Elizabeth Laura Nelson

The "comfort relationship": Sometimes we get comfortable being uncomfortable.

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

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.

How far should love go?

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

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

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

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

The thing is, when you fight with your partner, it’s your amygdala that takes over. It's the part of the brain that processes fear, and it’s powerful.