Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

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.

Parents — we’re the worst.

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

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

If you have these four types of friends in your life, they could literally be making you sick. Consider yourself warned and remove these toxic friends!

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

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.

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…