Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

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.

Sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. As the years go by, you come to the realization that who you are now is pretty much who you’ll be forever.

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

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

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

Would you really rather not get older?

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