Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

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

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

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

If you have these four types of friends in your life, they could literally be making you sick. Consider yourself warned and remove these toxic friends!

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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.