Elizabeth Laura Nelson

The thing is, when you fight with your partner, it’s your amygdala that takes over. It's the part of the brain that processes fear, and it’s powerful.

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

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.

Is it possible that talking about your relationship less could actually be the key to making it better? Sometimes, stop talking and just let yourselves be.

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

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

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?