Irina Zhuravleva

Es gibt zwei besonders schädliche Arten und Weisen, wie selbstbezogene Eltern Ihre Beziehungen zu anderen beeinflussen können: erstens, indem sie sich nicht für Sie interessieren oder Sie nicht unterstützen...

Haben Sie sich jemals gesehnt? Sie erheben Ihre Stimme zu etwas Wichtigem und werden stattdessen abgetan. Manchmal lachen die Leute. Manchmal...

Viele der Menschen, mit denen ich zusammenarbeite, leiden, weil sie die Idee akzeptiert haben, dass, wenn sie sich auf eine liebevolle, feste Partnerschaft freuen, es ein...

Für eine Person, die durch psychisches Trauma belastet ist, kann die Suche nach Unterstützung bei den falschen Menschen, während sie versucht, altersbedingte Wunden zu heilen, sich zutiefst beunruhigend anfühlen und...

You glance at your phone again, replaying the last exchange and wondering what went wrong. You’ve tried being calmer, kinder, less demanding. You’ve minimized your...

Think of these two leaves as a picture of your relationship. I plucked them from the same flourishing plant—one received sunlight, water and good soil;...

Have you ever wondered why the person who walked away from you can’t actually let you go? Even when they’re with someone new, even while...

Think about it — the same things we did to win her over are exactly the things we need to keep doing to maintain her...

The single thing that terrifies a toxic person more than almost anything else is when you draw firm boundaries — because boundaries remove their power....

Alright — as you probably know, Father’s Day is this Sunday, and I wanted to offer some thoughts on ways you might show your partner...

Okay — a straightforward question: how do I talk to my partner without them feeling attacked or shutting down? How can I bring up something...

Men — please don’t let your relationship fall apart the way mine did. I’m sharing this as a warning: by the time you finally say...

You cannot keep playing the avoidance game forever. Time evens everything out. The wall you assembled around your heart, brick by brick, telling yourself it...

Okay, we’re live — hello everyone, and thanks for being here. It’s me, the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and Rob has been collecting your questions for...

Listen — I don’t know which one of you needs to hear this, but it drains you when only one person seems to care about...

All right — if you arranged a spa day for your partner or encouraged her to spend Mother’s Day out with her friends, nice work....

There comes a point when words begin to lose their power. You have spoken everything that could be said, named every feeling, justified every silence,...

I’ll always remember the moment I learned there was an actual label for the confusing feelings, odd actions, and repeated mistakes that had shadowed me...

Wenn ein Kind ohne ausreichend emotionale Zuwendung aufwächst, können sie besonders anfällig dafür sein, ihre romantische Energie auf Menschen zu lenken, die nicht tatsächlich verfügbar sind....

About one in three people — and a much larger share among younger generations — report feeling so stressed that most days they are utterly...

You don’t pursue someone because they’re inherently extraordinary. You pursue them because they withhold themselves. The scarcer their affection, the stronger your craving becomes. If...

Alright — let’s get into this now. Do you want to know what the most devastating form of rejection is for that avoidant-dismissive person in...

Imagine being told that sometimes the most loving choice for a partnership is to stop having sex for a while — it sounds counterintuitive, but...

The uncomfortable reality is that “nice guys” often don’t spark attraction in women. I know how that sounds, so hear me out for a minute...