November 7, 2023 •
Cancer | Featured | Health and Wellness | Inspiration
When I was diagnosed 8 months ago we had a lot of conversations around the mental challenges that came with the diagnosis. Facing fears and managing grief were a daily task, sometimes hourly. But nobody prepared me for the time when I would have to actually get on with living life. My purpose was literally survival and now it's...living?
November 4, 2023 •
Cancer | Featured | Health and Wellness | Inspiration
You know, they say one of the best ways to get out of your head or pull yourself out of a funk is to help someone else. Or as Gretta Brooker Palmer says, "Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy."
I was the lucky recipient of these words (that seemed to appear from thin air) when I was recovering from brain surgery after a Stage IV cancer diagnosis. I was scared and worried about what the future held for me.
November 4, 2023 •
Cancer | Inspiration | Midlife
"I was working out 3 days a week with a trainer. When I got diagnosed with cancer I was in the best shape I've been in in my entire life. Physically, mentally, health, all around, I was in fabulous shape which is kind of shocking. You're like how are you so healthy and in such great shape and get cancer? I don't have an answer for that."
about MARNIE
I’m Marnie Rae, proud Mom of 3 kids and a hard working, entrepreneur of a husband. I love family, my home and community, athleisure, walks with friends, and sunshine. I am the proud founder of National Mocktail Week 🙂
I’m on a new mid-life journey – exploring what life looks like with a Stage 4 NSC lung cancer diagnosis and retiring (mostly) from our family business. It’s been a wild ride.
After 35 years of the hustle and grind I’m learning how to be me in an entirely new way. Writing, drawing, cooking, painting…and short hair!
Welcome to my space, I’m glad you’re here:)
