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Grit & Gold

Lessons from the Edge of Almost

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Grit & Gold

By: Tim Welch
Narrated by: Joel Chaning
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Grit & Gold is not about fixing you. It’s about walking with you through the real, unspoken mess of growing up, healing, and figuring yourself out. It’s built from lived truth—not answers, not cliches. Each chapter is short, punchy, and hits straight where it hurts and heals.

This audiobook names the in-between moments: the spirals, the silences, the shame that hides behind good grades and fake smiles. It speaks to the kid who feels too much and says too little, the teen who lies to stay safe, the young adult carrying invisible weights. There’s no sugarcoating. Just raw stories about trauma, trust, identity, body image, grief, pressure, and everything in between.

It’s about the tension of being “too much” and still not enough. The lies we tell ourselves to survive. The almosts. The breakdowns. The fire inside that won’t die, even when everything feels numb.

This isn’t a how-to. It’s a flashlight. A gut-punch of honesty in a world that tells you to keep quiet.

You won’t find perfection here.

Just truth. Grit. And the gold that comes from facing your own reflection and choosing to stay anyway.

©2025 Tim Welch (P)2025 Tim Welch
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