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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.
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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-informed Compassionate Coaching certification through The Soul Institute, and certification as a breathwork facilitator. He is currently studying at the Hakomi International School of Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.
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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 insufferable. This resulted in a childhood eating disorder and drug use by age 14.

Asher was 33 when he lost his multi-million-dollar business, with the resulting bankruptcy destroying what little self-worth he had as a provider to his family – he had hit rock-bottom. Asher found his road to recovery through the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, where despite the circle of anonymous faces, it was truly the first time in his life he felt the power of shared human connection through service to self and others.

The experience marked the debut of an odyssey of self-discovery, trading ego for vulnerability, and leaving the pursuit of pleasure for the pursuit of meaning. Asher decidedly dedicated the rest of his career to helping others help themselves “restore wholeness” in their lives.

Armed with a renewed sense of self, profound life experience, and entrepreneurial passion, Asher founded Transcend in 2008, building an internationally recognized recovery community. Now sober twelve years and counting, Asher has counseled hundreds of men and women and built a renowned reputation where he is recognized by his three hallmark pillars of recovery: Accountability, Community, and Unconditional Love.
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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 Jewish sober living community for men and women recovering from addiction — 6 homes in Rockland County built around one core belief: Love works.

Sony Perlman has spent over 25 years saving lives, and everything at The Village flows from a single insight: when people in recovery are truly loved, they learn to love themselves. That's when healing happens. 

The result? A 350% higher success rate than the accepted standard — lasting sobriety, steady employment, and lives rebuilt from the ground up.
80% of people who become addicted relapse again and again. The Village exists to stop that cycle.

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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 residential program built on the belief that people can heal, that community matters, and that love works.

Sony talks honestly about the journey, how he got there, what drew him in, what he's seen, and why he couldn't stay on the sidelines. This one is raw, personal, and from the heart.

Brainstorm is back. And Sony has a lot to say.

If this episode moved you and you want to help Sony grow The Village, whether through a connection, a conversation, a resource, or just showing up, he wants to hear from you. Directly.
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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 Voice, which helps individuals articulate who they are, what they believe, and how to show up authentically.

A devoted mother of six and proud grandmother, Jordana motivates not only her family but also thousands of followers through her teaching, speaking engagements, and deeply relatable social media presence.

Connect with Jordana on Instagram @Drinkitin_Jordana or reach out via email at [email protected].
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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, & the Daily Mail.
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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 been exhibited in many places including the Brooklyn Museum. Major projects include the permanent 22-foot bas relief mural titled "The Treasured Land" at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, and a 40-foot mural at the Tzfas Visitor Center at Mikveh Chana in the holy city of Tzfas, Israel. Additionally, Muchnik designs institutional donor walls and has illustrated numerous children's books.      
He takes great pride in his children and grandchildren, some who  
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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 spent many years working at Arms Acres and The SAFE Foundation, with individuals and family members of individuals struggling with process of addiction and recovery. He also used to work with Sony.
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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.
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