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.

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.

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

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

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

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

How far should love go?

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

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.

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.