Elizabeth Laura Nelson

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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

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.

Sexless marriage? Couples therapists estimate that around 20 percent of marriages are sexless. Don’t give up without giving these ideas a try.

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

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.

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

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.