Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

No energy at 3PM? The mid-afternoon slump is a well-known phenomenon.

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…

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

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

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

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

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

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.