Semper Fidelis │Always Faithful
Healing by Planting Love Within
“Where devotion becomes an inner anchoring, steady and silent.”
Semper Fidelis is a gentle invitation to return to the quiet strength within yourself — the place where peace, trust, and inner light continue to exist, even through life’s most difficult passages.
In this heartfelt guide, Reiki Master and author Marie-Dominique Rail shares reflections, meditations, affirmations, and healing practices inspired by her own journey through illness, recovery, and spiritual transformation.
Each page is designed to offer a space of calm, presence, and reconnection, helping you transform emotional wounds into greater awareness, compassion, and resilience.
Through guided inner exploration, this book supports:
• emotional healing and self-acceptance
• inner peace and spiritual grounding
• resilience through life transitions
• daily practices of gratitude and presence
• reconnection with your deeper essence
In a world that often pulls us away from ourselves, Semper Fidelis reminds us to remain faithful to what is essential within us — love, light, awareness, and the quiet wisdom of the heart.
Whether you are beginning a healing journey or deepening your spiritual path, this book offers a compassionate companion for reflection, renewal, and inner anchoring.
Inside This Book
• Guided meditations to soothe the mind and open the heart
• Affirmations to cultivate self-love and inner strength
• Reflections for emotional healing and conscious awareness
• Gentle practices to support peace, gratitude, and balance
Healing begins the moment you say yes to yourself.
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A French Edition is also available
Beyond the Veil: Living the Presence of the Invisible and the Continuity of Love
Living the Presence of the Invisible and the Continuity of Love
“Where life and death are no longer separate experiences, but part of the same continuity.”
Some books emerge from a living silence, a space where the visible and the invisible gently meet.
Beyond The Veil was born from that subtle threshold, where love continues beyond separation and consciousness extends far beyond what the eyes can see.
This book accompanies those who are navigating grief, inner transformation, spiritual awakening, or the quiet feeling that something continues beyond the visible world.
Through reflective writing, gentle insights, and presence-centered passages, Marie-Dominique Rail offers a space where the heart may soften and reconnect with a deeper understanding of love, memory, and continuity.
These pages do not seek to convince.
They accompany.
They create a calm and grounded space where grief may gradually transform into presence, fear into peace, and separation into a different way of perceiving connection.
Book Summary
Beyond the Veil: Living the Presence of the Invisible and the Continuity of Love is an exploration of the invisible bonds that unite beings beyond time, form, and physical absence.
Through inspired reflections and contemplative writing, this book gently opens the reader to the possibility that consciousness continues, and that love remains present in ways that are often subtle, intimate, and deeply personal.
It speaks of:
• signs and synchronicities
• the quiet language of presence
• grief as transformation
• the continuity of love beyond physical departure
• the invisible dimensions of human experience
This book is written for those who feel deeply, listen inwardly, and sense that life extends beyond what can be immediately seen or explained.
✧A Passage from the Book
“Death is not an ending, but a change of language. Love never falls silent. It simply learns to speak differently, beyond the veil.”
✧A Reading to Support the Soul
Whether you are grieving, questioning, or awakening to a deeper perception of life, Beyond the Veil may be opened gently, one page at a time, like entering a quiet conversation with the unseen.
It is not a book to rush through.
It is a companion for moments of reflection, remembrance, and inner listening.
If these words bring comfort, clarity, or even a moment of peace to your heart, then this book has fulfilled its purpose. Love never disappears. It transforms.
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French-Inspired Conscious Cooking
Chef Marie’s Lifestyle Food Guide
100 Recipes Straight from My Journal — 26 Years in the French Kitchen from 1996-2022
Chef Marie’s Lifestyle Food Guide invites readers into a fresh and flavorful approach to everyday nourishment through simple, vibrant, and accessible recipes inspired by French culinary tradition.
Created by Marie-Dominique Rail, also known as Chef Marie, this collection brings together more than twenty-five years of culinary experience with a philosophy centered on conscious eating, authentic ingredients, and the pleasure of sharing meaningful meals.
Rooted in low-carb and gluten-free cooking, with thoughtfully integrated vegan alternatives, these recipes are designed to support both enjoyment and well-being without sacrificing flavor, beauty, or simplicity.
From colorful salads and comforting soups to roasted chicken, grilled salmon, sautéed shrimp, classical Boeuf Bourguignon, and traditional French-inspired dishes, each recipe transforms fresh ingredients, organic herbs, and carefully balanced spices into meals that are both nourishing and deeply satisfying.
A graduate of the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) in Montréal, Marie-Dominique Rail devoted decades to culinary arts across Geneva, Milan, Las Vegas, and Montréal. Her work as a chef, spice specialist, author, and founder of MariDo Caterer and MCHEF® reflects a lifelong passion for transforming food into an experience of connection, creativity, and care.
More than a cookbook, Chef Marie’s Lifestyle Food Guide is an invitation to rediscover the joy of cooking with intention, simplicity, and flavor while honoring the diverse nutritional needs of modern living.
“Bon Appétit”
— Chef Marie
Oil-Free Nutritious Salads and Wine Pairings — Chef Marie
Vegan • Gluten-Free • Sugar-Free • Low in Carbs
100 Flavorful and Nourishing Salad Creations
Oil-Free Nutritious Salads and Wine Pairings is the second cookbook by Marie-Dominique Rail, also known as Chef Marie, following the success of Chef Marie’s Lifestyle Food Guide.
This vibrant collection brings together more than 100 fresh, colorful, and nourishing salad recipes inspired by conscious living, simplicity, and the pleasure of flavorful cooking. Rooted in plant-based and wellness-oriented cuisine, the recipes are vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, and low in carbohydrates — designed to support both vitality and enjoyment without sacrificing taste.
From globally inspired salads and homemade vegan cheeses to plant-based yogurt creations and lighter interpretations of classic dressings such as Ranch, Caesar, and Blue Cheese, each recipe invites readers to rediscover the art of mindful nourishment through fresh ingredients, balanced flavors, and intuitive preparation.
The book also includes thoughtful wine pairings that complement textures, aromas, and culinary experiences, transforming simple meals into moments of connection and enjoyment.
Reflecting Chef Marie’s holistic culinary philosophy, this cookbook embraces the relationship between nourishment, well-being, and conscious living. Each page encourages readers to approach cooking not only as preparation, but as an experience of creativity, balance, and presence.
Originally trained in French culinary arts at the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) in Montréal, Marie-Dominique Rail devoted more than two decades to gastronomy across Geneva, Milan, Las Vegas, and Montréal. Founder of MCHEF® and creator of an allergen-conscious herb and spice line, her work bridges culinary artistry, conscious nutrition, and holistic well-being.
More than a cookbook, Oil-Free Nutritious Salads and Wine Pairings is an invitation to cultivate health, flavor, and beauty through mindful and joyful eating.
“Bon Appétit”
— Chef Marie
Cakes & Desserts — Childhood Memories
Family Desserts and Timeless Sweet Creations
100 Easy and Exquisite Homemade Recipes
Cakes & Desserts — Childhood Memories is an invitation to rediscover the comforting sweetness of homemade desserts inspired by family traditions, simple pleasures, and cherished moments gathered around the table.
Created by Marie-Dominique Rail, also known as Chef Marie, this beautifully curated collection features 100 easy and exquisite dessert recipes designed for everyday enjoyment, celebrations, and meaningful family gatherings.
From moist pound cakes, chocolate and vanilla classics, fruity creations, cheesecakes, and delicate crêpe cakes to apple crumbles, bread pudding, tiramisu, Charlotte russe, and timeless French-inspired pastries, each recipe celebrates the warmth, nostalgia, and joy that desserts can bring into a home.
Thoughtfully written for both beginners and experienced bakers, the book includes practical baking guidance, helpful chef techniques, and inspiring full-color photography to support confidence and creativity in the kitchen.
More than a dessert collection, Cakes & Desserts — Childhood Memories invites readers to reconnect with the emotional dimension of baking — where aromas, textures, and flavors become memories shared across generations.
Originally trained in French culinary arts at the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) in Montréal, Marie-Dominique Rail devoted more than twenty years to gastronomy across Geneva, Milan, Las Vegas, and Montréal. Through her work as a chef, author, entrepreneur, and creator of MCHEF®, she developed a holistic culinary philosophy that brings together French gastronomy, conscious nourishment, simplicity, and well-being.
She is also the author of:
- Chef Marie’s Lifestyle Food Guide
- Oil-Free Nutritious Salads and Wine Pairings
Through her culinary creations, Chef Marie continues to celebrate the beauty of sharing, nourishment, and heartfelt living.
“When you do things with love and intention, every table becomes a place of connection.”
— Chef Marie