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Jack Bauer joins us for this episode of Not Your Average Gratitude Podcast. And no, it's not that Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer is a certified breathwork facilitator, meditation guide, and wellness coach based in New York City. After years working in high-performance corporate environments, Jack found breathwork as a powerful tool for managing stress, reconnecting to the body, and creating lasting personal transformation. He now guides individuals and groups through immersive breathwork experiences designed to support emotional well-being, mindfulness, resilience, and deeper self-awareness. Alongside his wellness work, Jack also works in tech sales and brings a grounded, relatable approach to conversations around mental health, performance, and modern life.

Jack educated us on what breath work is and how it helps reconnect with our bodies.

Find Jacke at @jack_p_bauer on Instagram!

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Ben Goldman joins us for Episode 5 of Not Your Average Gratitude Podcast. Ben is a therapist in private practice specializing in working with men and men's issues. Ben focuses on sex, intimacy, relationship conflict, and breakups. Ben's work centers around the emotional and physiological complexities of relationships with great clarity and intention. He is also currently researching and writing a book that reframes breakups through the lens of attachment grief and explores the role of ritual in healing.

Ben helps us define rituals vs. habits and allows me (Chris) to share a more personal story around my own ritual after a previous relationship. This was a great, deep, and insightful episode. I'm so excited to share it with you!

Find Ben on Instagram @benthebreakuptherapist

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On this episode, we invited Rachel East from UltraRay Luxury Spa to talk about pivoting careers during the pandemic, creating a space and self-care products for people with melanated skin, and toughing it out as a small business owner.

UltraRay, located in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY, specializes in personalized skincare treatments that target hyperpigmentation and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), with a deep understanding of the unique needs of melanated skin.

Rachel is a NYS-licensed esthetician with a passion for treating skin of color. Every service is curated to safely fade dark spots, smooth texture, and reveal long-lasting results. Rachel pivoted to esthetics from a fashion merchandising background during the pandemic.

We met as fellow vendors at the NY Markets. We've watched each other grow, and I'm so excited to have her on.

Find Rachel and UltraRay at @ultraray_luxuryspa on Instagram.