Elizabeth Laura Nelson

The "comfort relationship": Sometimes we get comfortable being uncomfortable.

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 possible that talking about your relationship less could actually be the key to making it better? Sometimes, stop talking and just let yourselves be.

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

Marriage isn’t a game. But playing one can actually help strengthen it. So, game on!

Honesty is supposed to be the cornerstone of a healthy relationship, and lying, an automatic dealbreaker. But should it be?

Parents — we’re the worst.

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.

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

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