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Publisher's Summary
If you're going to have a life worth living, you're going to have to walk through some pain....
I made this audiobook for you, the hopeless one in a hotel room who wants to end your life. I made this for you, the drug addict who wants to give up because you can't overcome the addictions. I made this for you, the one who thinks the world is out to get you because of the life you were handed.
Rejection, addiction, emptiness, brokenness, and hopelessness can destroy our lives. I know this because I was broken beyond hope, but today I am victorious!
This is my journey from meth to ministry. If God can transform a life like mine, he can do it for you no matter what your story is. You just have to surrender. You have to choose to trust in the midst of the pain.
I am crazy enough to believe that by you listening to this book, God can grab ahold of your heart and remind you that you are loved, valued, and believed in. I believe you will start to see God has a plan and your story isn't over. It is just about to start.
If he did it for me, he can do it for you. It is my prayer that one day you, too, will be able to say, "It is worth the pain."
And I promise, the life God has for you, it is worth the pain.
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Not A Good Reader
Great story but perhaps someone else should of read it. the author couldn't read very well. powerful story though
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-19
This book gave me the strength to break a cycle and I am forever grateful.
This book is so amazing. I’m so thankful that I took the time to read every single word. Thank you so much Jessica for pouring out your heart into this book. You can feel it on every single page. I listened to it as I drove through Kirby and as the hair stood up on my neck I knew that this book would change my life forever....And son did it ever.
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- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 417
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 363
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Story5 out of 5 stars 360
Humorous. Authentic. Relatable. That's Carolanne Miljavac in a nutshell. And those qualities are just what her nearly half a million social media followers adore about her. Her Odd(ly) Enough is a message that your heart needs to hear: It's time to embrace the "you" God made you to be. Tune out the naysayers of the world, and jump into his loving arms. He'll walk alongside you as you passionately pursue your God-given purpose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Amazing and Eye Opening!
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-18
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The Mystery
- Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers
- By: Lacey Sturm
- Narrated by: Lacey Sturm
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story5 out of 5 stars 83
Rock princess Lacey Sturm wants to share her journey from heartbreak to wholeness with young women. In The Mystery, Sturm helps listeners understand that any loving relationship begins with knowing your own identity in Christ. And yet, so many people have learned to define love through their own dysfunctional family, unhealthy relationships, the romances and wrecked relationships of mainstream pop culture, or, sadly, through pornography. Is it any wonder so many people end up brokenhearted, divorced, abused, abusive, or even suicidal?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! Incredibly moving.
- By Mae on 12-30-19
By: Lacey Sturm
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The Rescue
- Seven People, Seven Amazing Stories…
- By: Jim Cymbala, Ann Spangler - contributor
- Narrated by: Jim Cymbala
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
A Wall Street broker, a party girl, a student, a homeless man, an addict, a teenage mom, a drug enforcer - all of them spiraling out of control. Each has a reason to despair and a wound that won't heal. Until something unexpected happens - something that will change their lives forever. The Rescue tells the powerful, true stories of men and women whose lives should have ended badly but didn't. What happens to each of them will take you by surprise and give you hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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True Christian Lives
- By Garland Mom on 03-06-19
By: Jim Cymbala, and others
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Waking Up in Heaven
- A True Story of Brokenness, Heaven, and Life Again
- By: Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski
- Narrated by: Crystal McVea
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
For most of her life, Crystal McVea was a skeptic whose history of abuse and bad choices made her feel beyond the reach of God - who questioned if God was even real. She had all but given up hope. Then came December 10, 2009...and the moment that changed everything. Crystal doesn't remember the trauma or losing consciousness; she just remembers waking up in heaven, next to God....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Naive
- By Margaret on 04-11-13
By: Crystal McVea, and others
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The Complicated Heart
- Loving Even When It Hurts
- By: Sarah Mae
- Narrated by: Sarah Mae
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story5 out of 5 stars 62
People often ask Sarah, "How did you forgive your alcoholic mother?" How do you forgive someone who carelessly brushed aside your pain, who caused such destruction, and who doesn't show remorse? How do you know when to stay and when to go? In The Complicated Heart, you will travel through Sarah's story with her, from age 14 and beyond, as she wrestles with these very questions. Prepare yourself: She holds nothing back.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Broken
- By Simone Wolfe on 10-04-21
By: Sarah Mae
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Lost and Found
- Finding Hope in the Detours of Life
- By: Sarah Jakes
- Narrated by: Sarah Jakes
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,238
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,245
Like every girl, Sarah Jakes dreamed of a life full of love, laughter, and happy endings. But her dreams changed dramatically when she became pregnant at age 13. Sarah's captivating story, unflinchingly honest and deeply vulnerable, is a vivid reminder that God can turn even the deepest pain into His perfection. More than a memoir, Lost and Found offers hope and encouragement. Perhaps you, like Sarah, find yourself wandering the detours of life. Regardless of how lost you feel, you, too, can be found.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book,
- By Talaina on 07-25-16
By: Sarah Jakes
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The Reason
- How I Discovered a Life Worth Living
- By: Lacey Sturm
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 249
The day Lacey Sturm planned to kill herself was the day her grandmother forced her to go to church, a place Lacey thought was filled with hypocrites, fakers, and simpletons. The screaming match she had with her grandmother was the reason she went to church. What she found there was the reason she is alive today. With raw vulnerability, this hard-rock princess tells her own story of physical abuse, drug use, suicide attempts, and her ultimate salvation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wake up to the realities of suicidal thoughts
- By Brittany Cat on 08-04-18
By: Lacey Sturm
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I Will Thrive
- Find Your Fight to Claim True Freedom
- By: Nicole Crank
- Narrated by: Nicole Crank
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story5 out of 5 stars 61
Sometimes life smacks us upside the head while we are looking the other way. We get knocked down and struggle to get back up. But your past struggles do not determine your future. Using the pain of her past, Nicole Crank walks you through the hurdles meant to keep you down, which will, in turn, bring you closer to God. I Will Thrive gives you the courage to look at your past and be able to declare freedom from fear—allowing a daring spirit to rise up in those who have forgotten how to be brave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Your past is to prepare you!
- By lee holloway on 01-28-23
By: Nicole Crank
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If You Only Knew
- My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free
- By: Jamie Ivey
- Narrated by: Jamie Ivey
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 861
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 754
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Story5 out of 5 stars 751
Among our greatest fears is the dread of what others would think of us "if they only knew" - the parts of our past we hope to forget, the parts of our present we work to conceal. Yet the part we actually do the best job of hiding is not the unsightly debris of our own mess, but rather the stunning beauty of God's grace. The fear that demands we protect this false image at all costs leads us to unwittingly declare a false gospel at every turn. Jamie Ivey finally grew tired of doing that, tired of being too ashamed and insecure to let others see the full extent of what God was capable of doing with our unworthiness. So she quit hiding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book will be on my nightstand, like forever
- By JillyMilk on 04-16-18
By: Jamie Ivey
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Brave Surrender
- Let God’s Love Rewrite Your Story
- By: Kim Walker-Smith
- Narrated by: Kim Walker-Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story5 out of 5 stars 182
If you are longing to experience God more than the shame or hurts of your past, the pressures of your present, or the fear of your future, Brave Surrender offers a soul-healing path forward. As Kim learned in her own life, the first step - and the bravest step - is letting go. Once we let go of anything that gets between us and God, we are freed to take hold of the life that truly matters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It gave me a lot to reflect on
- By Freddy on 04-04-19
By: Kim Walker-Smith
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Love That Lasts
- How We Discovered God's Better Way for Love, Dating, Marriage, and Sex
- By: Jefferson Bethke, Alyssa Bethke
- Narrated by: Jefferson Bethke, Alyssa Bethke
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 606
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 507
Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by romantic, fulfilling marriages only to discover they've been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky pasts, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce-ridden in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!!
- By Greenleaf on 10-17-17
By: Jefferson Bethke, and others
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When Words Don't Come Easy
- How God Redeems Our Stories, Gives Purpose to Our Pain, and Still Uses Us to Change the World
- By: Andy Howard
- Narrated by: Andy Howard
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, “How on earth did things get so hard?” I have—more times than I can count. I’ll never forget how helpless I felt when it seemed like our life was falling apart, when our oldest daughter faced seemingly endless brushes with death, or when our finances were in shambles. In those moments, I felt everything I’d ever dreamed of, or God had ever promised, was shattering at my feet. But I’ll also never forget when things changed, when on the darkest of days I heard a voice whisper, “There is beauty in the broken.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- By Diana G. Saylor on 01-11-23
By: Andy Howard
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The Con Man's Daughter
- A Story of Lies, Desperation, and Finding God
- By: Candice Curry
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 365
When Candice Curry was a little girl, she put her hand in her father's back pocket so that she wouldn't get lost in large crowds. Little did she know that as she followed him, he was plying his trade: conning people. Her family drove stolen cars, lived in stolen houses, and shopped with stolen credit cards. Drug use was regular, as were visits from strange people who were trying to track her father down. Though she eventually cut ties with her father, Candice could not ignore the scars that were left from her childhood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful inspiring story
- By Linda Sue on 08-06-21
By: Candice Curry
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Unreasonable Hope
- Finding Faith in the God Who Brings Purpose to Your Pain
- By: Chad Veach
- Narrated by: Chad Veach
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 out of 5 stars 84
When things go horribly wrong and the world seems to be unraveling, how do you believe in God's goodness? How do you cling to hope? Chad Veach directs listeners away from clichéd Sunday school answers that fail to offer real comfort or provide faith-building insights. Instead he draws from God's promises in the Bible and from the story of his own daughter's diagnosis of a devastating and debilitating disease to reveal simple, purposeful steps for dealing with pain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book!!
- By Elishia on 03-10-16
By: Chad Veach
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Angry Conversations with God
- A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir
- By: Susan Isaacs
- Narrated by: Susan Isaacs
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In this cuttingly poignant memoir, Susan Isaacs chronicles her rocky relationship with the Almighty - from early childhood to midlife crisis - and all the churches where she and God tried to make a home: Pentecostals, Slackers for Jesus, and the über-intellectuals who turned everything, including the weekly church announcements, into a three-point sermon. Casting herself as the neglected spouse, Susan faces her inner nag and the ridiculous expectations she put on God.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How easily annoyed are you?
- By Lisa on 10-20-11
By: Susan Isaacs
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Carry On, Warrior
- Thoughts on Life Unarmed
- By: Glennon Doyle Melton
- Narrated by: Glennon Doyle Melton
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,632
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,252
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,245
Anne Lamott meets Elizabeth Gilbert in this inspirational, side-splittingly funny exploration of the power of living with love, forgiveness, and honesty. Glennon Melton became a sensation when her personal essays started going viral. Giving language to our universal (yet often secret) experiences, her hilarious and poignant observations were read by millions, shared among friends, discussed at water coolers, quoted in The New York Times, and have inspired a social movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get Ready to Exercise your Bookmarks
- By Molly on 04-17-13
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Kill the Spider
- Getting Rid of What's Really Holding You Back
- By: Carlos Whittaker
- Narrated by: Carlos Whittaker
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 570
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 507
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Story5 out of 5 stars 507
Carlos Whittaker equips you with practical steps to destroying the roots of your deep-seated habits so you can get rid of what's holding you back and embrace true freedom in Christ. Are you tired of trying to live for Christ - only to fail time and time again with the same old behaviors? Do you pray for guidance, ask for deliverance, and vow to do better, yet fail to progress? Throughout Kill the Spider, Carlos walks you through the key aspects of killing the spiders in your own life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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really a good word for me in season
- By Holly Smith on 01-22-20
By: Carlos Whittaker
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The Pursuit of Porsha
- How I Grew into My Power and Purpose
- By: Porsha Williams
- Narrated by: Porsha Williams,