Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.

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.

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…

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.

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.