Raw Minds
Raw Minds is a raw, unapologetic podcast focused on men’s mental health, grief, resilience, and the battles we fight in silence. Hosted by Erick, Raw Minds is for men who feel broken, overwhelmed, numb, angry, lost, or alone and don’t know where to put it. This isn’t surface-level motivation. This is real life. The ugly parts. The quiet pain. Each episode features honest, vulnerable conversations with guests from all walks of life sharing real stories of depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, loss, fatherhood, recovery, and rebuilding after everything falls apart. No masks. No bullshit.
Episodes
USS Cole survivor, military PTSD, veteran mental health, childhood trauma, fatherhood, resilience, therapy, Navy leadership, suicide prevention, and healing after trauma.
Amaury Ponciano survived the terrorist attack on the USS Cole, but surviving the explosion was only the beginning of his battle.
In this powerful Raw Minds conversation, Amaury takes us inside the October 12, 2000 attack that killed 17 American sailors and injured 3...
Vietnam Veteran PTSD
Marine Corps Combat Veteran
Burnout Recovery
Military Trauma
Faith After Trauma
Veteran Mental Health
Men’s Mental Health
Raw Minds Podcast
How does a man survive war and still carry the battle inside him for more than fifty years?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Keith A. Cole, a United States Marine Corps combat veteran, former CPA, author, husband, and father.
K...
Toxic relationships
Toxic love
Shame
Relationship trauma
Emotional healing
Men’s mental health
Trauma recovery
Self awareness
Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards
The Venus Fly Trap
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Why do people stay in toxic relationships even when they know they are losing themselves?
In this powerful episode of Raw Minds Podcast, Erick sits down with Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards, author, international speaker, spiritual counselor, and the creator b...
How does a man rebuild after war, homelessness, PTSD, and losing his sense of identity?In this powerful episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Sean Martin, an Iraq veteran and the force behind The Quarantined, for a raw conversation about PTSD, survival, emotional healing, veteran mental health, music healing, and rebuilding life after rock bottom.Sean opens up about serving in Iraq, coming home with trauma he did not fully und...
How many men wait until something is seriously wrong before they finally get checked?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Dr. Eliot Siegel, one of the pioneers of digital radiology, AI in medical imaging, and precision cancer care.
Dr. Siegel is a founding physician at United Theranostics and has spent his career helping medicine move into the future. From helping build the first filmless radiology department in t...
Men’s mental health
Addiction recovery
Faith and discipline
Childhood trauma
Fatherhood
Self trust
Brotherhood
Emotional resilience
Men suffering in silence
Personal growth
How many men are breaking inside while pretending they are fine?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Chris Avery, a faith first performance coach, father, husband, and man who has lived through pain most men never talk about.
Chris opens up about c...
men’s mental health, men suffering in silence, brotherhood for men, shame, fatherhood, healing, masculinity, loneliness, emotional growth, personal transformation, Raw Minds Podcast
Why do so many men suffer in silence until everything falls apart?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Jonathan Tarrant for a raw conversation about men’s mental health, shame, emotional isolation, fatherhood, relationships...
Have you ever felt like your body is stuck in survival mode?In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Brooke Edwards for a deep conversation about PTSD, trauma recovery, nervous system healing, chronic stress, burnout, grief, resilience, and men’s mental health.Brooke Edwards spent over 30 years guiding people through extreme wilderness environments in Alaska, Japan, Antarctica, West Africa, and remote mountain ...
Men’s mental health
Autism awareness
Parent mental health
Single dads
Neurodivergent parenting
TikTok mental health lives
South Africa mental health
Raw Minds Podcast
Candice Ninja
Ninja Talks
What happens when a woman creates a space where men finally feel safe enough to open up?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, Erick sits down with Candice, also known as Ninja, from South Africa.
Candice is the voice behind Ninja Talks, a growing men...
men’s mental health, bullying trauma, childhood bullying, army bullying, male depression, alcohol recovery, rock bottom recovery, suicide prevention, survival story, Raw Minds Podcast
What happens when a man spends his whole life being mocked, bullied, broken down, and still finds a way to survive?
In this episode of Raw Minds Podcast, Erick sits down with Steve Beaumont, author of The Story of a Short Ginger Kid: Bullied to Ne...
He had the career. The family. The success.Then his body shut down.In this episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Gary Smart, a former high-performing tech leader who pushed through life for decades until he hit a full collapse.No warning. No slow down. Just done.Gary opens up about what happens when you ignore stress, suppress emotions, and live your life in constant grind mode.This is the side most men never talk about.From p...
Why do men keep ending up in the same toxic relationships?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode Erick sits down with Mr. J, a relationship coach and betrayal trauma practitioner, to break down why most men struggle in relationships and keep repeating the same patterns.
This is not surface-level advice. This is real work.
Mr. J explains how childhood trauma, lack of emotional awareness, and avoidance shape the way men show up in relations...
What does rock bottom really look like?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode Erick sits down with Karyn Ward, a recovery leader who went from addiction, prison, and losing everything to helping others rebuild their lives from the ground up.
Karyn shares her raw story. From losing children, battling addiction, and living a life of crime, to hitting rock bottom and choosing a different path.
This is not theory. This is lived experience.
She...
Nobody teaches you how to grieve.It just hits you.In this episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with Krista McDonald to break down what grief actually looks like and how people rebuild after loss.Most people are not prepared for death.Even less are prepared for what comes after.Krista has spent years working around death as an EMT and hospice nurse. She has seen what happens in the final moments and what families go through after.T...
Why do so many men feel stuck in life?
In this Raw Minds Podcast episode Erick sits down with Matt Young to break down why most men struggle to change, stay consistent, and follow through on their goals.
Many people start strong. They feel motivated, confident, and ready to level up their life. Then reality hits. Discipline fades. Old habits creep back in. Progress stops.
Matt explains that the real issue is not motivation. It is the ...
Why do most men fail their goals, habits, and New Year resolutions?
In this episode of Raw Minds Podcast, Erick sits down with mindset coach, author, and speaker Joey Chandler to break down why most people never follow through on the goals they set. The truth is simple. Motivation is not enough. Most people do not fail because they are lazy. They fail because they do not have the right system behind the goal.
Joey shares how burnout ...
mens mental health addiction recovery masculinity identity discipline and personal transformation are at the center of this powerful Raw Minds Podcast episode.
In this conversation Erick sits down with Adam, a mens mental health advocate, entrepreneur, author, and father of four who rebuilt his life after complete collapse.
Adam once weighed over 640 pounds and battled severe food addiction, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, and dep...
Sleep and mental health are deeply connected. In this Raw Minds Podcast episode Erick sits down with Derek from NAPLAB, a company that has tested over 500 mattresses using real data to uncover how sleep affects anxiety, depression, performance, discipline, and recovery.Most men ignore sleep while chasing success. They grind late, wake up exhausted, drink more coffee, and wonder why their focus, patience, and mental health begin to ...
What if you could finally say the words you never got to say?
In this powerful episode of Raw Minds, Erick sits down with John Kammer, founder of Guardian Angels, an AI-driven grief journaling platform built to help people process loss in a private, structured, and emotionally safe way.
John lost three of his closest friends. For years, he carried that grief in silence. Then fatherhood changed everything. Instead of passing down sile...
Most men are running on empty.
No sleep.
High stress.
Always on guard.
On this episode of Raw Minds Podcast, Erick sits down with Tim Thomas, former Special Forces candidate, veteran advocate, and creator of Breathwork in Bed.
At 30 years old, Tim stepped into Special Forces Selection as the oldest candidate allowed. No excuses. No guarantees. Just pressure. After military life, he hit burnout, undiagnosed PTSD, adrenal fati...
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