BrainStorm with Sony Perlman
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.
Episodes
131 episodes
Does Recovery Need Torah? | With Moses Haber
Rabbi Moses Haber, LCSW, is the founder and director of Makor, a specialized recovery center that integrates Torah-based spirituality with clinical mental health care. He leads Torah classes, therapy groups and sees individual clients across Ma...
The Science of Psychedelics | With Madison Margolin
Madison Rachel Margolin is an author, journalist, and facilitator, trained in Lev Emunah Therapy (based in Kabbalistic and Breslov concepts), narrative therapy, and MAPS Zendo Sit (psychedelic space holding). Her first book is a journalistic me...
How I Stayed Orthodox In The US Army | With Joe Bootin
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S*x Addiction, Betrayal, And The Road Back To Trust | With Rabbi Shmuel Skaist
Rabbi Shmuel Skaist, LPC, CSAT is a clinician specializing in sex addiction, compulsive and problematic sexual behaviors, betrayal trauma, relational repair, and broader behavioral and process addictions. He works with individuals and couples n...
Is Coaching The Future of Healing? | With Mendy Klein
Mendy Klein is a Life Coach, Somatic Practitioner, and Breathwork Facilitator helping individuals reconnect with themselves through nervous system regulation, somatic healing, emotional awareness, breathwork, and personal transformation.
I Spent Two Weeks In The Jungle | With Micah Landau
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...
Addiction In The Yeshivish World | With Eli Katz
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 Cle...
A Deep Dive Into The World Of Alternative Healing | With Levi Saada
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 ind...
What We Got Wrong About Addiction | With Asher Gottesman
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....
Sharing Her Story Changed Her Life | With Chaya Chanin
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, ...
Where Have I Been?
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...
Choosing Joy After Survival | With Jordana Boruchov
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 ...
Playing Mind Games | With Shlomo Levinger
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 mil...
From Canvas to Shlichus: The Rebbe’s Faith in My Art | With Michoel Muchnik
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 r...
A Seasoned Therapist's Unorthodox Approach To Healing | With Yossi Sirote
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 ...
Creating Community For Our Heroes | With Ari Abramowitz
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 cha...
Choosing Nomadic Life Over The Rat Race | With Yossi And Rechie Glanz
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, an...
The Hardest Working Therapist | With Dr. Debbie Ackerman
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 com...
What Does Being A Healthy Man Even Mean? | With Simba Eckhaus
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 li...
My Father Ronnie Greenwald | With Rabbi Chananya Greenwald
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, R...
Building Community For Singles | With Hadassa Hirsh
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,...
Healing Addiction With Real Experience | With Asher Gottesman
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....
Psychedelics, Jewish Exploration, And Being Sony's Friend | With Yehuda Jacobowitz
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That Time I Got Interviewed On My Own Podcast | With Mendy Bistritzky
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 challeng...
How Trauma Is Affecting Our Generation | With Yanki Greenberger
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 famili...