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…

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.

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

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

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

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.

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

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!