Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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

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.

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?

Parents — we’re the worst.

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

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

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

How far should love go?