Raw Minds

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...

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 m...

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 a...

From BMX races and crack houses to prison cells and cryo chambers
Chad Dunn has lived it all and came back with a code for life

In 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 again

We talk about his book Mind Over Virtually Everything addiction and recovery time in prison the Buffalo m...

Welcome to Raw Minds. This one is for anyone who thinks it is too late.

Mike O’Brien was a heroin and meth IV user. He lost his girl, his kids, his family, his hope. He chased numb until he almost died.

Today he is clean, a dad at home, a coach, and a man building an honest life one hard rep at a time.

We talk about rock bottom, the moment you choose life, community, the gym, faith, fatherhood, borderline diagnosis, boxing for charity...

Raw Minds S2 Ep. 60 – Erick sits down with Olympic silver medalist and Emmy Award winner John K. Coyle for one of the deepest conversations ever recorded on the show. This episode is a raw exploration of identity loss, ego death, trauma, fatherhood, grief, and how to slow time when life speeds out of control.

John opens up about:

• What it felt like to lose his Olympic dream — twice

• The dark decade that followed

• How he clawed his way...

In this deep and powerful episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Balongo Amos — global speaker, leadership coach, nonprofit founder, and recording artist — to talk about turning adversity into purpose.

Amos shares how growing up in Kenya shaped his mission to help people find their voice, heal through communication, and lead with heart. From coaching military generals to creating Africa’s first children’s ukulele orchestra, Amos...

In this raw and powerful episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Eric Day, a man who knows what it means to hit rock bottom and climb back. From living out of his car to becoming a voice of resilience and change, Eric’s story is one of pain, purpose, and survival.

Eric talks openly about what led to his darkest moments, the loneliness of isolation, and how he turned everything around — not for followers, not for applause, but to ...

This episode of Raw Minds might be the realest one yet.

Rob Kancler, founder of Bedroom Genius and creator of The Compass assessment, joins Erick for a raw and unfiltered talk about the things most men never speak on sex, shame, emotional honesty, intimacy, porn, relationships, and masculinity.

Rob has spent over 20 years helping thousands of men transform their inner world by understanding one truth: if you master this part of your ...

In this powerful episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Ed from the UK to talk about addiction recovery, relapse, men’s mental health, and what it really takes to heal. Ed opens up about his personal journey and the challenges he’s overcome, including battling addiction and building back a better life.

This is a raw and unfiltered conversation about what men go through — mentally, emotionally, and spiritually — and how they ...

In this raw and vulnerable episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Garrett M founder of Gnosis Therapy to talk about misdiagnosis, masculinity, addiction, recovery, and the real work of starting over.Garrett shares his personal story of being wrongly diagnosed, the identity crisis it created, and how trauma and addiction shaped his early life. But this conversation doesn’t stop at pain it moves toward clarity, healing, and pract...

In this episode of Raw Minds, Thomas M. Jones breaks down the life-changing practice he created The Paradox Process a tool that helps you transform negative emotions into powerful insight and control your mind in real time.This is not traditional therapy.This is about taking full ownership of your internal world.We discuss what it means to direct your mind, how trauma loops keep us stuck, and what true healing can look like even af...

He’s a bishop
He’s been broken
And he’s still standing
In this powerful episode of Raw Minds, Bishop Kevin Foreman joins Erick to speak on resilience, leadership, identity, and the cost of becoming the person you’re called to be — even when pain comes first
This isn’t a conversation about religion
It’s about owning your truth, rising through trauma, and learning to lead while healing
In this episode
How childhood trauma shaped his leaders...

They were in love
They were lost
And they almost didn’t survive

In this powerful episode of Raw Minds, Josh and Heidi Case open up about addiction, relapse, misdiagnosis, and the fight to rebuild their lives together. From chaos and codependency to healing and advocacy, this is what real recovery looks like

Inside the episode
What addiction looked like behind closed doors
How misdiagnosed mental illness almost ended everything
Their lowes...

He had the degrees.
He had the money.
But none of it meant anything — because he didn’t have purpose.

In this episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with entrepreneur, author, and host of the Unleash Success podcast, Corey Corpodian, to talk about the truth behind success, the danger of emotional disconnection, and what it really takes to build a mentally strong life.

We talk about real-life depression, identity, discipline, emotional f...

What if the worst moment of your life was actually the start of something bigger?In this raw and revealing episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Hussein Hallak a global mentor, speaker, and entrepreneur who helped launch over 500 startups and raised millions in funding.But success doesn’t tell the full storyThis episode is about what happened after it all fell apartThe breakdownThe silenceThe identity crisisAnd how he built so...

What does it take to lead with heart, courage, and authenticity?

In this episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with James Robbins, bestselling author of Nine Minutes on Monday and The Call to Climb. James shares his journey from working in ministry to becoming a sought-after leadership coach who has trained over 50,000 leaders worldwide.

This conversation digs deep into what leadership really means beyond titles and authority and how...

What do you do when life takes everything from you?

In this deeply emotional episode of Raw Minds, Erick shares his unfiltered journey from childhood trauma, heartbreak, and loss to building Raw Minds — a movement focused on men’s mental health and healing. As a guest on Men Thrive Daily, Erick opens up about surviving devastating experiences, from losing his fiancée on Father’s Day to raising his daughter alone and fighting through...

What does it take to fight back from the edge and keep showing up as a dad?

In this unfiltered episode of Raw Dads, Erick welcomes Scott back for round three to talk fatherhood, recovery, sobriety, and the reality of being a modern dad. This conversation is raw, honest, and packed with real-life lessons about addiction, mental health, and resilience.

Scott opens up about his relapse, his time in rehab, and what it took to rebuild him...