Ирина Журавлева

I made a video about how tone-deaf it can feel when a man walks in after a half-hour commute and then expects another half hour...

Hey babe, can we go grab that plant I spotted at the nursery? Well, hold on — I was just wondering, don’t you think we...

Arguably the single biggest destroyer of relationships is emotional dysregulation: when we become flooded, anxious, or furious and fear that everything inside us is about...

When caregivers fail to give their children proper love, it can seriously distort brain development and warp a person’s sense of what is real. If...

A lot of people feel like they can’t truly connect with others anymore. If you keep trying but conversations stay surface-level, friendships never form, or...

It’s understandable why people hide things or bend the truth in a relationship: they often believe they’re shielding their partner from pain, trying to avoid...

If you often find yourself zoning out, snapping at others, or feeling your heart race for no obvious reason, your body may be trying to...

Earlier I spoke about why I don’t think it’s a good idea to send your husband certain clips of mine if he tends to feel...

When an avoidant suddenly experiences the real possibility of losing you, everything between you shifts. A relationship once governed by distance and control begins to...

Let’s be honest: if most of your emotional energy is fixed on how another person’s dysfunctional behavior wounds you, and you truly believe you cannot...

Your avoidant partner actually needs you to walk away. At first that sounds impossible — when someone you love withdraws, ignores your texts and shuts...

Your thoughts can deceive you when you fall headlong for a distant, solitary person who bluntly declares they do not want a committed relationship. That...

Too often men are portrayed as the ones who always initiate sex, yet in about 30 percent of heterosexual relationships the woman actually has the...

Emotionally healthy people tend to run from avoidant partners. Yet when childhood neglect primes you, you can become especially drawn to someone who keeps pulling...

Should men cover the bill on a first date with a woman? If you’re a woman hoping to find a lifelong partner, my answer is...

Okay. Today I want to outline the three red flags that research shows almost always undermine a relationship. That doesn’t automatically mean you’ll split up,...

Practical steps to honor your worth Knowing your worth feels good, but it becomes powerful when you pair it with action. These concrete steps will...

After enduring abuse, neglect, bullying and repeated hardships, it becomes incredibly difficult to think clearly. Life feels chaotic, emotions flood in, time slips away, self-care...

There’s one major consequence of trauma that most people aren’t aware of. It’s powerful and can seriously limit your life. While it isn’t exclusive to...

So you’re asking whether that ex who pushed you away — the one who acted distant, uninterested, and unaffected — might ever come back feeling...

When people think of an avoidant, they picture someone who disappears, dodges serious conversations, and hides behind the familiar “I’m busy.” But here’s the catch:...

The reason many of us fail to establish boundaries—those personal rules about what we will and won’t accept—is fear: we worry that stating our non-negotiables...

I’ve discovered a method that seems to contradict what everyone insists is impossible: getting a partner with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style to acknowledge the harm...

[music] Do you sometimes feel bewildered and exhausted by an overwhelming event, as if you’re separated from the rest of the world and trapped inside...