Irina Zhuravleva

They aren’t testing you with words. They test you through silence, distance, and contradiction. If you’ve ever loved someone who once rushed toward you with...

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...

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....

Okay — in this video I’m going to walk through five essentials I believe every relationship needs to prosper. Two people can be together and...

Here’s how to tell if you’re trapped in an unhealthy, toxic situation: when the only moment things feel okay between you is when you stay...

I really think if couples adopted a single simple rule, their arguments could improve almost immediately — hear me out: pick a cue word, something...

A major reason people who grew up neglected as children have difficulty building steady, long-term partnerships is insecure attachment. Often they rush into closeness, get...

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...

Too often the style and tone of our arguments decide whether a relationship endures or collapses. So let me ask you plainly: how do you...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...