Sony Perlman LMSW has had a plethora of experiences in the mental health arena specializing in addiction. Sony has developed a philosophy on how he thinks, we as a community can change the world for the better. He is passionate about talking to other people that have done great things in the world. Follow along as he exchanges these ideas with thought leaders and other people that he finds fascinating, as they BRAINSTORM ways to make the world a better place.
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Introducing the brand new podcast from OurPlace, OurVoice. Featuring staff members, past members, featured guests, and much more. Join AJ Jacobowitz LMSW and guests as we discuss a wide range of topics, from mental health, to experiences and stories, from current events, to pop-culture and much more. AJ Jacobowitz is the current clinical director of OurPlace Teens, holding a master's of social work, AJ grew up in the Orthodox community, attending yeshivas In Brooklyn and Jerusalem. OurPlace ...
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Master Educator Shares His Method | With Richard Altabe
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1:42:22Send us a text Richard Altabe serves as principal and executive vice president for institutional advancement at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, roles he has held since 2016, and as an adjunct professor at Touro College since 2021. With over 35 years in K-12 education, he previously served as headmaster at Shaare Torah, director of Limudei Chol at…
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Sony's Nephew Shares His Journey | With Chananya Bacher
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1:52:47Send us a text A special episode with my nephew. For more Brainstorm go to... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aPCiuzsIoNKYt5jjv7RFT?si=67dfa56d4e764ee0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainstorm-with-sony-perlman/id1596925257 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@brainstormwithsony Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brai…
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You Are Perfect Just The Way You Are | With Mordechai Weinberger LCSW
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1:49:35Send us a text Mordechai Weinberger, LCSW, is the Executive Director of Serenity Center and a seasoned therapist with over 20 years of experience. He is the author of three books—Mastering Relationships, Alive, and Momentum—a bestselling radio host, and a clinical trainer known for integrating CBT, DBT, ACT, and IFS in his work. Currently completin…
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Marriage Expert Discusses The Future of Relationships | With Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
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2:02:21Send us a text Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier A veteran mechanech and noted relationships expert, Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier served as a high school rebbe for 15 years before creating the Shmuz. TheShmuz.com, a popular website that dispenses weekly Torah inspiration to 10,000 people across the globe, reflects the down-to-earth, practical voice of Rabbi Shafi…
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Comedy After October 7th | With Eli Lebowicz
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Recovery Expert Shares His Knowledge | With Ezy Finkel
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1:53:07Send us a text A creative, friendly, and passionate person, Ezy Finkel is deeply committed to his family, making a positive impact in the world, and conducting business with honesty and integrity. He is a managing member of Gem Consulting Group, a firm specializing in investing in behavioral health real estate and operations. Ezy grew up in Lakewoo…
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Comic Influencer With A Deeper Purpose | With Mendel "Reggie" Richter
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1:18:51Send us a text Reggie, whose real name is Mendel Richter, is a Chabad bochur (yeshiva student) known for his engaging and humorous approach to sharing Torah teachings. During his time on shlichus (Jewish outreach) in Singapore, he began creating short comedic videos inspired by the weekly Parsha, aiming to make Jewish wisdom accessible and entertai…
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True Healing Is Possible | With Dovid Kohn
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1:47:18Send us a text Dovid Kohn, a seasoned clinical social worker specializing in trauma, addiction, and marital therapy, runs a thriving psychotherapy practice based in New City, NY, where he integrates an embodied and mindful approach in evidence-based care, along with several associates in various locations. Dovid also serves as Chief Clinical Office…
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A Rabbi's Recover Journey | With Rabbi Shmuel Luger
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2:08:07Send us a text Originally from Monsey NY, Rav Luger completed high school in Yeshiva Shaarei Torah and then continued to learn in the prestigious Yeshiva of Toras Simcha and Yeshiva Gedola Matisyahu. Afterward, he continued his learning in Sh’or Yoshuv while completing his degree in Business Administration. After making aliyah, Rav Luger joined Kol…
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Send us a text Moe Flohr is 17 years old and he is one of the cohosts of the viral Relatable Podcast. Relatable podcast offers the solution through connection, insight and practical advice. Profound teachings from the greatest minds of our generation including guests who are spiritual leaders, prolific therapists, creative artists, successful entre…
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist | With Leah Askarinam-Rosenberg
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1:28:45Send us a text Leah Askarinam, Graduate of LIU Class of 2015, has been a devoted and hard-working pharmacist for the past 10 years. She listens to the concerns of her clients and provides top quality service and care. During her own health and wellness journey she discovered the power and strength of holistic medicine which was the spark that cause…
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A Conversation With My Nephew | With Shalom Perlman
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1:40:26Send us a text A special audio-only episode with my nephew. For more Brainstorm go to... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aPCiuzsIoNKYt5jjv7RFT?si=67dfa56d4e764ee0 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainstorm-with-sony-perlman/id1596925257 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@brainstormwithsony Instagram: https://www.instagr…
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How We Can All Help | With Shlomo Reichmann
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1:32:18Send us a text Shlomo Reichman is a businessman living in Pomona, New York, who recognized there was an issue in the community with young men and he set out to do something about it. He has helped these young men in many ways, including helping with employment, Shabbas meals, and many other things. Shlomo, along with some friends, created an organi…
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Connecting To The Light | With Gedale Fenster
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1:40:13Send us a text Gedale Fenster is an internationally renowned motivational speaker, spiritual leader, life coach, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He has become known worldwide as one the most recognized faces in the field of personal development. His approach, simple and straightforward yet profound and wise, has empowered millions of indi…
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Over 50 Years Of Inspiring The Jewish Nation | With Abie Rotenberg
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1:35:13Send us a text Abie Rotenberg is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer, and entertainer living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been producing music since the mid-1970s with a style which has been described as "soft and sweet" with a strong folk influence. Rotenberg grew up in Queens, New York, surrounded by other up-and-coming religious…
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Finding The Light Within Ourselves | With Rabbi Yoni Fischer
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1:34:22Send us a text Rabbi Yoni Fischer is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Matisyahu (Fischer’s) in Eretz Yisroel. With his deep empathy, unique ability to understand others, and enormous amount of love of yidden, Rabbi Fischer is a Rebbi to many, helping guide buchrim to living a happy healthy life with Hashem. Rabbi Fischer was previously the founder and …
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Treating The Whole Person | With Divi Bogart
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2:12:10Send us a text Divi (Kamman) Bogart is a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner trained in psychiatric assessment, medication management, and psychotherapy. Divi approaches each individual as a unique psychological system, perfectly calibrated and guided by their own innate body wisdom and healing intelligence. Seeing the limitations of convention…
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Don't Get Lost In The Sauce | With Yitz Klein
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2:32:05Send us a text Yitz is the founder of Third House Capital (thirdhousecapital.com), an alternative investment fund focused on impactful investments that benefit humanity. Previously, he founded and served as CIO of Gideon Asset Management, a private equity family office with a diverse portfolio spanning real estate, venture tech, finance, healthcare…
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Brothers In Session | With Dr. Akiva Perlman
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2:24:59Send us a text Akiva Perlman, PhD., is an international speaker on topics of abuse, addiction, and trauma. He has educated several hundred frum social workers from our community and is currently serving as a professor at Wurzweiler School of Social work. Dr. Perlman is clinical director of ODA’s Wellness Institute, a clinic which serves the chaside…
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How Alternative Healing Helped Me Through Grief | With Avremi Gourarie
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1:46:17Send us a text Avremi Gourarie is a world-class Jewish musician. After the tragic and untimely loss of his daughter, he has gone through a journey of healing and self-discovery. He has devoted much of his time and energy to helping others who are struggling. Avremi and his wife Dini have created The Kindness Award to commemorate their daughter’s me…
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My Journey From Chassidic Royalty To An IDF Commander | With Chaim Meisels
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2:09:39Send us a text Chaim Meisels, 29, is the great-grandson of the Satmar Rebbe, R’ Beirach Moshe. About eight years ago, Chaim chose to immigrate to Israel and enlist in the IDF. Chaim left everything behind, enlisted in the IDF combat unit, and was sworn in at the Kotel. Chaim served as a commanding officer in the Egoz program, a special forces unit …
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The Breathwork Revolution | With Dr. Trish Attia And Gitty Greenwald LCSW
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1:38:14Send us a text Gitty Greenwald, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in Brooklyn, NY, and works with adults. Besides for traditional psychotherapy, Gitty has extensive training in multiple body centered trauma treatments, which include: somatic interventions, sensorimotor psychotherapy, EMDR, hypnosis, intuitive healing, energy healing, an…
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"Ten Years Of Therapy In 2 Hours" | With Berry Nash
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1:33:35Send us a text As a dedicated parent and mentor, Berry Nash has spent years refining his parenting techniques through hands-on experience. With a step-by-step perspective, Berry offers personalized guidance to help families create harmonious, nurturing environments. Discover a relatable approach to raising confident, happy children with Berry Nash …
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How I Dropped Out Of Law School And My Parents Are Still Proud Of Me | With Dovi Neuburger
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2:32:58Send us a text Dovi Neuburger is a New York City- based comic and producer. He plays at many of the top comedy clubs in Manhattan and produces live comedy shows tailored to Jewish audiences around the country. Neuburger founded and produces the StandUp for Israel Comedy Tour, which brings Jewish and pro-Israel comedians into various communities to …
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Love, Intimacy, and Co-Dependency | With Gara Steinfeld
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1:32:17Send us a text Gara Steinfeld is a licensed therapist and founder of Real Healing Counseling, an experiential, attachment focused group therapy practice that specializes in working with who struggle with complex trauma and the ways we learn how to survive, such as sexand love addiction, eating disorders, codependency, and intimacy issues. While she…
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Himalayas, Yoga, And Gemara | With Yoni Banayan
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My Fascinating Journey To Spirituality | With Ari Lesser
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1:40:56Send us a text Ari Lesser is a singer, songwriter, rapper, and spoken word artist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has a degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon and also spent time in Israel studying at Yeshivot in Tzfat and Jerusalem. He has performed around the world, and written hundreds of songs on a wide range of subjects. Ari’s repe…
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Finding The Authentic You | With Simba Eckhaus
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1:42:50Send us a text Simba is a 28 yr old drummer from lakewood, NJ. He's spent 9 years in israel where he discovered his passion for life and self development and now he shares what he's learned through his brand Magen Movement on the Magen podcast and at the Magen events. He's currently living in Monsey where he works as a counselor at Our Village sobe…
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Choosing Judaism While Healing Jews | With Faith Niece
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1:06:06Send us a text Faith Niece is a Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. She run a practice of therapists and healers in Boca Raton focused on treating Trauma, Addictive disorders, and family of origin issues. As a clinician for over a decade she has a wide range or training such as Brainspottin…
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Send us a text Versatile musician and comedian Ami Kozak is a well-established artist. As a composer and singer-songwriter, he is part of the indie-pop band Distant Cousins. The band’s music has featured in several films, television and commercials over the years. Together, Kozak and co have garnered a worldwide following. Born and raised in Englew…
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Send us a text Ori Lavi is a multi instrumentalist musician and certified group facilitator, performing and leading vocal liberation workshops around the world. Founding member of the groups Orot (alongside Orka and Uria Tsur) and Barefoot Doctors as well as a solo artist. Driven by a passion for fostering attentiveness and responsible communicatio…
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The Possible You With: Yom Tov Glaser
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1:19:20Send us a text Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser received a BA in Humanities from the University of California at Santa Barbara. For twelve years he surfed internationally on a professional level and continues to surf today plus he is an accomplished mountain biker and professional musician. He received his rabbinical ordination from Aish HaTorah and the Chief …
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The Case For The Jewish People: With Izzy Fried
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1:45:32Send us a text Israel ‘Izzy’ Fried has been a trial attorney in New York City practicing criminal law for 25 years handling many high-profile cases. Before starting his own firm, Izzy served as a prosecutor in Kings County (Brooklyn) and completed selection into the FBI as a Special Agent. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Izzy served 2.5 years as a para…
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Is This What G-d Want's? With: Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
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1:58:42Send us a text Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll is a writer, activist, and speaker. She advocates for a healthier Judaism and via Chochmat Nashim empowers the community to be part of the solution with tools such as The Jewish Life Photo Bank and Rate My Beit Din. Her work can be seen in the Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Chronicle and other outlets…
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Send us a text Raised in South Africa, Shif Bacher recently made Aliyah and is currently living in Jerusalem. She is the proud niece of Sony Perlman, a fellow adoring fan of Yaelli as well as the Brainstorm Podcast. Following in her family's footsteps, upon graduation she abandoned her postgrad degree in Genetics and entered the world of psychother…
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Choosing To Believe: With Moshe Chanin
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1:40:42Send us a text Moishe Dov Chanin, PCC, stands out as a beacon of compassion and expertise on the advisory board of Collective Kindness. His extensive background, marked by pioneering meaningful community engagement and personal development, enriches our mission. A certified professional life coach, Moishe Dov's dedication to supporting individuals …
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Keeping Our Children Safe: With Dr. Shani Verschleiser
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1:49:32Send us a text Dr. Shani Verschleiser, AuD, LCSW, is a distinguished trauma therapist, noted author, and speaker, devoted to advancing family and child safety. Along with her husband Eli Verschleiser, Dr. Shani co-founded MagenU.org, through which she has educated tens of thousands of individuals on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) prevention. MagenU's imp…
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Spreading Meaning: With Nachi Gordon
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1:39:39Send us a text Nachi Gordon is the visionary founder of Meaningful Minute and the Meaningful People Podcast, a platform dedicated to inspiring personal growth and positive change in just sixty seconds. With a passion for empowering others to lead fulfilling lives, Nachi created Meaningful Minute as a daily dose of wisdom and motivation for individu…
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What's your mindset? With Menachem Poznanski
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1:02:23Enjoy this episode with Menachem Poznanski LCSW, founder, and director of TLR, with your host Aj Jacobowitz Delve in, as we talk all things 12 steps, therapeutic boundaries and more! The Living Room (TLR) is a program and community for young adults, aged 18-35, who are part of a recovery program for substance abuse. The mission of TLR is to encoura…
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Telling It How It Is: With Rabbi YY Jacobson
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1:52:04Send us a text Yosef Yitzchak "Yossi" Jacobson, also known as Rabbi YY Jacobson, is an American Chabad rabbi and speaker from Monsey, New York. Jacobson served as editor-in-chief of the Algemeiner Journal, and as a choizer for Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson For more Brainstorm go to... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aPCiuzsIo…
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We Need To Talk About Enabling: With Rabbi Kalish
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1:13:35Send us a text Rabbi Daniel Kalish Shlit'a learned in Yeshiva of Far Rockaway and then at the Mir, Yerushalayim. He came back to help start Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury and is currently the Menahel of the Mesivta of Waterbury. Rabbi Kalish has gained acclaim for his wonderful shmoozen that awaken, inspire, and encourage people to reach their …
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Send us a text Meir Kay is a breathwork facilitator, Co-founder of Ahdama and creator of the Kids Show “Mak and Friendz” He’s on a mission to connect people back to their hearts through creative mediums such as his viral videos, men’s retreats and breathwork workshops. He’s the children’s book author of “ A Kid’s Book About Optimism” which made it …
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Our fearless leader! With Sony Perlman
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1:24:30Dive into Sony's brain as we interview the clinical director of ourplace, and founder of our village. Sony Perlman LMSW, CASAC has been in the addictions field since the late 90s. Sony has his own podcast, Brainstorm with Sony. Enjoy!By Our Place
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The Benefits Of Healing In Comedy: With Zach Adler
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1:38:57Send us a text Zach Adler could be considered a world famous podcaster if the world only consisted of orthodox, and formerly orthodox jews. He resides in brooklyn if you couldn’t tell from his earrings and general appearance and demeanor. He is single and looking for the first of his 3 divorces. On top of this he is 6’4” and can dance very well. Fo…
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We're The 2 Best Friends That Anyone Ever Had: With Neil Zelman & Michael Greenfield
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1:48:19Send us a text Neil Zelman, the compassionate CEO of Polaris Healthcare, is a master of balance, seamlessly blending his professional prowess with a heart dedicated to service. Proudly holding a master's in public health administration, Neil's journey began as part of a family of entrepreneurs, where he honed his values managing the kitchen in a Ca…
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Coming Full Circle An Alcoholic Story Of Redemption: With Mendy Schusterman
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1:24:35Send us a text Raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, Mendy, at just 22 years old, has already experienced the depths of hopelessness and suffering that comes with alcohol addiction. With raw honesty, he shares the turning point that ignited his desire for change and led him on a path to recovery. Mendy went from being a client at Our Village Sober Comm…
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The 10 Lost Tribe Of Israel: With Rabbi Harry
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A Father of Soldiers: With Rabbi Mordechai Becher
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1:36:32Send us a text Rabbi Mordechai Becher, originally from Australia, is an instructor at Yeshiva University and alumni Rabbi of Neve Yerushalayim College. He received his ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and holds an MA in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He taught at Ohr Som…
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Send us a text Sony sits down with Eli Erenthal a colleague and friend who has been in the trenches helping young adults struggling with addiction and other mental health issues. Eli is one of the founders of the Minyan Shelanu Drop-in Center in Lakewood NJ and is currently the Director of Operations at Our Village Sober Living home in Pomona NY. F…
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Send us a text Meet Shmaya Honickman is the Program Coordinator of The Living Room as well as The Rockland County Area Leader. He has been working in the field of addiction for the last 8 years and got his start working with Sony at the very first Sober Living Facility he started, Arena. For more Brainstorm go to... Spotify: https://open.spotify.co…
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