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Handling Conflict
Ever notice that the person who triggers the most conflict is often the person you care about most—or the one you see most frequently?...
Melanie Castellari
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Survival Skills
Two two-year-olds run to me. One comes with eyes wide, shining with wonder and love, certain that nothing could ever go wrong. The other...
Melanie Castellari
Aug 20, 20252 min read


Breaking the Cycle: Healing Generational Trauma
Generational trauma is often invisible, passed down quietly through families not only in the stories we share, but also in the patterns...
Melanie Castellari
Aug 20, 20252 min read


Are We Normal? The Question I Hear Most
In my office, we talk about everything. We talk about sex. We talk about money. We talk about arguments, boots left in the living room,...
Melanie Castellari
Aug 20, 20252 min read


We Need People
As a marriage and sex therapist, I hear this often. “I’m just here to work on me. I want to figure myself out so I don’t have to rely on...
Melanie Castellari
Aug 8, 20251 min read
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