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A Story of Trauma, Transformation, and Reclaiming the Voice Within
The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph is Bradley L. Gabbert’s deeply personal memoir about childhood trauma, lifelong passivity, and the unexpected journey through breathwork and yoga that helped him rediscover his voice.
Bradley is available for podcast interviews, media conversations, author events, book discussions, wellness programs, and speaking engagements exploring trauma, personal agency, breath, movement, and the courage to become fully present in one’s own life.
The downloadable media kit includes Bradley’s biography, book information, interview topics, sample questions, selected excerpts, reviews, photographs, and additional media resources.
About the Book
At two years old, Bradley Gabbert was struck by a car and spent two weeks in a coma. He returned home having lost the ability to walk and speak. Although his physical recovery was remarkable, the deeper effects of the accident would quietly influence his life for decades.
Bradley became agreeable, compliant, and practiced at allowing the needs and choices of others to take precedence over his own—even when that passivity began affecting his most important relationships.
Six decades after the accident, a simple breathing exercise opened the door to a different kind of recovery. Through breathwork, yoga, reflection, and community, Bradley began reconnecting with the voice he had spent a lifetime surrendering.
The Agreeable Child is not a story about mastering yoga. It is a story about becoming present enough to make a choice, speak honestly, and participate fully in one’s own life.
Title: The Agreeable Child: A Yogic Journey from Tragedy to Triumph
Author: Bradley L. Gabbert
Genre: Memoir • Mindfulness • Trauma Recovery
Publication: 2026
Available through: Amazon
About Bradley L. Gabbert
Bradley L. Gabbert is an author, speaker, memoirist, yoga practitioner, and former industrial engineer.
His professional life has included more than twenty-five years in engineering and twelve years as a member of SAG-AFTRA while pursuing his passion for acting. His memoir grew from a determination to understand and change the passivity that had begun interfering with the relationships he valued most.
Bradley’s work explores the relationship between early trauma, silence, personal agency, breath, movement, and the gradual process of reclaiming one’s voice.
He lives in Rockford, Illinois, with his wife, Kelli.
Suggested Interview Topics
When Recovery and Healing Are Not the Same
Bradley can discuss the difference between surviving a childhood trauma and recognizing its emotional and behavioral effects many decades later.
The Formation of the Agreeable Child
How silence, compliance, conflict avoidance, and giving choices away can become protective patterns—and why those patterns may continue long after they are needed.
Finding a Voice Through Breath
How a simple 4-7-8 breathing exercise became an unexpected turning point in Bradley’s life.
Beginning Yoga Later in Life
Bradley began practicing yoga in his sixties. He can speak about entering the studio as a beginner, learning to remain present with discomfort, and discovering that progress does not require perfection.
Trauma Held Within the Body
A personal conversation about body memory, vulnerability, movement, and the ways physical practices may help people reconnect with themselves.
From Passivity to Personal Agency
How Bradley began learning to make choices, establish boundaries, communicate honestly, and remain emotionally present in his closest relationships.
Writing a Memoir About Living Family
The responsibility of telling a deeply personal story with honesty, compassion, restraint, and respect for the experiences of others.
Sample Interview Questions
What does the phrase “the agreeable child” mean to you?
How did your childhood accident continue affecting you after your physical recovery?
When did you begin recognizing agreeableness as a form of self-protection?
What happened during your first experience with the 4-7-8 breathing technique?
Why did yoga reach you in a way that other experiences had not?
What did beginning yoga in your sixties teach you about vulnerability?
How did passivity begin affecting the people you loved most?
What is the difference between being kind and surrendering your voice?
What do you hope readers recognize within their own lives?
What does triumph mean to you today?
Media Resources
Approved materials are available for interviews, reviews, articles, event promotion, and media coverage.
Available resources include:
Author headshots
Book-cover artwork
Short and extended author biographies
Book summary and publication information
Selected excerpts
Suggested interview questions
Reader reviews and endorsements
Speaking and discussion topics
Social-media and website information
Please credit photographs to Suzanne Plunkett and book-cover artwork to Bradley L. Gabbert unless otherwise noted.
Media Inquiries
Bradley welcomes thoughtful conversations with journalists, reviewers, podcast hosts, booksellers, yoga and wellness communities, libraries, and event organizers.
For interview requests, review copies, speaking opportunities, or other media inquiries:
Email: contact@bradleylgabbert.com
Author website: bradleylgabbert.com
Book website: theagreeablechild.com
Instagram and Facebook: @BradleyLGabbert
Please include the name of your publication, program, organization, or event, along with the nature of your request and any relevant deadlines.
At two years old, he lost his voice. Sixty years later, he began finding it again.