Consciously with Menachem Poznanski

During all this Corona confusion, many have been turning to the timeless messages of Victor Frankl and his book Man's Search for Meaning. Menachem Poznanski, Chaim Kohn, and Aryeh Buchsbayew sit down for an afternoon riff on what that's all about. Outro music: Z'chor Davar (Skulener Nigun) https://youtu.be/XkD0FaIdys4 Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The...

A recording of Menachem Poznanksi's recent Zoom presentation for the LIU School of Social Work with Akiva Perlman. A fascinating crash course introduction to The 12 Steps. Covering a wide range of topics including... - The differences between impulse vs. instinct & dependency vs. addiction - The psychology of addiction and the phenomenon of craving and 'allergy' - The History of...

Alexander Rand LCSW-R CASAC is a licensed clinical social worker and addictions therapist. He received his master’s degree from Fordham University. He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse facilities and as an administrative supervisor for JBFCS. He currently maintains a private practice in Brooklyn NY and serves as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College,...

The title Spiritual Gangster was pretty much made for Nosson Zand. Who is Nosson? Well to start with the present... Nosson will be graduating from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College this may with a master’s degree in clinical social work focusing on individuals, families and groups. Nosson is also a well known rapper, singer, and songwriter, who has performed across the country...

Dr. Tamar Perlman is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been working with the Jewish community for the past decade.  She received her doctorate from Ferkauf’s adult clinical graduate program and has since continued to seek further training in trauma therapy, somatic therapy and emotion regulation treatment.  She practices privately in Queens, where she works primarily with women and couples....

Welcome to Spiritual Gangsters! In this new eight part series, our host, Menachem Poznanski, sits down with eight different mental health professionals and rabbi's, and asks each of them the same set of eight questions. Today's guest is Yaakov Klein R’ Yaakov Klein is an author, musician, and educator devoted to sharing the inner light of Torah through his books, music, video content, an...

Welcome to Spiritual Gangsters! In this new eight part series, our host, Menachem Poznanski, sits down with eight different mental health professionals and rabbi's, and asks each of them the same set of eight questions. Today's guest is Gedaila Auerbach Gedalia grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and has been living in Israel for the last 20 years. He has been involved with young adult...

An impromptu Purim episode with Rabbi Shais Taub. Menachem sits down with Rabbi Taub to discuss the hidden (but perhaps not so hidden) message of Purim. May we all merit to experience the acceptance and freedom of 'not knowing' Wishing all of you a truly happy, joyous and free Purim! Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voE_TMJm_So Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Reve...

Welcome to Spiritual Gangsters! In this new eight part series, our host, Menachem Poznanski, sits down with eight different mental health professionals and rabbi's, and asks each of them the same set of eight questions. Today's guest is Akiva (Kivi) Perlman. Akiva Perlman Ph. D., has spent his career in mental health working with struggling individuals and families within the Jewish comm...

Menachem, Shmaya, and Chaim reflect on their experiences recording, studying and practicing the principles laid out in Conscious Contact. Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Revealed is an organization and media publishing platform which focuses on building community for Jewish people seeking spiritual growth. We welcome your feedback and questions and hope to ut...

We've arrived at the final episode of this series. We've discussed a lot about connecting with our creator, the what, why and how of it all. But what do we do when our spiritual pursuits seem to fly in the face our lived experience?  Part 7 of 7 in the Conscious Contact series. Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Revealed is an organization and media pu...

We learned about the importance of making efforts to create a sustained but basic awareness of Our Creator throughout the day. Now it's time to get in touch with ourselves and our own “created-ness”? What is that? Do we actually need to spend time working on the fact that we are creations? Isn't it obvious that we are a creation of something?  Part 6 of 7 in the Conscious Contact series...

Menachem reflects on the special day of Yud Shvat, in light of his own personal journey and relationship with Chabad. The uniqueness of the Rebbe as a leader who carried the weight of the world on his shoulders while simultaneously showing up us a husband, neighbor and friend. More about Yud Shvat https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/108303/jewish/10-Shevat.htm Music Intro/Outro https://...

Spiritual efforts to grow focus on awakening our soul within. To do that we are gonna have to speak its language, the language of simplicity. What does that look like? Part 5 of 7 in the Conscious Contact series Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Revealed is an organization and media publishing platform which focuses on building community for Jewish people seeki...

We’ve been talking about a relationship with Our Creator and Being Spiritual. Do we actually want that? Is a meaningful consciousness of my connectedness with Our Creator, like, actually a thing I want? It sounds really exciting sometimes, but people who live with a consciousness of G-d or a sense of purposefulness in the universe, live a certain way, do things, make sacrifices. Even if I don’t ha...

What does being close to G-d mean? how can we get closer? how did we get faraway? Is this whole “G-d Consciousness” thing just an idea, a metaphor, a concept, or is spirituality real? Is “Being Close to G-d” just a superstitious way of seeing things or is that really a thing?  Part 3 of 7 in the Conscious Contact series Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Reveale...

Attitude or action? Surrender or responsibility? The spiritual journey can often leave us feeling like we're navigating a maze of paradoxical details and messages.  But what if there was a singular and shared primary purpose that could put a lot of this confusion to rest? Part 2 of 7 in the Conscious Contact series Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Reveale...

What if everything we've always been seeking in spirituality was actually right in front of us?  In this first part of a seven episode series entitled Conscious Contact, our host, Menachem Poznanski sits down with Chaim and Shmaya Honickman to introduce the premise, concept, and intent of the series. Consciously The Podcast  is a project of The Light Revealed. The Light Revealed is an organiz...

Welcome to Conscious(ly) , a podcast focused on honest conversation for regular people seeking spiritual growth. In this first episode, Menachem Poznanski sits down with Chaim Kohn, Shmaya Honickman, and Eitan Corenblum to discuss the intention of the Conscious(ly) podcast through the lens of the Chassidic holiday of 19 Kislev and its significance to our lives on a personal level. More about 19 Ki...

What if questions were just answers we haven't revealed yet? Welcome to Conscious(ly) with Menachem Poznanski, a podcast committed to honest conversation exploring the possibilities for mind, body, and soul cohesion... (while still trying to not take ourselves too damn seriously) In this first episode, Menachem sits down with Chaim Kohn to reflect on some of the practical takeaways from their...