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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

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

No regrets about having kids? Maybe it’s time we all came clean.