Irina Zhuravleva

A pathological narcissist can make you feel exalted one moment and then discard you the next over the smallest perceived slight, and afterward they’ll turn...

Limerence strikes me as almost a metaphysical phenomenon; it winds itself through the wreckage of family breakdowns. It’s an obsessive, high-intensity fixation on people you...

Isn’t it maddening? Just when you finally start to feel lighter—smiling again, sleeping through the night, no longer obsessively checking their Instagram—your phone buzzes and...

They disappear like hoarfrost under a sudden sun, leaving you staring into an unnerving quiet, wondering whether the connection ever existed. Why do avoidant partners...

I used to fall into the habit of apologizing almost immediately, and while that might seem considerate at first glance, it often creates problems. Rushing...

Here’s the single moment that tends to devastate someone with an avoidant attachment style — and why that same moment can feel like liberation for...

You believe he’s untroubled. You picture him walking away without a backward glance: composed, detached, already moving on as if you never mattered. His feeds...

Many people ask which exact method I used to soothe my nervous system and heal the lingering effects of childhood PTSD. If you’ve seen my...

People often teach that relationships should be rooted in selflessness, and there is truth in that—yet a crucial question remains: when does giving turn harmful?...

Being betrayed by infidelity and dishonesty is devastating. Has this happened to you? What makes it so bewildering is that betrayal can creep into relationships...

Begin with a common misconception. When someone pulls away—stops replying to messages, goes quiet after a night of closeness, or physically leans back in a...

It’s predictable: whenever someone offers relationship advice, there’s always that comment — “That won’t help with narcissists; empathy, kindness, and love don’t work on them.”...

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...

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....

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...

Have you ever experienced someone who vanished when you needed them and then suddenly reappeared as if nothing had happened? They message you unexpectedly, like...

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

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

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...

You are the person everyone depends on. Is that you? You are the glue that keeps things together, the one who somehow makes everything function,...

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,...

Here’s a straightforward question for everyone: does your partner have the right to voice a complaint? One of the toughest things for any of us—men...

All right — today we’re covering how to have conversations with men about relationships. Ready? If there’s one lesson from the comments, it’s this: if...