• Grief, Faith & Healing After Unimaginable Loss Marcia Earhart | Raw Minds S2 Ep. 69
    Jan 16 2026

    She lost both her sons. One to murder. One to tragedy. Her mother passed. Her youngest battled mental health. But Marcia Earhart didn’t break — she rebuilt.

    In this powerful conversation, Erick sits down with Marcia, founder of The Sterling Rose Sanctuary, to explore deep grief, unspoken pain, spiritual healing, and the process of learning to live again.
    This isn’t theory. This is a raw, lived journey through hell and back.

    You’ll hear how grief affects the body, how trauma rewires the brain, and what healing really means when nothing makes sense anymore.
    Marcia shares how she found purpose again and how you can too.

    If you’ve lost someone.
    If your soul is tired.
    If you feel like you’ll never be whole again…
    This is the one to watch.

    ABOUT MARCIA EARHART
    Marcia is a Life Grief Trauma Brain Mental Health First Responder Coach, Mediator, and HeartSync Minister.
    She’s the author of Gripping Grace in the Garden of Grief A Place for the Heart — a raw and redemptive journey through loss and resurrection.
    She’s also the founder of The Sterling Rose Sanctuary, a nonprofit that walks with people through trauma, grief, and deep emotional healing.

    FEATURED BOOK
    Gripping Grace in the Garden of Grief A Place for the Heart
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    Email: thepearlyone@gmail.com

    HER SON’S MUSIC
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    48 mins
  • ADHD Is Not a Flaw | Addiction and Purpose With Ron Souers | Raw Minds S2 Ep 67
    Jan 9 2026

    Welcome back to Raw Minds. I’m your host Erick.

    Today’s episode is about ADHD, men’s mental health, addiction, and purpose. Not from a textbook. From lived experience.

    I sit down with Ron Souers, coach, speaker, and host of the podcast Dont Mind Me I Just Have ADHD. Ron works with men navigating adult ADHD, addiction recovery, depression, and identity struggles later in life.

    Ron believes ADHD is not a flaw. It is a different operating system. In a world built for linear thinking, neurodivergent men are often told they are broken, lazy, or failing. This episode challenges that narrative directly.

    We talk about adult ADHD in men, why it often goes undiagnosed for decades, and how it shows up as addiction, burnout, anger, depression, shame, and self sabotage. Ron explains why so many men turn to substances, overwork, or isolation before they ever understand what is actually happening in their brain.

    This conversation also goes deep into recovery.

    We talk sobriety, emotional regulation, personal responsibility, and building a purpose driven life without pretending to be someone you are not. Ron shares lessons from his own journey and from coaching men who feel misunderstood, exhausted, or stuck in cycles they cannot explain.

    This episode covers men’s mental health honestly. ADHD. Addiction recovery. Depression. Emotional intelligence. Identity. Purpose. And why men over forty are often carrying decades of unspoken damage.

    If you are a man who feels different, scattered, burned out, addicted, or disconnected from who you thought you would be, this episode will hit close to home.

    This is not motivation talk.
    This is clarity.
    This is responsibility.
    This is Raw Minds.

    IN THIS EPISODE

    Adult ADHD in men
    ADHD and addiction connection
    Late diagnosis and identity collapse
    Neurodivergent minds and purpose
    Men’s mental health stigma
    Sobriety and recovery
    Emotional regulation
    Depression in men
    Breaking shame cycles
    Building a purpose driven life
    Why men stay silent
    How ADHD can be a strength

    This conversation is honest.
    It is uncomfortable.
    And it matters.

    CONNECT WITH RON SOUERS

    Website
    https://dadhdwss.com/

    Facebook
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    TikTok
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    rawmindspodcast@gmail.com

    If this episode hit you, like it, comment, subscribe, and share it.
    Raw Minds reaches people because men stop staying silent.

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    You are not weak. You are needed here.

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  • Bullied Behind Bars The Brutal Truth About Prison Trauma on Men’s Mental Health | Raw Minds S2 Ep 67
    Jan 2 2026

    Welcome back to Raw Minds. I’m your host Erick.

    Today’s episode is uncomfortable. It’s not polite. And it’s necessary. I sit down with Matt Melvin, author of Bullied Behind Bars, to talk about prison trauma, bullying behind bars, men’s mental health, and what incarceration really does to the human mind. Matt made one impulsive decision while working at a car dealership.

    That decision sent him to prison. What followed nearly destroyed him. In Bullied Behind Bars, Matt lays out life inside the prison system as someone already marked. Gay. Christian. Trump supporter. Later diagnosed with autism. Those labels made him a target inside a system that punishes difference instead of protecting human life.

    His story documents prison bullying, gang threats, physical assault, sexual assault, rape, denial of mental health care, and repeated time in solitary confinement. It shows what happens when the criminal justice system stops seeing a human being and starts seeing a problem to manage.

    This conversation goes far beyond the book. We talk fear, isolation, survival, and the psychological damage caused by incarceration and solitary confinement. Matt opens up about being denied mental health care while clearly breaking, being targeted by gangs, and living in constant fight or flight while inside prison.

    He also talks about where healing actually started after release. Journaling. Men’s groups. Faith. Vulnerability. Forgiveness. Letting go of ego. Turning pain into purpose instead of letting it destroy him.This episode explores men’s mental health, prison trauma, autism in the justice system, bullying, criminal justice reform, and recovery after incarceration. It is a raw look at what many incarcerated men experience but rarely feel safe talking about.

    This episode is for anyone who has ever been bullied, silenced, locked up, written off, or felt trapped in their own mind. It’s also for parents, families, and anyone who believes conversations about prison reform and men’s mental health need to go deeper than slogans and surface-level takes.

    This is Raw Minds at its core.

    Real stories. Real pain. Real accountability.IN THIS EPISODE

    Prison life from the inside

    Bullying behind bars

    Gang violence and constant fear

    Sexual assault in prison

    Solitary confinement

    Denied mental health care

    Living in fight or flight

    Journaling as survival

    Finding faith in isolation

    Forgiveness and healing

    Men’s groups and real vulnerability

    Why silence destroys men

    Criminal justice reform Turning pain into purpose

    This is not a soft conversation.

    It’s real. It’s raw. And it matters.

    CONNECT WITH MATT MELVIN

    Websitehttps://bullybehindbars.com

    Instagram @bullybehindbars

    FacebookMatthew.Melvin.5621

    X @BarsBullied

    Emailbullybehindbars@gmail.com

    Matt is available for speaking engagements, men’s groups, and conversations that actually help people. Reach out.

    ABOUT THE BOOK

    Bullied Behind Bars is a raw, firsthand account of surviving prison as someone already marked as different. It exposes bullying, violence, sexual assault, and systemic failure inside the criminal justice system, while also showing the power of journaling, faith, accountability, and forgiveness.

    The book is available on Amazon.

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    Raw Minds reaches people because you do.

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    Call or text 988.Everywhere else

    Use your local crisis line or emergency number.

    You are not weak. You are needed here.

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  • Erectile Dysfunction Is A Warning Sign: Men’s Health Truths With Dr. Elliot Justin | Raw Minds S2 Ep.66
    Dec 19 2025
    Welcome back to Raw Minds. I’m your host Erick.Tonight I sit down with Elliot Justin, an emergency physician, healthcare entrepreneur, and innovator who has spent over 25 years working at the intersection of men’s health, technology, and real world medicine.Elliot is the co founder of FirmTech, the company behind the TechRing, an FDA registered wearable designed to objectively measure nocturnal erections, which are a critical early indicator of men’s sexual health, cardiovascular health, hormone balance, and overall male wellbeing.This conversation goes far beyond sex.We talk about why erectile dysfunction is often an early warning sign, not the problem itself. ED can signal deeper issues like heart disease, poor circulation, hormonal imbalance, mental health struggles, chronic stress, trauma, sleep disorders, and lifestyle collapse.Most men are told to pop a pill and move on.This episode explains why that mindset is dangerous.Elliot breaks down how data driven health tools are changing the way men understand their bodies instead of guessing, masking symptoms, or avoiding the conversation altogether. He shares insights from analyzing over 100,000 documented erections, and why objective data helps men catch problems before they turn into life altering health events.This episode is about:men’s mental healtherectile dysfunction explained honestlysexual health and male identityperformance anxiety and shameheart health and ED connectionwearable health technologypreventative healthcare for mentaking responsibility before it’s too lateThis is not a gimmick episode.It’s a real conversation about men, truth, health, and accountability.If you’re serious about understanding your sexual health, heart health, and overall male performance, check out FirmTech and the TechRing.The TechRing is an FDA registered wearable that gives you real data, not guesses, about what’s happening in your body while you sleep. This kind of insight can help identify health issues early, long before symptoms get worse.FIRMTECH DISCOUNT FOR RAW MINDS LISTENERSRaw Minds listeners get 15% off any FirmTech order.👉 Use code: Raw888👉 Website: https://myfirmtech.comUsing this code supports Raw Minds and helps keep these conversations alive.Men’s sexual healthErectile dysfunction explainedMental health and performance anxietyHeart health and circulationThe TechRing and wearable health dataWhy pills don’t fix root problemsObjective data vs guessingShame and silence in menPreventative health and early detectionTechnology and the future of men’s healthThis conversation is honest.It’s uncomfortable.And it matters.Websitehttps://myfirmtech.comX (Twitter)https://x.com/myfirmtechInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/myfirmtech/TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@myfirmtechYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46J3ibyYyQNPBr5T58DpFgLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/myfirmtech/Pinteresthttps://www.pinterest.com/myfirmtech/YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@rawminds-cs3ciSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3I7hBJgYDdS8UQpbMl9bdtInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rawmindspodcastTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@rawmindspodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1CRWJaV5qhWebsitehttps://www.rawminds.caEmailrawmindspodcast@gmail.comIf this episode hit you, like it, comment, subscribe, and share it.Raw Minds grows because men stop staying silent.CanadaCall or text 988 any time.United StatesCall or text 988.Everywhere elseUse your local crisis line or emergency number.You are not weak. You are needed here.
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    48 mins
  • CTE Almost Killed Him Hyperbaric Therapy Saved His Life | Raw Minds S2 EP65
    Dec 12 2025
    Welcome back to Raw Minds. I’m your host Erick.Tonight I sit down with William Person, a former nine-year Team USA Bobsled athlete who pushed his body and brain to the absolute limit — and paid the price in ways most people never see.After years of extreme impacts and head trauma, William began experiencing CTE-like symptoms that slowly destroyed his memory, emotional control, and sense of self. At his lowest point, he could barely get up off the floor. He lived in confusion, depression, intense headaches, and a deteriorating brain that doctors struggled to explain.Like so many men, he tried to push through it in silence.Then everything changed.William discovered Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and for the first time in years, his mind began to come back online. His thinking cleared. His vision sharpened. His emotions stabilized. And his life — which he thought was slipping away — returned with purpose.Today, William is on a mission to raise awareness around brain injuries, CTE, men’s mental health, and untreated trauma in athletes, military veterans, and civilians. He is working to open a nonprofit CTE Recovery Center where people battling brain injury symptoms can receive treatment at no cost.This episode is about survival, healing, and doing something meaningful with the pain you’ve lived through.If you or someone you love has experienced personality changes, memory loss, rage, depression, or unexplained mental decline, this conversation may answer questions you’ve been carrying for years.CTE and brain injury explainedLife as a Team USA bobsled athleteExtreme head trauma and long-term damageMemory loss and identity collapseDepression and silent sufferingHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)Healing the brain instead of masking symptomsMen’s mental health and accountabilityVeterans, athletes, and untreated traumaBuilding a nonprofit CTE Recovery CenterHelping families recognize warning signsTurning pain into purposeThis is not a soft conversation.It’s real. It’s honest. And it matters.GoFundMe – Support the CTE Recovery Centerhttps://gofund.me/93ff9c6eWilliam is raising funds to purchase a medical-grade hyperbaric oxygen chamber to open a CTE Recovery Center where athletes, veterans, and civilians battling brain injury symptoms can receive treatment at no cost. By removing the burden of cost, he hopes to give quality of life back to as many people as possible.TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@hyperbarichealingYouTubehttps://youtube.com/@braininjurysurvivalInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/willp1234567Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/one.man.with.a.chamber.hbothttps://www.facebook.com/william.person.792233LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/william-person-4072b417/YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@rawminds-cs3ciSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3I7hBJgYDdS8UQpbMl9bdtInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rawmindspodcastTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@rawmindspodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1CRWJaV5qhWebsitehttps://www.rawminds.caEmailrawmindspodcast@gmail.comIf this episode hit you, like it, comment, subscribe, and share it.Raw Minds reaches people because YOU do.CanadaCall or text 988 any time.United StatesCall or text 988.Everywhere elseUse your local crisis line or emergency number.You are not weak. You are needed here.
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    57 mins
  • From Prison To Purpose Scotty H On Violence Addiction And Redemption | Raw Minds S2 Ep. 64
    Dec 5 2025

    Tonight’s episode is raw, honest, and heavy. We sit down with Scotty Hulshof, a man who survived federal prison, addiction, extreme violence, trauma, and solitary confinement and came back with truth for the rest of us. Scotty spent nearly ten years in federal prison, survived 15 months in solitary, lived through overdoses, street violence, riots, torture, and the kind of darkness most men never recover from.This is a story about men’s mental health, survival, recovery, and rebuilding a life after trauma.But he didn’t just survive.He rebuilt.He recovered.He found sobriety, discipline, purpose, and redemption.Scotty is now eight years clean. Clean through grit, grace, mindset, and God. He helps men rebuild their lives after addiction, trauma, violence, and self-destruction. He runs The Diamond Life Academy, speaks in treatment centers and schools, coaches men across the Lower Mainland, and teaches recovery, accountability, warrior mindset, and strong male leadership.If you are interested in addiction recovery, prison reform, mental health, trauma healing, sobriety, accountability, or rebuilding your life after hitting rock bottom, this episode goes deep. Very deep.This conversation is for the men who carry silence, the ones trying to break old patterns, the fathers who want to be better, the addicts fighting back, and anyone climbing out of darkness trying to become someone they can respect again.This episode is about healing, truth, pain, and the long road back.And if you’re fighting through something right now, this will remind you that you are not alone.CONNECT WITH SCOTTYWebsite⁠https://thediamondlife.ca⁠TikTok@scottyh771Instagram@thediamondlife.caYouTubeDiamond Life Academy⁠https://youtube.com/@thediamondlife.ca⁠He offers mindset coaching, trauma work, recovery mentorship, treatment referrals, and support for men across British Columbia.FOLLOW RAW MINDSYouTube⁠https://youtube.com/@rawminds-cs3ci⁠Spotify⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3I7hBJgYDdS8UQpbMl9bdt⁠TikTok⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@rawmindspodcast⁠Instagram⁠https://www.instagram.com/rawmindspodcast⁠Facebook⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CRWJaV5qh/⁠Website⁠https://www.rawminds.ca⁠Email⁠rawmindspodcast@gmail.com⁠Like, comment, follow, share.Help us reach the people who need this. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOWCanada and USACall or text 988Outside North AmericaPlease search your local crisis line or go to the nearest hospital.You are not weak.You are not alone.You are still here. That matters.

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Madness and Meaning with the Road Rage Rabbi | Raw Minds S2 Ep. 63
    Nov 28 2025

    He’s not just a rabbi.
    He’s not just a headline.
    He’s a human being who broke down, stood back up, and found purpose through pain.

    In Raw Minds Episode 63, Erick sits down with Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski known in the media as “The Road Rage Rabbi” to uncover the truth behind that viral moment, and what it really exposed about mental health, masculinity, and shame in high-powered men.

    Rabbi Alfredo is a spiritual teacher, former attorney, and facilitator of The Purpose Program, a framework built to help people define their values, sharpen emotional intelligence, and show up with power and clarity.

    He’s also the author of the upcoming book “The Human Upgrade The New Resilient Leadership for Peak Performance in the AI Revolution.”

    This isn’t about religion.
    This is about resilience.
    About learning how to face the parts of yourself you were taught to hide and finally understanding that shame doesn’t mean you’re broken. It might be the beginning of your purpose.

    Rabbi Alfredo is a bipolar rabbi, spiritual teacher, former attorney, and facilitator of The Purpose Program an emotional intelligence system that helps people uncover their core values, build resilience, and unlock high performance in every area of life.

    In this episode:

    • The real story behind the road rage incident that went public
    • Living with bipolar disorder as a leader under pressure
    • How emotional breakdowns become breakthroughs
    • Tools for mental clarity, emotional control, and inner peace
    • Why shame can be the doorway to your deepest calling


    Want to discover your top strengths and reconnect with your purpose?

    Text positive to 33777 to start a free strengths-based assessment, or visit https://positiveab.com


    The Human Upgrade The New Resilient Leadership for Peak Performance in the AI Revolution
    By Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski (Coming Soon)
    Visit https://positiveab.com to learn more.


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  • The Buffalo Mindset The #1 Secret to Thriving in Hard Times with Chad Dunn | Raw Minds S2 Ep 62
    Nov 14 2025
    From BMX races and crack houses to prison cells and cryo chambersChad Dunn has lived it all and came back with a code for lifeIn this Raw Minds episode Chad shares how he went from chasing a street high to building MOVE Human Performance Center in Chandler Arizona where he helps people walk again move again and believe againWe talk about his book Mind Over Virtually Everything addiction and recovery time in prison the Buffalo mindset cryotherapy cold water work sound baths leadership fatherhood and why doing what is right will always beat what is easyIf you are a man who feels stuck lost or close to giving up this one will hit deepHow Chad went from top BMX racer to drug dealer and three years in prisonThe moment he chose to build a new life instead of staying a victimHow MOVE Human Performance Center was born and who he serves todayStories of clients who were told they would never move again and came backWhy he says your past does not decide your future your choices doThe Buffalo mindset and why you should run into the storm not away from itHow cryotherapy cold plunges and stress training build real resilienceSound baths breath work and getting your body and mind in alignmentLeadership lessons from the street and from sport do what is right not what is easyRelationships codependency and learning when to let goFatherhood broken homes and trying to change the story for the next generationGratitude contribution and why sympathy will never save your lifeChad Dunn is the founder and CEO of MOVE Human Performance Center in Chandler ArizonaHe has been sober for seventeen years after a long run with addiction crime and prisonToday he works with pro athletes young people who lost their way and people with catastrophic injuries including burns spinal injuries and moreHe is the author of Mind Over Virtually Everything a book that shares ten codes to transform your life and build unshakable self beliefFind Chad hereBook and sitemindovervirtuallyeverything.comTraining centermoveperformance.comInstagram and Twitter@chaddunn22@moveperformanceRaw Minds is a podcast for men who feel alone in their painWe talk about grief addiction fatherhood trauma and the fight to build a better lifeIt is okay to not be okay you just do not have to stay thereNew episodes every weekRaw Minds YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@rawminds-cs3ciRaw Minds Podcast on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3I7hBJgYDdS8UQpbMl9bdtInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rawmindspodcastTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@rawmindspodcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1CRWJaV5qhWebsitehttps://www.rawminds.caEmailrawmindspodcast@gmail.comFor bookings speaking and collabs put PODCAST BOOKING in the subject lineIf this episode hits close to home please reach out for helpCanadaCall or text 988 for suicide crisis supportUnited StatesCall or text 988 or chat on the official siteIf you are in another country please check your local crisis lines or visit your local health serviceYou are not weak for asking for helpA close friend of the Raw Minds family Stevie a father of six recently passed away after a long fight for his lifeIf you would like to help his kids and family you can do that hereSave Stevies Life A Father Of 6 Fighting To Survivehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/save-stevies-life-a-father-of-6-fighting-to-surviveThank you for any love you send their wayIf this episode moved youHit like and drop a comment about your biggest takeawayShare it with one person who needs to hear they are not aloneSubscribe to Raw Minds and join the familyFor those we never meet
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