Elizabeth Laura Nelson

This isn’t Sleeping Beauty. There’s no prince coming to rescue you. What relationship beliefs are standing in your way?

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

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.

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.

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

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

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.

No energy at 3PM? The mid-afternoon slump is a well-known phenomenon.

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

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