Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

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

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.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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

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.

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

Would you really rather not get older?

Honesty is supposed to be the cornerstone of a healthy relationship, and lying, an automatic dealbreaker. But should it be?