Elizabeth Laura Nelson

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

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.

Finding gratitude in the wake of a bad breakup isn’t easy. Here are a few things to focus on.

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.

My whole life, people have been telling me I’m “too much." It's BS.

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

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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

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

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.