Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

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

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

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

Researchers say that the average relationship hits the ‘comfort zone’ phase after 11 months and 24 days.

Never ask a Libra where they want to go for dinner.

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.

A relationship with a narcissist may start out with butterflies and fireworks...But don’t be fooled: it’s not about you. It’s about them.

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.