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      <image:caption>Sacred Feminine Priestess. If you’re ready to let go of the bullshit that’s been holding you back so you can step into the woman you were always meant to be, I can help.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - I’m a trauma-sensitive psychologist and sacred feminine priestess.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Combining a 16-year clinical therapy practice with the ancient art of sacred feminine ceremony, I support spiritual women to create lives of richer meaning and deeper soul alignment. I host retreats, temple gatherings, and mentorship programs for women seeking to deepen their experience of the sacred in daily life. I’m also the author of two books, My Sacred Pause and Badass Self-Care.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I’m a licensed psychologist who worked in private practice for 14 years. I still manage my psychology practice and the amazing therapists who work for me, but I no longer see therapy clients. I have extensive post-graduate training in trauma therapy, including EMDR and IFS. I’m also a certified trauma-sensitive yoga teacher and I owned a yoga studio for 12 years. I began my training as a Sacred Feminine Priestess in 2022 with Priestess Presence. I continue to deepen my studies. I’m currently completing my certification as a Scent Priestess.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I’m a mom to two amazing daughters, Megan and Melaina, and one adorable goldendoodle, Maisie. I’ve been married to my husband Michael for 17 years. We live in beautiful Niagara Falls, NY. Learning that I am a Highly Sensitive Person changed my life. I’m a Cancer Sun, Virgo Moon &amp; Rising, and a Leo Venus. In shamanic astrology this means I’m here in this lifetime to priestess about radical self-love. I’m an INFJ. I’ve let go of feeling guilty about how much alone time I need. Most nights you can find me in the bathtub with a good book. I’m an Enneagram 2w3 who craves words of affirmation. Please send love notes and dark chocolate.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gather - Are you longing for a spiritual community?</image:title>
      <image:caption>But you haven’t found a place where you feel like you fit in? Join us for a different kind of spiritual experience - one without hierarchy or dogma. I will create a sacred space so that you can tap into your own connection with the divine (whatever that means to you). Together we can build a spiritual community based on self-trust (rather than outer authority), connection (rather than instruction), and witnessing one another (rather than trying to fix or save).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gather - Guiding Principles for our time together</image:title>
      <image:caption>1. Everyone is capable of connecting with the divine. As a priestess, I have the honor of facilitating your connection with spirit while knowing that you don’t *need* me (or anyone else) to tap into the divine. 2. No one needs to be fixed or saved. We come together as sovereign adults grounded in self-authority and self-responsibility. We witness one another, knowing it’s powerful to simply be seen inside of our truth. 3. We gather in the spirit of self-care and community care. Our inner work is in service to change in our outer world. We actively contemplate how we can contribute to a more loving and safe world for all beings everywhere. We take what we learn in circle and bring it into our daily lives. We aim to act in alignment with our values.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Healing Sessions - It’s my honor to work with you one-on-one.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Choose from anointing (in-person only), breathwork, or a combination of the two. Sessions will also include meditation, guided journal writing, and/or an oracle card reading based on your intention for the session. Healing sessions are 90-minutes and include a pre-session consult via email as well as a post-session follow up via email. I offer a sliding scale of $177 - $244 for Healing Sessions. As of 1/1/2026, Healing Sessions that include anointing are $200-$244 due to an increase in the cost of oils. Read on for details about anointing and breathwork. To schedule a session, please complete the intake form.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Healing Sessions - For thousands of years, temples devoted to the divine feminine were often the center of community life.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The women who tended these temples were priestesses trained in the sacred arts. They performed many functions in the community and cultivated the land surrounding the temple, growing food as well as plants, flowers, and herbs that were used for healing and anointing. Holy oils were used to mark rites of passage and times of celebration. Scent Priestesses utilized the holy oils and spiritual healing techniques to bring balance to the mind, body, and spirit. It is my honor to bring this ancient practice to our community.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Healing Sessions - In 2023, I was sitting under a tent with 150 other women during a retreat with my mentor, Sarah Jenks. I didn’t know anything about (this particular form of) breathwork but the moment Jeannine Yoder walked into the tent, my whole body started shaking. I knew something important was about to happen.  </image:title>
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      <image:caption>Hi, I’m Melinda! It is truly my honor to hold sacred space for you. I am a trauma-sensitive psychologist and sacred feminine priestess trained in the Rosa Mystica and 13 Moon Mystery School lineages. 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. As a priestess, my work centers around Sacred Feminine ceremony. I help with sensitive, spiritual women nourish their relationships with themselves and the divine so that they can create lives of deeper alignment and richer meaning.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Spring Reset, Sunday March 29 from 1pm-4pm</image:title>
      <image:caption>Join me and Wendy Hauck for an afternoon of rejuvenation! We’ll begin with meditation and guided journaling to help you get clear on what you are ready to release. Then we will move into an all-levels Kundalini yoga practice followed by a breathwork ceremony. We’ll conclude with refreshments and time for sharing about our experiences. Participants will leave feeling refreshed and ready to move forward with intention and clarity. Location: The Studio at CV &amp; Co., 779 Cayuga Street, Suite B, Lewiston, NY 14092 Limited to 8 people. $75. Register here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Events - Gather, Sunday April 19, 2026 from 11am - 12pm</image:title>
      <image:caption>We gather for one hour for mediation, journaling, and connection. Location: The Studio at CV &amp; Co., 779 Cayuga Street, Suite B, Lewiston, NY 14092 This is a pay what you wish offering, suggested donation $5-$25. Register here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Life initiates us in so many ways. You don't have to navigate it all on your own. You were never meant to.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - So many women go through the motions of healing but never touch the true depths of their soul.</image:title>
      <image:caption>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.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Your transformational path:</image:title>
      <image:caption>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.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Building safety to do the work of transformation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ceremony + two 90-minute Healing Sessions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Releasing outdated thoughts and patterns, letting go of everything that can’t come where you’re going next</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ceremony + four 90-minute Healing Sessions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Claim your future and step into the woman you know you’re meant to be</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ceremony + four 90-minute Healing Sessions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - Celebrate your transformation and show up in your life as your new self</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ceremony + two 90-minute Healing Sessions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - I’ve walked the healing path with hundreds of women during my career.</image:title>
      <image:caption>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.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - My biggest transformation was the amount of bullshit I was able to let go of.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The stories I created and carried to define me. I was able to unburden and remove layers that were no longer serving me. Removing armor that I no longer needed. I am so grateful for you, Melinda! I hope you realize the difference you are making in this world. ~ Retreat Participant, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - I gained clarity and peace.</image:title>
      <image:caption>I learned that it is ok to have my own dreams and to focus on me. I am allowed to slow down and honor my own needs: to trust my intuition, to chase my dreams, and allow the magic and light within me to shine! ~ Retreat Participant, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - The biggest transformation I experienced was the overwhelming feeling of unconditional love and non judgment.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Not only from others but for all parts of myself as well. Doing this work I found the truth of who I actually am, with all the layers of conditioning stripped away. I met and sat with her and she is powerful, wise and bold! She’s ready to be fully embraced and seen in all her blissful joy! ~ Retreat Participant, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - I joined a group breathwork session facilitated by Melinda and it was a powerful container that offered so much stability, safety, softness, and strength.</image:title>
      <image:caption>I often struggle to maintain breath during these types of processes, and while that challenge showed up again, Melinda’s skillful facilitation helped me stay present and open. Her mastery in guiding transcendent journeys allowed me to access deep insight and make important connections between present and past life experiences, as well as how they related to harmful beliefs I’d internalized as a child. I had a huge emotional release and was able to let go of so much weight and responsibility that never belonged to me in the first place. I left feeling lighter, relieved, empowered, and more hopeful for the future. This was a profoundly healing experience. ~ Breathwork Participant, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Chrysalis - My favorite part…</image:title>
      <image:caption>I really enjoyed how you guided us into meditation and looking inward. You made everything seem safe. I felt nurtured. ~ Retreat participant, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - I've done a lot of work in sobriety and in therapy, but I've struggled to truly embrace certain ideas of healing in both my head AND heart. The Unleash Retreat helped me to get to the latter, thanks to the combination of Melinda's trauma-informed therapy background, the sacred, spiritual space of Temple, and being with other women looking to heal and grow in their own lives. It helped me to rediscover and celebrate the strength, confidence, and connection to the unseen that's always been within me.</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Megan Ross, 2024 Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - The word Queen gets thrown around a lot these days.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Let’s talk about what it really means to be in your Queen era. You may have heard of the triple goddess - maiden, mother, crone. There is another stage between mother and crone - queen. This is the time in a woman’s life when she is moving out of the intense years of mothering young children (or mothering other people/ projects if you do not have children) but is not yet in her elder years. It’s the time of perimenopause/ menopause when many women find themselves inside of changing bodies, shifting roles, and a whole lot of rage. It’s also the time of reclaiming our power and owning our wisdom. It’s a massive identity shift for many women that comes with layers of uncertainty, grief, and a longing for community. This time in life is an invitation to rise - to step more fully into your power, sovereignty, and responsibility. The Unleash Retreat is an initiation into your Queen era. Together we will honor and release the patterns that are keeping us stuck and small. Together we will explore our authentic power and what it means to be a sovereign woman. Together we will each get clear on our unique role in building a world that is grounded in love and safety for all beings. No one is coming to save you, love. You are the one you’ve been waiting for. The world is in desperate need of sacred women who have awakened to their power. Will you answer the call?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - “I left with a clear head and a sense of calm, which I hadn’t experienced in forever…</image:title>
      <image:caption>I am so happy I treated myself to this soul-filling weekend and even more grateful for YOU creating this life-changing space for us. Melinda, you are truly magic!” ~ Anonymous, 2022 Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - I arrived feeling truly depleted. I was longing for reprieve and companionship. When I left the retreat, I felt energized (actually euphoric), and like I had met wonderful people I can call sisters and allies!</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Ceaton Falgiano, 2024 Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - “I gained a sense of belonging. Everyone was so welcoming, it felt safe in a crowd of strangers. I learned that most of us are searching for similar things. I really enjoyed how you guided us into meditation and looking inward. You made everything seem safe. I felt nurtured.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Anonymous, 2023 Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - If you’re ready to step into your Queen era, come j oin us for the Unleash Retreat!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Friday, July 24, 2026 - Sunday, July 26, 2026 Silver Lake, NY (about an hour from Buffalo)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Unleash Retreat 2026 - “I feel like the stuff that I was able to lose was so powerful! I lost resentments that I have been holding onto; I lost some fear of vulnerability. I was able to unpack heavy emotional baggage that I have been carrying for years. I also gained lots of new soul sisters and a relationship with my inner child and knowing. I gained new perspectives and this powerful sense of inner strength and peace.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Christina, 2023 Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What is a Sacred Feminine Temple Ceremony? A Sacred Feminine Temple Ceremony is a soul-level gathering of women. I think of it as a women’s circle with the power turned all the way up! The path of the Sacred Feminine is a remembrance of what we’ve always known, deep down inside - that we are worthy and whole, just as we are; that we are powerful and magical beings; that love is the way forward. During Ceremony, I use the ancient technologies of the Sacred Feminine (working with archetypal faces of the goddess and utilizing specific practices to help women connect with their soul-selves) to help you create a potent and direct connection with the wisdom of your soul. What do I need to bring? After you register, you will receive a detailed email about our time together, including a suggested packing list. What if I register and then can’t come? This is a non-refundable purchase. If you cannot attend the retreat, you can transfer your spot to someone else.</image:caption>
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