Articles

  • 3 days ago | newsletter.jillianturecki.com | Jillian Turecki

    Hi there,There are few things more maddening in a relationship than this: You try to talk about something that matters — something that hurt, something you need — and your partner disappears. Not physically, perhaps, but emotionally. They retreat. They shut down. Suddenly, the person who once reached for you in bed, who laughed with you at dinner, becomes distant, cold, unreadable. This dynamic — where one person pursues and the other withdraws — is not rare.

  • 1 week ago | journalgazette.net | KC Davis |Yung Pueblo |Jillian Turecki |Haley Mlotek

    These works on love and marriage are newly available through the Allen County Public Library,“Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship”by KC Davis This book explores the complexities of relationships, offering practical tools and insights to help distinguish mistreatment from abuse, establish boundaries and navigate vulnerability.

  • 1 week ago | newsletter.jillianturecki.com | Jillian Turecki

    Hi there,I recently received a DM with a question I’ve been asked over and over: “Do you have any advice for dating women who have a father complex?”I answered: I’d love for you to reconsider the question. Labeling a woman as having a “father complex” reduces her to a caricature. It turns her history into a pathology you believe you must manage, rather than a human story you’re invited to understand. We all carry relational wounds — yours included.

  • 2 weeks ago | newsletter.jillianturecki.com | Jillian Turecki

    Hi there,There’s a paradox at the heart of emotional security. The more we search for it in others, the more elusive it becomes. But the moment we begin to build it internally — through intentional practices and hard-won insight — it begins to shape every aspect of our lives, from our relationships to our sense of meaning and purpose. This is the story of how I became a secure woman.

  • 3 weeks ago | newsletter.jillianturecki.com | Jillian Turecki

    Hi there,I have tried to change and save people in my life. I’ve tried to help them out of their own pain. I’ve tried to give them the world’s strongest support scaffolding to guide them toward healthier choices. So many of us have tried to see the best in the people we date — and to guide them toward their potential. We even see them as a project — an opportunity to build something better.