Irina Zhuravleva

Today I want to tackle a difficult question: should you change for your partner? The short answer is no — don’t alter who you are...

Being raised amid abuse and neglect nearly always saps a person of their natural strength. You begin to doubt your worth, lose faith in your...

Okay, this is a little bit of a rant, but whenever I try to offer relationship guidance — even when I start by saying that...

One of the surest ways to slowly destroy a relationship is chronic people-pleasing. Not everyone naturally becomes a people pleaser — it often grows out...

The single most potent way to create genuinely meaningful connections with others is to make them feel heard. People crave that — and doing it...

This is not merely a relationship with routine highs and lows. What you’re caught in is a deliberate psychological scheme. The avoidant person in your...

It comes on an otherwise ordinary day. Maybe it’s a Tuesday evening — you’re halfway through a film and finally feeling like yourself again. Or...

Listen — I’ll be honest: I haven’t always been the kind of partner she needed. I dismissed her emotions and, without realizing it, I ignored...

You tell yourself you’re keeping safe. You believe that withdrawing is a sign of toughness. But imagine if the habit you adopted to survive has...

Please listen closely—this matters. Your ex cannot take your place, and I’ll explain exactly why. If you’re reading this, you’re probably sorting through the fallout...

There’s a clear theme that keeps appearing in people who tell me they don’t really know themselves — they’re unsure of their tastes, their hopes,...

Okay, so today’s focus is on the things men often do that damage a marriage — and yes, you might be tempted to forward this...

There’s a huge, almost universal thing that sparks childhood-PTSD symptoms — and chances are you’ve got it too. It’s so common that most people never...

Your body is far more honest about what’s happening in a relationship than your mind. While you busy yourself inventing explanations for their mood swings,...

Men, sometimes when she goes quiet it’s not meant to punish you, and sometimes her pulling away isn’t about getting even — it can be...

¿Cómo se siente cuando intentas ser parte de un grupo? Para muchos de nosotros que crecimos así, la adultez a menudo trae...

El mundo intentará enseñarle a mi hija que su valor reside en su apariencia, que una

La gente a menudo lanza la frase “vínculo traumático”, pero ¿qué significa realmente? Muchos asumen que simplemente significa que dos personas heridas se conectan porque...

Bien, ¿cuánta culpa debería asumir la pareja traicionada por una aventura extramatrimonial que ocurrió dentro de un matrimonio? Esa es una pregunta importante. En última instancia, recuerda...

¿Alguna vez dejaste de perseguir a alguien y notaste cómo cambió la energía en la habitación? Un momento estás enviando mensajes, explicándote, haciendo todo para mantener...

Listen: if you find yourself tempted to cheat on your spouse, you owe it to everyone involved to speak up — even if it feels...

Una consecuencia del trauma pasado es que puede moldear comportamientos—a menudo en torno al sexo y el dinero—que la sociedad juzga duramente. Esas acciones pueden crear estigma que perdura...

Su sentido de quién es usted —y por lo tanto, de lo que puede imaginar para su futuro— está tejido a partir de las narrativas que repite a...

Una de las realidades más difíciles de aceptar cuando estás enamorado de alguien que consistentemente se retrae es esta: cuanto más los persigues, más...