Irina Zhuravleva

Si vous voulez passer de "joindre les deux bouts" à une intimité véritablement grande, il est utile de comprendre les quatre types généraux dont les gens parlent souvent : physique...

Avez-vous déjà eu l'impression d'être muselé ? Vous vous exprimez sur quelque chose d'important et au lieu d'être écouté, vous êtes écarté. Parfois, les gens rient. Parfois ils...

There are two especially damaging ways that self-centered parents can shape how you relate to others: first, by not taking an interest in or supporting...

If a child grows up without enough emotional care, they can be especially likely to channel their romantic energy toward people who aren’t actually available....

Many of the people I work with are hurting because they accepted the idea that if they long for a loving, committed partnership, having a...

For a person burdened by psychological trauma, seeking support from the wrong people while trying to heal from childhood wounds can feel deeply unsettling and...

Vous jetez un coup d'œil à votre téléphone une fois de plus, revivant la dernière conversation et vous demandant ce qui n'a pas fonctionné. Vous avez essayé d'être plus calme, plus gentil, moins exigeant. Vous avez minimisé votre...

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...

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;...

There is a particular kind of silence that exists inside intimate relationships — the hush that follows when you risk being vulnerable and are met...

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...

Work is one of the worst places to fall for someone you can’t—or shouldn’t—pursue. It can destroy your happiness, harm theirs, devastate your spouse, and...

Ending up in harmful partnerships is a common and painful outcome for people who experienced abuse and neglect growing up. When mistreatment was normal in...