Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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

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

Are you drowning in negativity?

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

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.

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!

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.