After being diagnosed with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer in January, #MariaMenounos successfully had her tumor removed just months before welcoming daughter Athena via a surrogate this June.⁠ ⁠ The TV star says the practice of manifesting helped keep her eye on the prize through it all.⁠ ⁠ “Manifesting is a big part of my life, and before I knew what manifesting was I was doing it. I just didn’t have the label or the title,” Menounos tells Yahoo Life. “When I was thinking about Athena being born, I would feel the feelings of me catching her, me putting her on my skin, me hugging her and holding her, my dad walking with her hand-in-hand as she got older and older.”⁠ ⁠ Link in bio for more.⁠ ⁠ ✏️: Yahoo Life⁠ 📷: Getty