Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

Finding gratitude in the wake of a bad breakup isn’t easy. Here are a few things to focus on.

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.

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.

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

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

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