1998 ITHQ Culinary School

1998-2005 Le Caveau Restaurant Cook

2003 MariDo Catering - Founded MChef

2003-2022 MCHEF Culinary Innovation

2022-To this day ♾️ Reiki Master | Spiritual Author | Holistic Cuisine Online Collection

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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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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Cakes & Desserts is a collection of 100 easy-to-prepare cakes and desserts created to bring back the comforting flavors of childhood and the joy of homemade baking.

From soft pound cakes and classic vanilla or chocolate cakes to cheesecakes, fruit cakes, spice cakes, apple crisp, bread pudding, Tiramisu, and elegant Charlotte Russe, each recipe is designed to be approachable, delicious, and filled with warmth.

This cookbook includes:

• easy-to-follow tested recipes
• helpful baking tips and techniques
• beautiful layer cakes and Bundt cakes
• 100 full-color photographs

More than a dessert book, this collection is an invitation to slow down, gather, create memories, and rediscover the simple pleasure of baking from the heart.

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Created by Marie-Dominique Rail, also known as Chef Marie, whose culinary path has always been guided by one intention: nourishing others through flavor, care, and presence.

“Passionate cooking is the melody that flavors sing.” — Chef Marie

Oil-Free Nutritious Salads & Wine Pairing is a vibrant collection of more than 100 nourishing salad recipes created to make healthy cooking simple, flavorful, and inspiring.Designed by Chef Marie with a holistic approach to wellness, this cookbook brings together fresh ingredients, colorful world flavors, and light cuisine that supports balance without sacrificing pleasure.Inside, you will discover:

• vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, and low-carb recipes
• refreshing salads inspired by cuisines from around the world
• homemade vegan cheese, yogurt, mayonnaise, and dressings
• easy and approachable recipes for everyday cooking
• thoughtful food and wine pairings selected by Chef Marie

From creamy vegan Ranch and Caesar dressings to expressive fusion-inspired creations, each recipe invites you to explore cooking through freshness, intuition, and creativity.

More than a salad cookbook, this collection is a practical kitchen companion designed to support mindful living while celebrating authenticity, flavor, and the beauty of simple ingredients.

Created to inspire both discovery and nourishment, these recipes encourage a more intuitive way of cooking — one rooted in balance, enjoyment, and care for the body.

“It felt essential for me to create recipes that are light, flavorful, accessible, and inspired by discovery. Through simple ingredients and vibrant flavors, cooking becomes a joyful expression of well-being and creativity.”

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“In every dash of spice, there’s a story of love and passion.” — Chef Marie

Chef Marie Lifestyle Food Guide brings together the comforting flavors of traditional French-inspired cuisine with a fresh and nourishing modern approach.Created by Chef Marie, this cookbook features more than 100 flavorful recipes designed to support a balanced lifestyle without sacrificing pleasure, warmth, or authenticity.

Inside, you will discover:• gluten-free and low-carb recipes
• vegan alternatives for every dish
• practical and simplified cooking methods
• wholesome everyday meals inspired by classic cuisine

From Beef Bourguignon and Orange Candied Duck to Grilled Salmon with Ginger Citrus Butter Sauce, vibrant salads, comforting gratins, and flavorful accompaniments, each recipe is created to be approachable, satisfying, and deeply nourishing.

More than a cookbook, this collection reflects a holistic vision of cooking where food becomes a way to support well-being, balance, and connection in everyday life.

Designed as a practical kitchen companion to use throughout the year, Chef Marie Lifestyle Food Guide invites you to rediscover the beauty of homemade cooking through recipes made with care, simplicity, and flavor.

“My intention is to share recipes, practices, and discoveries that support well-being through nourishment of the body, mind, and spirit. Cooking is not only about following recipes — it is a living expression of creativity, care, and presence.”

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“Let’s keep those pots simmering and let the passion shine.” — Chef Marie