Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

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

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.

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

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

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?

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

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.