Elizabeth Laura Nelson

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

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

How far should love go?

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

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.

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

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

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.