Elizabeth Laura Nelson

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

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

Honesty is supposed to be the cornerstone of a healthy relationship, and lying, an automatic dealbreaker. But should it be?

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

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.

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

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

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.