Six months of deep, devotional work designed to help you heal your past and claim your future.

This is for the woman who can feel in her bones that something’s gotta give.

It’s time.

It’s been too many years of carrying the old pain, too many years of re-enacting old patterns, too many years of waiting for “someday” to create a life that feels the way you want it to feel.

I’m here to support you with a powerful blend of expertise as a Trauma-Sensitive psychologist and Sacred Feminine priestess.

apply here to begin your transformation

Life initiates us in so many ways. You don't have to navigate it all on your own. *You were never meant to.*

“Life initiates us in so many ways” is my polite way of describing all the shit we go through in our lives that shapes us into who we are today.

I do believe the challenges we experience are opportunities for our souls to evolve.

Not in an everything-happens-for-a-reason kind of way because horrible, random things are happening all the time.

But in a we-can-make-something-beautiful-and-meaningful-from-the-brutal-and-hard-things-we’ve-survived kind of way.

I know it’s possible because I’ve been doing it my whole life.

As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence in my early romantic relationships, I turned my trauma into treasure by embarking on a healing journey that ultimately lead me to my calling as a priestess.

As an 18 year-old woman who found out she was pregnant one month after she tried to end her life, I chose to see the divine timing of my pregnancy and used it as fuel to create a beautiful life for myself and my daughter.

As a 30 year-old woman who felt lost and confused after achieving all the things I had been taught would add up to a good life, I left my job to follow my dreams and ended up reclaiming my aliveness.

I know you have your own story to share and I would be honored to walk alongside you as you heal and integrate so that you can step more fully into the woman you were always meant to be.

So many women go through the motions of healing but never touch the true depths of their soul.

**Read on if you’re looking for a new healing approach: one grounded in true empowerment, collaboration with spirit, and remembrance of who you really are.**

The old paradigm of healing:

Tell me your problem, I’ll give you a solution
I’m the expert, here to help you fix your problems
Healing often means helping you better conform to patriarchal, capitalist expectations
Very little room for spirituality
Healing team is made up of the client and healer
Focus on feeling “better”
The work stops when you meet your treatment goals

The paradigm I am offering you inside of Chrysalis:

I sit beside you as you tell the truth about your life
You’re the expert on your life; I’m here to facilitate healing by helping you nurture your relationship with yourself and the divine
I help you de-condition from patriarchal, capitalist expectations
Centered on spirituality
Healing team is you, me, the divine, your ancestors and spirit guides
Focus on feeling what’s real - all the way
You build a foundation of self-trust and self-love that will be with you long after our work together ends

Your transformational path:

We begin each phase with a 60-minute ceremony (4 total).
Every month you receive two 90-minute Healing Sessions (12 total). Healing Sessions are individually designed for your personal process. They may include mentorship, parts work, trauma processing (EMDR or EFT), breathwork, and/ or anointing.
We will also connect in a private Telegram chat so I can support you between our sessions.
*All ceremonies and Healing Sessions can be done virtually, except for anointing.

*Building safety to do the work of transformation*

Ceremony + two 90-minute Healing Sessions

*Releasing outdated thoughts and patterns, letting go of everything that can’t come where you’re going next*

Ceremony + four 90-minute Healing Sessions

*Claim your future and step into the woman you know you’re meant to be*

Ceremony + four 90-minute Healing Sessions

*Celebrate your transformation and show up in your life as your new self*

Ceremony + two 90-minute Healing Sessions

Meet Your Guide

Hi, I’m Melinda!

I’m living proof that telling the truth about your life is the path to freedom.

For decades I lived with a heart full of secrets and a belly full of shame, terrified that no one would love me if they really knew me.

I was sure that I had to perform to earn love so I created a persona that I presented to the world. I was smart, nice, and helpful. I didn’t speak up in my relationships. I did my best to not bother anyone with my needs. Everything looked great on the outside but it felt awful on the inside.

After being on my own healing journey for 20+ years and working in the field of personal and spiritual growth for just as long, I’ve learned that being lovingly witnessed inside of our truth changes everything. I know that as a sensitive, spiritual woman who wants to create a life you love, you need something more than coaching and mindset work.

You deserve a guide who can hold you with expertise, compassion, and care as you share the full truth of your experience.

And honestly? You know it’s time to finally heal your past so you can step into the future you’ve been longing for.

That’s why I’ve created Chrysalis.

I’m so excited to combine my experience and training as a Trauma-Sensitive psychologist and Sacred Feminine priestess to offer you a unique healing path that integrates mental, emotional, energetic, somatic, and spiritual modalities. I can’t wait to see who you become!

I’ve walked the healing path with hundreds of women during my career.

I earned my doctorate in psychology from the University at Buffalo in 2007 and completed post-graduate training in EMDR and IFS. I’ve been studying in the Rosa Mystica and 13 Moon Mystery Schools since 2022. As a certified Scent Priestess, I perform anointings using holy oils created by my mentor, Diana Dubrow. I am also a certified breathwork facilitator trained in the lineage of David Elliott. .
I have been walking alongside women on their healing journeys for nearly two decades. I formerly worked as a therapist, yoga teacher, and wellness studio owner. I am also the author of two books about mindfulness and self-care, *My Sacred Pause* and *Badass Self-Care*.
It is truly my honor to join you in the deep work of healing and integrating the past so that you can step more fully into the woman you were always meant to be. Know that if you choose to work with me, you will be held with deep love and reverence. I have a gift for creating sacred containers that encourage vulnerability and transformation. I honor your bravery as you meet me at the threshold of Chrysalis.