

Being a parent isn’t everything.

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

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.

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

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

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.

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

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