Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

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.

Sexless marriage? Couples therapists estimate that around 20 percent of marriages are sexless. Don’t give up without giving these ideas a try.

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.

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

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

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

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

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

Parents — we’re the worst.