From Near Death to Purpose with Bernenda Marc

Made It Out

Made It Out Media

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week, Mal sits down with Bernenda Marc, founder of Preparedness Collective, where she helps people escape chaos before it happens. She shares her experience as a first-generation Haitian American navigating her coming out story, along with her path through the military and eight years as a police officer, becoming the first Haitian female in her department. She also opens up about a life-altering accident that left her in the ICU while her close friend passed away, as well as the profound grief of losing both of her parents to cancer, and how these experiences have shaped her perspective on life and purpose. Thank you to this episode’s sponsor! •Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/made Follow our guest @theprepardnesscoach, follow the show @madeitout and follow Mal @malglowenke Check out Bernenda's YouTube. She has a new episode dropping today specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community called Preparedness with Pride. Plus, don’t miss the YouHaul or YouGhost card game. Perfect for move-ins, breakups, and girls’ nights! Now available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ :) 👉 Subscribe, like & comment to support queer content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to Made It Out. Today I'm here with Bernanda Mark, the owner and founder of Preparedness Collective.
0:06.9	Yes.
0:07.4	Thank you for being here.
0:08.5	I'm happy to be here.
0:17.6	As you all know, Made It Out launched a product this year. That is my first time that I've ever been in e-commerce. So it was a little bit daunting, a little bit scary as new things are. It's kind of one of those games you play like, ah, what if nobody wants to buy it? What if I don't understand the logistics of e-commerce? But let me tell you, Shopify has made it so simple. I'm usually one of
0:40.3	those people who kind of shies away from logistics, numbers, dashboards, freak me out. But Shopify
0:47.1	makes it so easy. We get on the boards every meeting and we kind of just use that to really dive into our business. It has
0:56.5	quelled a lot of my fear and made launching a product so easy. They have 24-7 customer service lines.
1:04.8	They have full marketing campaigns for emails, socials, so it makes it feel like you have a
1:09.4	robust team behind you. And they're
1:11.6	very easy to trust because they work with huge businesses globally and 10% of the e-commerce
1:18.1	businesses in the U.S. Go get your $1.3.com.com slash made. Go to shopify.com slash
1:25.5	made. That's shopify.com slash maid. That's Shopify.com slash made.
1:30.3	Now, are all the traitors present?
1:33.0	Let's get started, shall we?
1:35.0	From rags to riches.
1:36.4	I'm so sick of this.
1:37.6	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
1:39.7	Yorkshire to New York.
1:41.3	Or climbers, you and me.
1:43.0	A life dedicated to revenge.
1:44.9	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
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