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Magic Mel: How I Found God in the Strip Club

Ep. 5

Welcome back to Open at the Top, Episode 5!

In this episode, I share my story of how I became a stripper and what happened throughout my life that kept me going back there for over a decade.You'll hear my powerful story about finding the Agape International Spiritual Center. I talk about the God of my understanding now, and how this has brought me peace, opened my mind, healed my heart and shifted the shame I once felt about my past.


Here’s what you’ll learn in Episode 5:


  • How I got fell into the strip club scene
  • My underlying wound of needing to be taken care of
  • How I ignored my inner knowing
  • What made me realize I needed to get out of this strip club lifestyle
  • How heartbreak brought me back to the past I had left behind
  • My experience of falling into and out of the strip club scene
  • How I found God and how this changed my mind, perspective and thoughts


Let’s stay connected!


http://www.melaniemcculley.com

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