Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

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

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

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.

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

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

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

Reading in bed together, while it might not be a major milestone — like marriage or having children — truly is a significant event in a relationship.