BrainStorm with Sony Perlman

Send us Fan Mail Micah Landau has spent the last twelve years studying the shamanism of the indigenous people of the Peruvian Basin and practicing as a psychotherapist where his work is informed by Somatic Internal Family Systems. He is a graduate of the Silberman School of Social Work, where he earned a master’s degree. He also holds certifications in scuba diving, mixology, Thai massage, and Rei...

Send us Fan Mail Eli Katz is a licensed social worker and addiction specialist based in Lakewood. He is passionate about helping individuals and families navigate the challenges of starting and maintaining lasting recovery and is the founder and director of Clear Present Recovery, a comprehensive,evidence based program to support people in their recovery journey. ----------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail Levi works with breathwork, trauma-informed coaching, and tools drawn from Internal Family Systems, attachment theory, Nonviolent Communication, and somatic awareness, alongside my own lived experience. Since 2020, he has facilitated individual and group journeys across Israel and abroad. I have completed Level 1, 2, and 3 training in Nonviolent Communication, a six month trauma-i...

Send us Fan Mail Asher is a spiritual entrepreneur, human connection coach and Rabbi in Southern California. His story began at home as a young child where all seemed well from the outside. As the youngest by nine years, he felt a horrible sense of abandonment. His loneliness was compounded by his father’s prominence as a rabbi and community leader where the pressure to appear as role models was i...

Send us Fan Mail Chaya Chanin is an entrepreneur and community builder based in Brooklyn. She co-founded The Frock NYC, The Gathering Community, and Kohelet Girls High School, and co-hosts Undecided & Committed, a real-time marriage podcast exploring love, complexity, and addiction as it’s actually lived. She lives in Crown Heights with her Husband Moishe and their 4 children. The Village is a...

Send us Fan Mail I've been gone. Here's why. In this episode, Sony pulls back the curtain on where he's been, and it's not what you'd expect.  He's been all in. Completely, unapologetically, full-force all in on something he believes and what might be one of the most important things he's ever been part of. That something is The Village, a Jewish recovery focused...

Send us Fan Mail Jordana (Baruchov) Greenfield, widely recognized as @Drinkitin_Jordana, is the Director of Social Media & Marketing Strategy at Renewal by day and a passionate Torah influencer, coach, and podcast host by night. As the creator of Drink It In, Jordana inspires and empowers audiences through meaningful conversations, Jewish wisdom, and her signature coaching work, Finding Your V...

Send us Fan Mail Shlomo is a 27 year old magician from Far Rockaway, NY. Shlomo has performed his jaw dropping illusions all over the world, including the US, UK, and Israel! Shlomo is also known on social media for his street magic videos that have amassed millions of views performing for all different types of people, including athletes and celebrities! Shlomo has appeared on ABC TV, People.com,...

Send us Fan Mail Michoel Muchnik (b. 1952, Philadelphia) blends formal training from the Rhode Island School of Design with Chassidic scholarship from the Rabbinical College of America. While celebrated for his early storybook-style art and illustrations, his recent work features intricate mixed-media bas-reliefs using crushed metal and polymer clay. His art is held in global collections, and has...

Send us Fan Mail Rabbi Yossi Sirote, LCSW is a psychotherapist who has been counseling individuals, families, and groups for the past 26 years. His specialty is working with adult men who are struggling with relationships and life transitions. He has extensive training in therapeutic wilderness survival and is the founder and director of Yaalozu Wilderness Program for young men. Additionally, he s...

Send us Fan Mail In 2017, Ari Abramowitz, a veteran of the Netzach Yehuda Battalion and a dedicated IDF reservist, recognized a critical need. Every year, hundreds of Lone Soldiers return to the U.S. after their IDF service, only to face an overwhelming new challenge—reintegrating into civilian life without support. Ari founded Nevut to ensure these heroes wouldn’t face that battle alone. https://...

Send us Fan Mail Yossi and Rechie Glanz are a young Jewish Orthodox couple who left behind the usual routine to live life on their own terms. For the past year, they’ve been traveling full-time through 12 countries, sharing honest stories, local experiences, and real behind-the-scenes insights from life on the road. They inspire thousands online by showing that it’s possible to chase adventure and...

Send us Fan Mail Debbie Akerman PhD, LCSW CSAT is a social worker with years of experience in addiction, recovery and trauma. A wife and mother to 11 biologic and 8 chosen children, Dr. Akerman completed her dissertation on addiction and the orthodox Jewish community. Currently, Dr. Akerman is a Clinical Associate Professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work and also maintains a private practice....

Send us Fan Mail Simba Eckhaus is the founder of Magen Movement, a holistic mind-body-soul lifestyle for Jewish men committed to growth, integrity, and purpose. A fitness coach, musician, and spiritual mentor, Simba blends movement, psychology, Kabbalah, and lived experience in recovery to help men reconnect to their strength, self-respect, and inner light. His work is about alignment—becoming the...

Send us Fan Mail R Chananya Greenwald is Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferet in Yerushalayim (TJ). He's been in chinuch for 40 years and is still trying to figure it out. He recently published the biography of his legendary father entitled,  Ronnie The Extraordinary Life of Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald. https://a.co/d/bZRc5pV -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail Hadassa Hirsh is the founder and director of Unite, a vibrant community for frum single women. For the past five years, she has led Unite in Lakewood with a mission to create belonging, empowerment, and genuine connection. Known for her warmth, creativity, and thoughtful leadership, Hadassa designs weekly programs, Shabbatons/retreats and conversations that help women feel inspire...

Send us Fan Mail Asher is a spiritual entrepreneur, human connection coach and Rabbi in Southern California. His story began at home as a young child where all seemed well from the outside. As the youngest by nine years, he felt a horrible sense of abandonment. His loneliness was compounded by his father’s prominence as a rabbi and community leader where the pressure to appear as role models was i...

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Send us Fan Mail The Long Short Way is a podcast hosted by Rabbi Mendy Bistritzky, where meaningful stories meet soulful conversations. Each episode explores the winding paths of personal growth, faith, and purpose—highlighting the unexpected ways that challenge can lead to clarity, and that the "long short way" is often the most direct route to real transformation. Through heartfelt sto...

Send us Fan Mail Yankie is a veteran trauma and addiction therapist in the field of psychotherapy. ​For 13 years, Yankie served as the clinical director of two community organizations which has collectively supported well over 1000 individuals and families. Yankie has focuses his clinical work specifically on trauma-healing utilizing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) and relat...

Send us Fan Mail Gabi Koyenov grew up in Queens to immigrant parents, where the blend of grit and curiosity that defined his upbringing later guided his search for meaning. He spent years dedicated in yeshiva, pursuing the path of becoming a rabbi and exploring questions of faith, purpose, and human nature. His curiosity eventually led him beyond the yeshiva walls and into the wider world, where h...

Send us Fan Mail Estee Weingarten ✨ Wife • Mom of 4 • Life Coach ✨ Founder of The Comfort Zone Community — a community where wives of struggling addicts find strength, hope, and sisterhood. Our mission is to walk beside women on their recovery journey — helping them rediscover themselves, rebuild with love, and remember they are never alone. 💛 http://www.thecomfortzone.info http://youtu.be/3rZU...

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Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Eric Levitz — Executive Director, AZ House Jerusalem  Eric Levitz is the Executive Director and Founder of AZ House Jerusalem, a transformative recovery program serving the Jewish world. Founded in 2016, AZ House provides long-term residential treatment for men seeking recovery from addiction — with no cost to residents or families. The goal isn’t simply to make treatment afford...

Send us Fan Mail R' Binyamin Greenspoon, LCSW, is the Clinical Director of Nesivos, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing mental health services and support to the Lakewood community. With a Master's in Social Work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work, he's a state-certified crisis counselor and EMDR consultant. R' Greenspoon has guided thousands of young people and...