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The Curious StoryTeller: How a Brain Injury Changed One Man’s Life and Led Him Back to Purpose
Description
What a Brain Injury Took, What Purpose Gave Back
What happens when the life you built disappears, and you have to figure out who you are from the ground up?
In this episode, I sit down with Herb for an honest conversation about traumatic brain injury, depression, identity loss, and the slow work of rebuilding a life that no longer fits the old rules. He shares what changed after a snowboarding accident, why invisible injuries are so hard to explain, and how he found his way back to focus, purpose, and hope.
We talk about the kind of struggle people often can’t see from the outside: the fear, the shutdown, the frustration of looking capable while feeling anything but. At the same time, Herb also shares the shift that helped him stop chasing his old life and start building a new one with meaning.
If you’ve ever felt like your future got knocked off course, or you support someone living through that kind of loss, I think this conversation will stay with you. You’ll hear the small wins that mattered most, the mindset that kept him moving, and the question many people in pain are quietly carrying.
About the Guest
Herb is an entrepreneur and brain training coach who helps people recover lost capacity after brain injury, stroke, and other life-altering setbacks. His work is shaped by his own lived experience of rebuilding after traumatic brain injury.
Timestamps
- 0:15 - Herb’s life before the brain injury and the business he was building
- 2:20 - How everything started falling apart after the accident
- 5:14 - The turning point that made him want to be alive again
- 12:17 - When traumatic brain injury became part of the story
- 15:40 - Why depression was harder than the physical pain
- 21:53 - What the early days felt like from the inside
- 30:21 - The first signs that brain training was changing daily life
- 42:41 - Letting go of the idea of “going back”
- 56:11 - What rebuilding really looked like in real life
- 79:52 - Why purpose mattered so much in recovery
- 86:06 - What Herb hopes others hear when their future feels lost
Herb's Links
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bringing-education-home/id1651695357
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herbert.heaghavritt
- Website: https://herb-brain-training.vibepreview.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUrd5JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMXp5a2doaGZkTEs5RnJVMVVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeo69t99Xf--_wUo61TC09egmfKKxi4pYwLoybHg70szFNy3PBGERf8UA_4i4_aem_d7sNLV90HodgTDE0iMEi0g
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If this episode speaks to you, listen to the full conversation and share it with someone who may need that extra bit of hope today.
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