Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Would you really rather not get older?

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

Parents — we’re the worst.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.