Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

Are you drowning in negativity?

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.

If your partner is still connected to his horrible ex in a way neither of you can do anything about, here are six ways to cope.

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

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?

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…