Jeff Gould - LCDC-I/CIP/BHCC - is the author of ‘A Life Concussed’ and a celebrated coach in the industry of brain health, brain injury and addiction. He speaks both nationally and overseas on the topic of addiction.

Born in Los Angeles but raised in Arizona, Jeff’s early childhood was marked by family turmoil and suffering from two traumatic brain injuries, the second of the two being life altering.  That injury resulted in maxiofacial surgery that was extensive, producing a personality change that would all but send his life spiraling into madness through his teenage and early adult years.

Jeff’s injury- at that time undetected- would create a dark pathology of emotional disturbances, brain fog, and memory loss that contributed to his serious problems with alcohol and drugs that would stop just short of ending Jeff’s life.

Though coming from a background of both WestPoint and academia, Jeff’s life descended into social assistance programs, homeless shelters, and perils on and off the street in spiraling addiction.

He finally achieved long-term abstinence in a program of 12 step recovery, which began a long journey of making restitution and helping others, healing past traumas, and vigorously seeking out methodologies to help regain cognitive abilities once lost. Having become is a twenty year veteran working in the field of addiction - in both residential care and working one on one with families in crisis - his skillset involved and continues to involve building complex treatment plans of which brain injury plays a huge factor.

After his book found some success on the best-sellers list on Amazon, Jeff became involved in many nationwide advocacy campaigns and support groups that supported communities of those who had suffered strokes, CTE, and various mechanisms that produced head injury from which it appeared some persons could not recover. In extensive research with these populations, Jeff was to discover many different types of interventions which successfully reduced a wide spectrum of symptomology, often found just outside of traditional western medicine practices. His interests created collaborative work with neuroendocrinologists, neuro-optometrists and chiropractors, and neurologists to help develop a simple program in its outline, to help persons recover from malingering brain injury as he did.   He is a licensed counselor and is a certified Integrative Health Coach, Brain Health Coach, and Reiki provider.

A Life Concussed is a gritty and tragic memoir giving account of undiagnosed traumatic brain injuries that culminated into a life of addiction, homelessness, and disrepair. Jeff eloquently describes his return to health through meditation practice, biofeedback and therapy. This book has a strong relevance to those who suffer head injury- sports related- or otherwise. You can buy a copy here.

Jeff Gould grew up in Tucson Arizona where he suffered a crippling and life altering head injury - a traumatic brain injury - at the age of 13. Turning to substance abuse for relief, Jeff would ultimately descend into homelessness and despair which he has thoughtfully described in his published memoir ‘A Life Concussed’.  Now working as a mental health professional, Jeff brings his personal and professional experience to bear on coaching patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.  

In this podcast, Jeff discusses his own experience with TBI and strategies he’s learned to live with and recover from his injury. He provides actionable guidance on how to identify TBI, what steps to take to recover, and how to support friends and loved ones suffering from a brain injury.

You can listen to it on Apple podcast, Spotify, Google Play, or here