Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

Never ask a Libra where they want to go for dinner.

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

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

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

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.