Irina Zhuravleva

Severe neglect in early life, when caregivers fail to attend to a child’s needs, often leaves a person emotionally porous. You might have built a...

Okay, let’s simplify relationships: if you or your partner, whether deliberately or unintentionally, lack the desire to build trust, intimacy, emotional safety, or healthy communication,...

Almost everything you encounter about childhood trauma emphasizes how awful it is, how broken you are, and how terrible the people who hurt you were....

So the other day both of my kids’ rooms were a mess. I told my daughter, “Please go clean your room now.” My son wasn’t...

So, can someone with narcissistic traits actually change, and is it possible to preserve a relationship when your partner is narcissistic? The short answer to...

So how do you tell your partner what you need and how you feel without them getting defensive, feeling attacked, or accusing you of not...

Not every obsessive bond takes the form of a romantic affair — sometimes it’s a friendship that fills the void left by childhood neglect and...

Men, I want to help you see something many of the women you’re with struggle to communicate: they often can’t ask for what they need...

You deserve steady, devoted love—you deserve love that is generous and willing to sacrifice. You deserve warmth, gentleness, and someone who treats you with the...

“I was thinking earlier—do you want more sexual intimacy between us?” “Sorry, what do you mean by sexual intimacy?” “Like, do you want us to...

They can block you on every platform. They can change numbers — but they can’t switch off the frequency. They still pick up on your...

If you’re a woman who often feels peripheral—liked on the surface but not truly seen—you are far from alone. Maybe you’re warm, encouraging, reliable. You...

I will always remember the moment I discovered there was an actual name for what I’d been struggling with—the strange behaviors, the floods of feeling...

When someone says they want “closure,” I tend to be wary—often what they really mean is they’re still obsessively in love with someone and are...

Decades of study by Drs. John and Julie Gottman found that the most powerful indicator of a relationship’s future health was how partners responded to...

All right — how can you tell if something you said actually hurt your partner? That’s a vital question, because too many of us, myself...

Come on — can we stop griping that a marriage-advice video is “too long” when it’s literally only three minutes? In a culture addicted to...

There is a strange paradox in human relationships that only a few truly understand. Often the instant you stop pursuing someone is the moment they...

Okay — today I want to cover how to argue with a narcissist and actually come out on top, because few things are more maddening...

I kept getting into the same pointless arguments over the same stupid dishes until I finally saw that the disputes weren’t really about plates at...

Most women pick up on it, yet very few voice it: female friendships can carry a set of unwritten rules. These expectations aren’t posted anywhere...

Okay, gentlemen — let’s have a conversation about teasing our partners. I enjoy a good laugh as much as anyone, but here’s a simple guideline...

There’s a repeating dynamic that quietly destroys many women’s lives, and it often goes unnoticed. You’re intelligent. You work hard. You’ve put effort into personal...

Okay — let’s address this right now. I’m speaking directly to you. You’re here because it feels like your words keep hitting a brick wall,...