Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

Are you drowning in negativity?

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

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

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

My whole life, people have been telling me I’m “too much." It's BS.

No regrets about having kids? Maybe it’s time we all came clean.

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.