Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

Researchers say that the average relationship hits the ‘comfort zone’ phase after 11 months and 24 days.

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.

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.

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

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

Is it better to be alone than to be in a miserable relationship?

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?

Are you drowning in negativity?