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Built, Not Given

Health and Wellness

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Biography and Memoir

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Built, Not Given

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Built, Not Given

Length2h 50m

About this audiobook

This memoir traces one man’s journey through trauma, discipline, identity, and reinvention. With honesty and restraint, it explores how hardship can shape a life without defining it. Reflective and grounded, the book is about endurance, self-mastery, and the quiet work of becoming someone new with intention, resilience, and earned clarity.

Audiobook details

GenreHealth and Wellness, Biography and Memoir

Length2 hrs 50 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateSep 29, 2022

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Built, Not Given Chris Bucknell

8Chosen Discipline

2Prologue

9Love, Pattern, and the Decision to Leave

3The Lie That Started Everything

10What Stayed When Everything Shifted

4Belonging Before Safety

11The Future I Thought I Was Building

5Structure Before Self-Trust

12What I Take With Me

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6Contained, Not Yet Free

13About the Author

7The Space Between Structure and Freedom

About the author

Chris Bucknell

Grounded by hardship and shaped by discipline, Chris writes about identity, resilience, and intentional living. Through honest reflection and hard-earned insight, he explores what it means to endure, rebuild, and define life on your own terms. His work speaks to growth, self-mastery, and the quiet strength found in becoming. View all by Chris Bucknell

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