Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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…

A relationship with a narcissist may start out with butterflies and fireworks...But don’t be fooled: it’s not about you. It’s about them.

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

How far should love go?

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

Sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. As the years go by, you come to the realization that who you are now is pretty much who you’ll be forever.