A Small stands face-to-face with his Giant above the sea at sunset
The Giant within the Small by Nicholas Townsend Smith, the cover

The novel of the 12 Journeys · by Nicholas Townsend Smith

The Giant within the Small

A Story of the Twelve Journeys Home to Yourself

He carried the number for six years. The morning he lost everything, he finally called it.

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About the book

The Giant within the Small

Henry is forty-one, and his life is coming apart. His marriage is ending. His house is in foreclosure. Every dollar he saved is gone. At six in the morning he dials a number written on the back of a business card, and a voice answers before he says a word.

"Hello, Henry."

The man on the other end is Rimi. His first question is the one Henry can't answer: Who are you?

What follows are twelve journeys, from a kitchen floor to a bench by the river, and each one goes somewhere Henry never expected. Along the way he learns how he was made small, and how to come home to the person he was before.

This book is for anyone who looks fine on the outside and feels stuck on the inside. It is for the person who has read the books, knows what to do, and still keeps hitting the same wall.

Every Giant was born a Small.

Who it's for

  • Anyone who looks fine on the outside and feels stuck on the inside
  • The person who has read the books, knows what to do, and still keeps hitting the same wall
  • Anyone who has built more than they've shown, and keeps landing somewhere smaller
  • Readers the self-help didn't take for: this is a story, not a lecture

Inside the book

Henry
Forty-one. His marriage is ending, his house is in foreclosure, and every dollar he saved is gone. At six in the morning he dials a number written on the back of a business card.
Rimi
A voice answers before he says a word — “Hello, Henry.” — and asks the one question Henry can't answer: Who are you?
Twelve journeys
From a kitchen floor to a bench by the river, each one going somewhere Henry never expected. Along the way he learns how he was made small, and how to come home to the person he was before.
A story, not a lecture
The truth lands deeper when it sneaks past your defenses wearing a story's clothes.

Why it matters

The Tribe grew from these pages

The Giant within the Small is the doorway book of the 12 Journeys: a story of twelve journeys home, set in the same world the whole Tribe walks.

Rimi, the voice that answers Henry's call, is the guide members talk to in the Tribe, any hour, in chat or out loud. And the book carries the line the whole Tribe lives by: every Giant was born a Small.

About the author

Nicholas Townsend Smith

Nicholas Townsend Smith, known as “the Gentle Giant,” is the guide who goes first. He knows anxiety and trauma from the inside, and he mapped the way out.

He spent twenty-five years in sales and five years building things so nobody would have to see him, then turned his own fight with anxiety and PTSD into the 12 Journeys. He is the co-creator of the 12 Journeys Framework, and he believes God did not create you to play small.

Questions

About The Giant within the Small

Can I read The Giant within the Small as part of my membership?

Yes. It's included with All-Access, and every new member's first 30 days are All-Access, free, with no card. It's in the Giant Library, readable on any device. Prefer your own copy? It's on Amazon.

Who is The Giant within the Small for?

Anyone who looks fine on the outside and feels stuck on the inside: the person who has read the books, knows what to do, and still keeps hitting the same wall.

Is it a self-help book?

It's a novel. Henry's story carries the twelve journeys, because the truth lands deeper as a story than as a lecture.

How does it connect to The Giants and the Smalls?

Both are by Nicholas Townsend Smith, and Rimi is in both. The Giants and the Smalls is the story that started the Tribe; The Giant within the Small follows one man through the twelve journeys home.

Where can I buy The Giant within the Small?

Right here at tribeofgiants.com/book, or on Amazon. Or read it with All-Access inside the Tribe of Giants.

Every Giant was born a Small.

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