Episode #5
From Cancer Conqueror to Cardiac Arrest Survivor: Stephanie Franklin-Suber’s Journey of Surrender & Rebuilding Your Temple God’s Way
Title: From Cancer Conqueror to Cardiac Arrest Survivor: Stephanie Franklin-Suber’s Journey ofSurrender & Rebuilding Your Temple God’s Way | Old School Podcast Show Notes: In this powerful episode of Old School , host Michele Vrabel sits down with Stephanie Franklin-Suber — cancer conqueror, cardiac arrest survivor, certified Christian health coach, and founderof Rebuild Your Temple God’s Way. Stephanie shares her 20-year faith journey that began with a rare, aggressive breast cancerdiagnosis in 2006 at the height of her legal career. Doctors gave her a grim five-year prognosis.Against all medical odds, she is now 20 years cancer-free. But survival was only the beginning.What followed were years of chronic illness, the sudden loss of her sister and brother-in-law, apandemic spiral of emotional eating and hopelessness, and a near-death cardiac arrest in 2025that required 55 minutes of CPR and extensive thoracic surgery. Through every season, God lovingly redirected her from a life of striving, perfectionism, andpeople-pleasing into one of full surrender — body, soul, and spirit. Stephanie now helps othersrestore their physical health, renew their soul, and realign their spirit through her Triune TempleJourney, modeled after the architecture of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. This conversation is raw, faith-filled, and full of hope for anyone walking through prolongedsuffering, slow healing, or the quiet battle of trusting God in the middle — not just for themiracle. Timestamps 0:00 – Teaser: Surviving cancer but still not well 0:07 – Welcome to Old School and introduction of Stephanie Franklin-Suber 1:32 – Stephanie’s bio, ministry, and how suffering reshaped her understanding of faith and health 8:29 – 2006 cancer diagnosis, grim prognosis, and learning to trust God intimately (Psalm 23 as her anchor) 12:06 – 20 years cancer-free by God’s grace — yet chronic illness followed 13:55 – 2012: Sudden loss of her sister Sandra and brother-in-law’s suicide; the impact of unprocessed grief on the body 15:39 – Pandemic isolation, emotional eating, 60-pound weight gain, and a deeper work of surrender 19:27 – 2025 cardiac arrest in her doctor’s office: clinical death, 55 minutes of CPR, and another divine redirection 23:17 – Celebrating one year of miraculous cardiac arrest survivorship 25:00 – What true trust looks like when healing is slow and outcomes are out of our control 39:00 – Rebuild Your Temple God’s Way and the Triune Temple Journey (outer court /body, inner court / soul, Holy of Holies / spirit) 44:03 – How to connect with Stephanie and find her Signature Faith and HealthCollection 45:04 – The one thing she wishes she had known sooner 48:00 – Closing encouragement and class dismissed Key Takeaways Self-care is not selfish — it is stewardship of the temple God has given you. Neglecting itleaves us vulnerable. Trusting God is not trusting Him to do what we want or expect. It is trusting Hischaracter, love, timing, and sovereignty even when healing unfolds slowly. Healing often happens in the middle of the process, not just in the breakthrough moment. Striving, perfectionism, and people-pleasing can look like faithfulness on the outside while depleting body, soul, and spirit on the inside. God uses seasons of suffering to lovingly redirect us from survival into surrender and ultimately into service. We are whole persons — body, soul, and spirit — created in the image of a triune God. Caring for only one part leaves the others fragmented. Even when healing is slow, God is still faithful. He never leaves or forsakes us. Connect with Stephanie Website: rebuildyourtemplegodsway.com Explore her Signature Faith and Health Collection and the Triune Temple Journey coaching and devotionals. Everything she shares flows from how God rebuilt her own temple time and time again.
