Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

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

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.

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.

Attracted to the wrong people? Believe it or not, this is actually a good thing.

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

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

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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