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December 29th, 2025

Eternity in Mind: Rev. Dr. Frank Selden on Chronic Illness, Faith, and Choosing to Stay

Frank Selden came to a cemetery ready to end his life and walked away with one question:
“What if my actions in this life affect what comes next?”

In this episode of Experience Over Expectation, I’m joined by Rev. Dr. Frank Selden, former Army National Guard officer and JAG detachment veteran, and a highly respected tax and Estate attorney who once lived a full, successful life, until chronic, late-stage Epstein-Barr and related complications brought everything to a halt.

Frank shares the story of the night at Tahoma National Cemetery that changed him, the spiritual questions that followed, and what it looks like to rebuild a life slowly, deliberately, and with eternity in mind. We also talk about the realities of chronic illness, Grief, identity, peace, and the daily practice of choosing to stay.

Guest link
SoulBuilding: https://soulbuilding.life/

About Frank Selden
In his soon to be released autobiography, Frank shares his candid account of that night and the years that followed, a life rebuilt, a faith questioned and reshaped, and the slow, intentional work of learning to live again with eternity in mind.

About Mary McCorvey
Mary McCorvey is the author of Experience Over Expectation: Let Go of the Plan, Live on Your Terms, and host of the Experience Over Expectation podcast.

Mary McCorvey is a veteran of the Gulf War, founder of 7 companies, TV producer, author, radio host, and playwright whose life reads like a memoir—because it is one. From being implicated in a murder at 17 to surviving sarin gas exposure in Kuwait, Mary’s story is defined by resilience, reinvention, and one core question: What do you do… when life keeps rewriting the script?

After being diagnosed with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and told she had two years to live, Mary defied the odds. She rebuilt her life after betrayal, launched a mission to send students’ work to the Moon, and most recently, opened a locked box she’d carried for 35 years—unleashing a memoir-in-motion about love, memory, and healing.

Now the host of the podcast and author of the book, Experience Over Expectation, Mary brings wit, warmth, and depth to conversations about identity, aging, forgiveness, and second chances. She’s equally at home discussing trauma and tenacity as she is laughing through the absurdities of life.

Mary lives—and thrives—in Pennsylvania, with a story to tell and a mic in hand.