Just Start

Aug 12, 2018 07:58 PM Central
Marlene Rankin
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Just Start

It’s a funny thing what fear and complacency will do to someone. As I sit here writing this, I look back on the past few years and wonder why I waited until now. Why didn’t I just start back then; I mean writing a blog is easy right?

You see I’ve had this burning drive inside me to write for many years now; to share our life, our journey to where we are today. But I didn’t. I couldn’t. Every time I’d think about it, all the doubt, all the negative thoughts, all the what if’s, would flood my mind. This is a new road, a new journey and with that comes a whole lot of road that hasn’t been traveled. The unfamiliarity is intimidating making the jump back on the road of comfort easy. As a result I’ve been stuck. Stuck on the same road with the same outcomes just surviving at life.

Until Today.

Today I start. Today I am starting something that I have no idea how it will end or where it will take me but I am starting. I will no longer be a prisoner to fear or be complacent with living a reactive life. My purpose here is so much more than that.

So today with sweaty hands, stomach in my throat and doubts still ever present in my mind I start.

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Meet Marlene Rankin

Welcome! I'm super excited that you stopped by and hope you enjoy cruising around my website. Here's a little about me and our journey to health and wellness.

I'm a wife, mom of 5 (ages 16-2), homeschooler, Jesus lover and a Registered Nurse. I've spent several years caring for patients on a busy cardiac unit in a local community hospital. My life revolved around disease and illness throughout my journey in bedside nursing care. Everything changed however when our oldest child was suddenly diagnosed with multiple medical issues and placed on multiple medications at the young age of 5. It wasn't long before the side effects of the medications started to take their toll on his little body. My heart sank as I watched my sweet baby need more medications to counteract the side effects that he was experiencing. This ignited a fire inside me; there had to be a better way and I was DETERMINED to find it.

You see back then, finding information about the effects of the toxins in the products we use was non-exsistent. I started reading labels and thought that if I couldn't pronounce something, I probably shouldn't be eating it or putting on my skin. I also thought that if I have to open all the windows to vent the house while I clean the house, that's probably not good for us either. So I followed my instincts and we changed our lifestyle. I had no idea if it would work; I just knew I had to do something to help my baby out.

It was HARD and we faced a lot of judgement and ridicule because this lifestyle didn't exist in our area 10 years ago. Just envision this for a minute; I was THAT mom who brought water bottles and fruit as a team snack instead of fruit snacks, chips and artificially sweetened drinks. I was THAT mom who at birthday parties limited how much junk food my son ate. I could go on but I think you get the idea. I'll leave you with this last one though because it's the real kicker. I am a NURSE who was fighting the doctor to get her child off medications. This went completely against everything that I had learned and was practicing in my profession. Talk about a paradigm shift! To say that we had a lot of nay-sayers and little support is an understatement. But we stood firm on our instincts and they paid off! Fast forward to a few years later he came off his last medication much to his Doctors (and mine for that matter) surprise.

Heres what I have learned since starting on this journey over 10 years ago. Our bodies were made to be healthy. We weren't created to be sick. When you eliminate the toxins and support your bodies innate ability to be well, really awesome things happen!

Over the last 10 years, I have expanded my knowledge base a lot, with the most recent adventure becoming fully certified as a Raindrop Technique Specialist and a Licensed Spiritual Healer Coach. To learn more about this and how you can benefit from this service click on Raindrop Technique from the site menu. :)

I'm looking forward to locking arms with you on your journey to health and wellness. You are worth it. Your family is worth it. Give your body what it needs and so desparately wants and see what you can overcome! The time is now to start making simple changes to open the door to a life of wellness, purpose and abundance! Lets do this!

Yours in health,

Marlene Rankin RN, BSN, CRTS, LSHC,NHE