About Jeff

Hi, I’m Jeff.

Jeff Levin on the phone, orange beanie and glasses
Loves baseball
A passionate writer — once taught English
Grew up in Newton, Massachusetts
Head over heels for the blues
A coach for young people — and still a kid at heart.
My story

I know the way back — I’ve walked it myself.

I was given a kind of benevolent x-ray vision with kids — I can see what’s beautiful in a young person, and exactly what’s holding them back. Here’s where it came from.

When I was 14, my father’s drinking was getting worse, and nobody in my house was talking about it. I didn’t feel good, and I didn’t have words for why. A crack was starting in my confidence — the kind where a voice moves in and tells you you’re not enough.

I call that voice “the Guy.” Most kids have one. I’ve known mine a long time.

The feeling I’d later learn to undo

What saved me wasn’t a program or a diagnosis. It was fun, friends, and falling back in love with the world. One snowy morning in 1971, my friends and I invented a game we called Rompage — pure, unrestrained, joyful chaos — and every time we played, the crack in me healed a little.

Children standing together in the snow, 1971
The morning we invented Rompage — New Hampshire, 1971

I didn’t understand it then. I’ve spent the 46 years since figuring out exactly how it works, so I can hand it to your kid on purpose instead of by luck.

That’s the whole job. I lived the lost feeling your child might be living right now. And I found the way back.

Training & experience

Rooted in real training. Built on 46 years in the room.

The training matters — but what matters more is that I’ve spent a lifetime with young people, learning what actually reaches them.

I’m a coach, not a theorist. I teach real, usable skills — not band-aids.

Dartmouth College
Undergraduate education
Boston College
School of Education
Smith College
School for Social Work
46
years with young people
25+
years as a coach
Hundreds
of families helped across the U.S.
What this means for your home

My job is to slow down the film for your family.

To fix what’s not working and sand off the rough edges — so there’s more confidence, more connection, and more calm for everyone in the house.

A kid who likes the person in the mirror changes the whole home.

In their words

The change is quiet, and it’s real.

★★★★★
“My son went from barely leaving his room to captaining his team. Jeff didn’t fix him — he helped him find himself again. I got my kid back.”
MMaria R.Mom of a 16-year-old · Boston, MA
★★★★★
“Three weeks in, our daughter came to dinner and just… talked. We hadn’t seen that in two years.”
PPriya & James K.Parents · Newton, MA
The team

Spoiler: this isn’t a one-man show. Two people keep the whole operation standing up straight — and yes, they’re allowed to have opinions about Jeff’s commas.

Miranda outdoors in a blue jacket
The Structure

Miranda

Jeff’s wife — and the one who catalogued decades of this work and shaped it into something with actual bones. She keeps Jeff and Nick focused on the people we can help and not spiralling in “how do we save the world” land. Thanks Miranda!

Nick Luna Ferreira holding a camera
The Vision

Nick Luna Ferreira

Destroyer of worlds, mythical teller of stories… I can say whatever I want here, cool! The vision, the look, the way the whole thing comes together, that’s me.

Hi.

When you’re ready, I’d love to talk.

Just a free, relaxed conversation about your family whenever the time feels right.

About 30 minutes · online or in person