Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

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…

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.

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.

A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

Are you drowning in negativity?

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

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