Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.

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

Finding gratitude in the wake of a bad breakup isn’t easy. Here are a few things to focus on.

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

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

Marriage isn’t a game. But playing one can actually help strengthen it. So, game on!

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.

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

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