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...

Dinle. Halen yaptığın her şeyi duraklat. Telefonuna bakıyor musun, her şeyi düzelteceğine inandığın bir mesajı bekliyor musun? Yap...

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...

Başlangıçta bir şeyi netleştirelim. Yıpranmış hissetmek seni irrasyonel yapmaz. Ve görünüşte etkilenmemiş bir şekilde uzaklaşabilme yeteneği anlamına gelmez...

Dr. John Gman, yaptığı araştırmada binlerce çifti incelediğinde, bir erkeğin kadın partnerinin etkisini kabul etmeyi reddettiğinde...

Kimsenin hayatında yalnızca geriye dönüp baktığımızda... sunağın önünde durdum ve Emily'i hayatımın sonuna kadar sevme, saygı duyma ve şefkat gösterme yeminini ettim — ve...

Gizli bir aşk beslediğin bir arkadaşın var. Onu elde etmek için "sadece bir arkadaş" gibi davranman gerektiğini kendine inandırmışsın, onlardan... diye korkarak.

Romantik bağlamadaki sorun—özellikle çocuklukta ihmal veya incinme yaşayan kişiler için—ne kadar yoğun bağlılık geliştirebileceğimizdir. Ayrılmak yıkıcı bir şey gibi hissedebilir...

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...