Grit & Gold: Lessons from the Edge of Almost

by Tim Welch

Overview

Grit & Gold: A Guide for the Ones Still Figuring It Out

This isn't a self-help book. It's a survival kit for the messy middle.

Grit & Gold doesn't hand you perfect answers. It hands you a mirror, a flashlight, and the truth you've been choking down for too long. This book is for the ones who feel "too much" and "never enough" at the same time-the overthinkers, the quiet ones, the kids who carried things in silence and the adults still trying to put it all down.

Built from lived experience, each short, gut-honest chapter tackles what most books dance around: the spirals behind fake smiles, the grief that never got a name, the shame that hides in high-achieving kids, the quiet panic of growing up, and the invisible weight of trying to get it "right." It hits hard and heals gently.

These pages won't tell you how to be better. They'll remind you that you were never broken.

With journal-style reflection pages and bold reminders at the end of every section, Grit & Gold gives you more than stories-it gives you tools to face your own.

This book is for:

Teens and young adults caught between who they were and who they're becoming

Anyone walking through healing without a map

The ones who crave truth more than polish

You won't find sugarcoating here.

You'll find grit. You'll find gold.
And you'll find yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798317659042
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/29/2025
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Tim Welch, LPCC, is a licensed mental health counselor, recovery coach, and the author of 2Bits, Grit & Gold and others. With over two decades of experience working with teens, young adults, and individuals navigating trauma, addiction, and emotional overwhelm, Tim’s approach is raw, honest, and rooted in lived truth. His writing blends clinical insight with gritty personal reflection, offering readers tools to unpack shame, rewrite old narratives, and reclaim their voice.

Whether through one-on-one sessions or through the pages of his workbooks, Tim walks alongside people in the messy middle—not as someone with all the answers, but as someone who’s been there too.