Irina Zhuravleva

Childhood trauma can teach someone to surrender their personal power — through self-sabotaging habits, people-pleasing, and a drive to escape conflict, responsibility, and intimacy. To...

Obsessive love often flares up when life feels empty and the ties to people and pursuits that bring joy are weak. Limerence is what happens...

He may never say it out loud. He might not display it in obvious ways. But if you spot these seven indicators, he’s in love...

Hey everyone — welcome to my big reveal. This is the very first video on my channel. I’m Jimmy, and today I’m going to show...

One of the major ways childhood trauma undermines the possibility of a healthy adult partnership is by freezing emotional growth. When caregivers threaten a child...

Many people believe that avoidant individuals don’t want love. That’s a misconception. They often desire connection even more intensely than it appears. The reality is...

I had to come to terms with the fact that a woman touching me doesn’t automatically mean she wants sex — and Emily eventually reached...

This is what happens when you fall in love with an avoidant person. At first there’s an intense sense of belonging, like finally finding something...

This question comes up all the time, so let’s clarify how to approach it. Both partners have responsibilities in a relationship; each person has a...

For a long time I thought there was something deeply strange and wrong with me. I often felt cut off from other people, unable to...

Almost nobody notices this, but if your life becomes a pattern of chasing people who don’t return your feelings, refusing to commit while you keep...

If a person with an avoidant attachment pattern does this, they are being loyal to you — and it’s probably not what you expect. Most...

Do you want to be an exceptional partner? I certainly set out to be an outstanding husband. Nobody stands at the altar promising to be...

Hear this carefully — it will land hard. Keeping quiet after a breakup is not a sign of frailty. In fact, silence, particularly when the...

There comes a point when you stop running after someone. You stop refreshing your phone. You stop waiting for the three dots to appear. And...

What if the very work you’ve poured into personal development is the thing keeping you stuck? You’ve devoured self-help books, journaled your inner life, pushed...

Listen. Put whatever you’re doing on pause. Are you glancing at your phone, waiting for a message that you’re convinced will make everything right? Do...

Relationship experts consistently point out that a major factor determining whether a partnership flourishes is how regularly partners make small “deposits” into each other’s emotional...

Let’s set one thing straight from the outset. Feeling shattered does not make you irrational. And his ability to walk away appearing unfazed doesn’t mark...

Dr John Gman reported that in his study of thousands of couples, when a man refused to accept the influence of his female partner, the...

I stood at the altar and vowed to love, honor, and cherish Emily for the rest of my life — and only in retrospect did...

You have a friend you secretly love. You convinced yourself you had to behave like “just a friend” in order to keep them, afraid they’d...

The issue with romantic bonds—especially for people who experienced neglect or hurt in childhood—is how intensely attached we can become. Breaking up can feel catastrophic,...

How can you tell when it’s time to walk away from a relationship? That question feels one of the hardest to answer because we invest...