Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Parents — we’re the worst.

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

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

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

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.

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

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

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

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