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Helping women meet the next version of themselves
through imagery, intuition, and identity activation.

How I work with clients...

Emotional Alchemy and Identity Activation Portals

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Soul Archetype Portrait
Journeys

Where inner transformation meets fine-art photography.

This is my signature offering: a sacred identity initiation expressed through portraiture.​

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EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY
Channeling 
• Coaching • Hypnosis

• Courses & Audios •

Emotional imprint transmission + identity activation through intuitive reading, Hypno-coaching, and self-paced courses in Re-parenting and Shadow Work

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ART SHOP

Fiber Art, Sculptural Jewelry,
DIY kits

As a Ritual Artist & Emotional Alchemist I craft sensual art & ritual tools. Each piece is a spell of pleasure and power honoring the sacred body and the deep remembering of our collective wholeness.

Hey there, I'm Melinda,

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I'm an emotional transmitter, intuitive guide, and archetypal portrait artist in Asheville, NC
 

I help women awaken their dormant identities and step into their most magnetic, embodied expression—through emotional channeling and transformational portraiture.
 

This work is not about becoming someone new.
It’s about remembering the versions of you waiting beneath the surface.

Your future self.
Your hidden archetypes.
Your unlived stories.

 

Through channeled readings, coaching, hypnosis & art,
I translate  and help you step into the woman you are becoming.

"I believe portraiture can be more than an picture. It can be ritual ~ a mirror that reveals the hidden facets within us, guiding us back to power, beauty, & wholeness."

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What Clients Say

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"Each pose, each breath, felt like an initiation into the next layer of myself. Melinda created such a safe and inspiring space that I could fully embody the woman I was calling forth.
 
I saw myself as I have longed to be seen, and it gave me the confidence to show my family, “This is who I am.”"

Jeanie~ Mom, Occupational Therapist & Women's Coach

Services

My breadth and depth of practice allow me to safely offer unique Healing Journeys of varying depths. Choose your own Adventure.
Not sure which is right for you? Book your initial consult for any path
and I can help you decide which is right for you.​

Future Self Channeling
 

A 1:1 emotional imprint transmission + intuitive reading.
 

I read the emotional truth of who you’re becoming—not by analyzing you, but by amplifying the future version of you your aura already carries.

This session offers:

  • A clear vision of your next identity
     

  • Emotional guidance on what’s blocking your expansion
     

  • Language for the woman you are stepping into
     

  • An energetic activation that shifts you immediately
     

This is not psychic fortune-telling.
This is future identity translation.
Your body already knows where it wants to go—my gift is helping you hear it.

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"Like Acupuncture for the Soul" ~Lisa, Intuitive Reading Client

Soul Archetype Portrait Journeys
 

Where emotional transformation meets fine-art photography.

This is my signature offering: a sacred identity initiation expressed through portraiture.

Together we:

  1. Explore your emerging archetype(s)
     

  2. Activate them through breath, hypnosis, or emotional transmission
     

  3. Bring them to life in a cinematic portrait session
     

  4. Create your Portrait Grimoire™, an heirloom book reflecting your transformation
     

  5. Anchor the identity so you carry it back into your life
     

This is identity alchemy.

You’re not just photographed—you’re witnessed.
You’re not just posing—you’re becoming.

"The experience was profoundly therapeutic. I left feeling stronger, more rooted, and with a renewed sense of confidence that I continue to carry with me. The photos are stunning, yes, but they are more than images, they are reminders of who I am at my core." ~Jamie

Seasonal Mentorship Immersion
 

A 4-season transformational journey.

For the woman ready to evolve through a full year of archetypal embodiment.

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Includes:

  • Four Soul Archetype Portrait Journeys

  • Four Future-Self Channeling transmissions

  • Personalized Emotional alchemy homework

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Your life becomes a sacred story.
You become the woman your future self already remembers.

"Every woman deserves to feel powerful, sensual, and at home in her own skin. My work creates the safety to explore every facet of who you are, so you can be seen, celebrated, and remembered."
~Melinda

asheville portrait photographer
Asheville womens photographer

You are not just one woman...

Inside you live the Queen, the Witch, the Nymph, the Crone, the Mother, the Sage, the Wild Woman, the Slut, the Rebel,— and more still waiting to be revealed.

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Too often, life’s transitions: marriage, divorce, motherhood, loss, midlife — bury these parts or make us forget them.

 

This journey is your invitation to call them back.

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"The photos are stunning, yes, but they are more than images, they are reminders of who I am at my core."

© 2025 by Melinda Raines

Soul Archetype Portrait Journeys & The Portrait Grimoire

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Fine-art portrait photography Asheville,  Asheville Natural Boudoir Photograper

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