Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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.

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

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

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?

Being a parent isn’t everything.

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.

No regrets about having kids? Maybe it’s time we all came clean.