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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: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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    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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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:title>The Reclaimed Woman - Here’s exactly how we do it:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sacred Feminine Ceremony so you can directly connect with your soul and the divine. Badass Self-Care Practices to help you ground the work in your daily life. One-on-One Healing Work to get to the root of what needs attention and care.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - You’re not tired for the reasons you think you are.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The natural order of things is for you to be plugged into your power, pleasure, and life force energy; grounded in your magic and connected to the divine; and living a life that is anchored with sacred rituals.  I'm guessing that is not your current experience of life.  You are tired because it takes so much energy to live out of alignment with this natural order of things. To give your power away to people, places, and projects that are not aligned with your true essence. To perform the role of a "good woman." To forget your power, magic, and wisdom. To live disconnected from the divine. To be starved of magic.  Give me one month and I'll show you how it feels to live the way we are meant to be living - connected to your soul, tuned into the divine, and held by a community of compassionate women.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - The women who gather in my circles are devoted caregivers.</image:title>
      <image:caption>They are loving mothers, partners, and friends. They are healers – therapists, teachers, aestheticians, massage therapists, coaches, and yoga teachers. They have dedicated their lives to taking care of others – their children, parents, grandparents, students, and clients. They are the women who make this world a better place. They shape the future with their love and kindness. And often they feel depleted and alone. Sometimes they are even inside of burn out. Because they are putting so much out into the world. Because caregiving takes a lot of energy. Because they are sensitive and empathic and feel so much. I understand you want to make an impact with your life. I know your heart aches for a more loving and just world. Centering your soul is the key to changing both your life and the world.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - Sacred Feminine Ceremony</image:title>
      <image:caption>It’s time to return to the ancient ways. Our world is desperately calling out for the Sacred Feminine. This is not about gender; it’s about honoring our cyclical nature, trusting our intuition, and knowing we can each directly connect to the divine. 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. I am a priestess of the Rosa Mystica and 13 Moon Mystery School lineages. For the past five years I have been immersed in studying the ancient technologies of the Sacred Feminine (working with archetypal faces of the goddess, becoming a certified Scent Priestess, utilizing specific practices to help women connect with their soul-selves, and walking my own path of spiritual growth). Each month we will gather for a Sacred Feminine Ceremony so that you can commune with your soul-self. Spending time in ceremony cuts through the noise and confusion of both the outer world and our thinking minds; it creates a potent and direct connection with the wisdom of our souls.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - Badass Self-Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>I originally created Badass Self-Care as a promise to myself. I had lost myself inside of an intense period of caregiving. I was exhausted and overwhelmed and I knew something had to change. I named my intention Badass Self-Care because taking care of myself felt like a radical notion and I knew I would need to channel my inner badass in order to start showing up for myself. What began as a promise to myself grew into a complete framework for reclaiming self-love and self-trust. I have been teaching Badass Self-Care since 2015 and it has evolved from what began as a focus on self-care behaviors into a comprehensive understanding of how the systems we live inside of impact our experience of the world and ability to care for ourselves as women. Hundreds of women have utilized the Badass Self-Care framework to nourish their relationship with themselves and reclaim their time and energy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - The tenets of Badass Self-Care:</image:title>
      <image:caption>1. You are enough, just as you are in this moment. Everything that you need is already within you. 2. You do not need to be fixed because you are not broken. 3. You deserve to be the center of your own life. 4. Self-care is not selfish. 5. Self-care is not an indulgence; it is a necessity. 6. Self-care occurs within the social and cultural context of our lives. 7. Self-care is not prescriptive; it is an individualized practice. 8. Self-care is dynamic and fluid; what it looks like changes over time, sometimes even moment to moment. 9. Self-care is not something we have to earn. We are all worthy of self-care simply because we exist. 10. Self-care is more than behaviors; it is a mindset, an embodied knowing of our worth</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - 1:1 Healing Sessions</image:title>
      <image:caption>You will receive one 60-minute 1:1 Healing Session. This session can be breathwork, anointing, or mentorship. I am trained in the breathwork lineage of David Elliot. Breathwork is a bridge between the subconscious mind, our cellular body, and the spiritual essence of who we are. It helps us clear stuck energy, shift limiting beliefs, and release stored emotions and trauma from the body. Anointing has been utilized for thousands of years as a sacred practice of blessing and devotion. During this ceremony, I will use high-frequency essential oils and healing touch to anoint your body, helping you to release what no longer serves you and welcome in love and support. I also incorporate tuning forks and crystals to help create balance in the mind, body, and spirit. Mentorship sessions involve a blend of meditation, processing, and problem-solving from a spiritual and psychological lens. Whichever type of session you choose, it will be specifically designed for you. We will connect beforehand to talk about your intention for our time together. I have a gift for getting to the root of what needs care inside of your mind, body, and soul. * There is an option to join The Reclaimed Woman without the 1:1 session.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - “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.</image:title>
      <image:caption>I joined a group breathwork session facilitated by Melinda and it was a powerful container that offered so much stability, safety, softness, and strength—a beautiful reflection of the energy she holds and brings to every space she’s in. 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 left feeling lighter, relieved, empowered, and more hopeful for the future. This was a profoundly healing experience.” ~ Breathwork Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - I decided to join Badass Self-Care…</image:title>
      <image:caption>because I felt I needed support from other women. I knew I had a fire within me that was small but with time and effort it could grow! After participating in Badass Self-Care I am more connected to my inner wisdom. I know my body and soul deeper than before. This program is for you if you want to spend time with like-minded people to help you find yourself and know that you are worthy. ~ Shelby LaFountain</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - It was so nourishing to connect with other women and talk about our shared experiences. The meditation you offered was really powerful and transformative for me.</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Sue, Ceremony Participant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - You will stop…</image:title>
      <image:caption>:: saying yes when you mean no :: incessantly comparing yourself to others :: working to prove your worth :: rushing through your life :: swallowing your words to keep the peace :: living your life to please others :: feeling guilty for prioritizing your needs</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - You will understand…</image:title>
      <image:caption>:: how patriarchal conditioning impacts your experience of the world :: why our culture is set up to make you feel like you’re not good enough :: that the system is broken, not you :: the power of being connected to the divine and living a soul-centered life</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - You will know…</image:title>
      <image:caption>:: you are enough just as you are, right here right now :: you are not alone :: you inherently deserve love, safety, and respect :: you can trust yourself :: your soul came here for a reason :: your dreams matter</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - Come put your soul at the center of your life and watch the magic unfold!</image:title>
      <image:caption>We begin on August 3, 2026. I can’t wait to welcome you to our circle!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Reclaimed Woman - Coming in, I felt very nervous and unsure! Leaving I felt like my brain was on another planet. Like my soul had leveled up. I felt empowered and like my life is going to be better than I could have imagined!</image:title>
      <image:caption>~ Christina M, Retreat Participant</image:caption>
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