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 fatigue, and the reality that “harden up” was not a recovery strategy.

Instead of collapsing, he built one of Australia’s leading veteran recovery programs and helped save over 40 lives from suicide.

In this episode we break down:

• How pain turns into isolation
• Why loneliness is the real killer
• The hidden cost of poor sleep
• Why the economy profits off fatigue
• How breath directly controls your nervous system
• The “Energetic Millionaire” mindset
• Why rest is not weakness
• Live breathwork exercises you can try immediately

Tim explains how sleep is the soil of performance and why most men are living in fight or flight without knowing it. You will hear real breathwork demonstrations during this episode and Erick shares his live experience using the app.

If you cannot control your breath, you cannot control your state.
If you cannot sleep, you cannot lead.

This is not a soft conversation. This is about discipline, recovery, resilience, and breaking isolation.

Connect with Tim Thomas
Website: https://breathworkinbed.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettersleepbetterworld/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathworkinbed/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breathworkinbed
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breathworkinbed

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What if you could hear your dad’s voice again?Not an old recording. Not a voicemail. A real conversation.In Raw Minds Podcast Ep 74, Erick sits down with entrepreneur Miles Spencer, founder of Reflecta.ai, the platform that allows families to preserve voices, memories, and legacies using artificial intelligence.Eight years after his father passed away, Miles created a way to speak with him again. Using only a short voice sample and family stories, he built a digital reflection capable of real time conversation.This episode dives deep into grief, legacy, technology, entrepreneurship, and the emotional weight of building AI that reconnects families.Miles has built multiple companies, created over 1,100 jobs, and hosted MoneyHunt on PBS. But this may be his most meaningful work yet.If you have ever lost someoneIf you believe voices matterIf you care about legacyThis episode is for you.Guest LinksReflecta AI: https://www.reflecta.aiMiles Spencer: https://www.milesspencer.comConnect With Raw MindsWebsite: https://www.rawminds.caYouTube: https://youtube.com/@rawminds-cs3ci?si=GyaUB-JNhmxF-tv1Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3I7hBJgYDdS8UQpbMl9bdtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawmindspodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rawmindspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CRWJaV5qh/Business Inquiriesrawmindspodcast@gmail.comRaw Minds is about real conversations. No filters. No pretending. Just truth.If this episode hit you, subscribe. Share it. Comment your thoughts below.You are not alone.

Why do so many successful leaders still feel empty inside?

In this powerful episode of the Raw Minds Podcast, Erick sits down with Dr Ron Stotts, psychologist, bestselling author, and leadership transformation guide, to break down what conscious leadership really means.

Dr Ron Stotts shares his journey from PTSD and a suicide attempt to becoming a global guide for leaders who want more than surface level success. We talk about trauma, emotional intelligence, inner healing, and why most men are searching outside for answers that only exist within.

If you are a leader, entrepreneur, father, or someone who feels stuck despite doing “everything right,” this conversation will challenge you.

Topics Covered:

• Conscious leadership explained
• Emotional intelligence in men
• Trauma and leadership patterns
• Why leaders sabotage themselves
• PTSD and mental health recovery
• The power of breathwork
• Healing your inner child
• Why success does not fix emptiness
• How to stop fighting yourself

Dr Ron Stotts is a PhD psychologist, three time bestselling author, and transformational leadership coach who has guided thousands of executives and entrepreneurs through deep personal growth.

Connect with Dr Ron Stotts
Website: https://ronstotts.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrRonStotts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronstottsofficial
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ron-stotts-14143236
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNV6D59C3InwlZmpAOVls_g

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Psilocybin and mushrooms for mental health are changing how doctors and researchers approach PTSD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and sleep. In this Raw Minds Podcast episode, host Erick sits down with Michael from Spores MD for a real, grounded conversation about trauma, healing, and what the research actually says.

This episode is not hype. It is not medical advice. It is about real research, lived experience, and responsible discussion.

Michael breaks down current research on psilocybin and treatment resistant depression, PTSD, anxiety, addiction recovery, sleep, and neuroplasticity. Erick shares his personal experience using mushrooms during one of the darkest periods of his life and how it helped him step away from suicidal ideation.

They also dive into functional mushrooms including Lion’s Mane, Turkey Tail, Reishi, Cordyceps, and Muscimol, covering nerve growth, immune health, deep sleep, stress regulation, and long-term mental wellness.

This episode is for men who feel stuck, numb, burned out, or exhausted from trying the same answers that never worked. It is about safety, responsibility, curiosity, and healing.

Use promo code RAW26 at sporesmd.com for 20 percent off.

If this episode hits you, share it with someone who needs it. That is how Raw Minds reaches men who think they are alone.

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If you are struggling or having thoughts of self harm, please reach out.

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Infant loss, NICU trauma, PTSD, and a father’s mental health journey are at the center of this Raw Minds Podcast episode.

Nathan Wieser shares the true story of losing his infant daughter after medical failure, surviving multiple miscarriages, and enduring a life threatening NICU battle when his son was born at 26 weeks. This is a real conversation about grief, trauma, PTSD in fathers, and survival.

This episode of the Raw Minds Podcast tells the full, unfiltered story of infant loss, NICU trauma, PTSD, and survival from a father’s perspective.

Nathan Wieser and his wife Lucy endured more than a decade of loss. Four miscarriages. The death of their infant daughter Mary after a catastrophic medical failure. Trauma that nearly destroyed their mental health and their marriage.

Then came Otto.

Born at 26 weeks. Under two pounds. Intubated. Multiple surgeries. Organ failure. Two resuscitations. A code blue that pushed everything to the edge.

This episode exposes what men are rarely allowed to say out loud.
Grief. Rage. PTSD. Substance coping. The pressure to stay strong while breaking inside.

This is not a motivational story.
This is survival.

This conversation is for fathers.
For parents who lost children.
For men carrying trauma in silence.
For anyone who has waited in a hospital hallway with no control and no answers.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Nathan Wieser is the author of We Did It, a memoir written from a father’s perspective after enduring repeated miscarriages, infant loss, and a life threatening NICU journey that saved his son.

BOOK LINK

We Did It by Nathan Wieser
Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/We-Did-perspective-enduring-miscarriages/dp/B0FLQM148S

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

Canada
Talk Suicide Canada
Call or text 45645

United States
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Raw Minds exists so no man feels alone.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
02:10 Pregnancy loss
09:45 Losing daughter Mary
18:30 Medical trauma and PTSD
28:40 Coping and substance use
38:20 Otto’s premature birth
47:15 Code blue moment
56:40 The miracle
1:05:10 Fathers and silent grief
1:14:30 Life after trauma

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What does healing look like after war? Who helps the helpers when they break? And how do men face the pain they’ve buried for decades?

In this soul-level conversation, Erick sits down with Chaplain Sy Alli—a man who served with honor and now leads with heart. From military combat to mental health recovery, Sy’s journey reveals what happens when strength collapses, faith is tested, and identity is shattered.

He doesn’t speak in theory. He speaks from scars.

They explore the unspoken trauma many veterans carry, how emotions were trained out of them, and what it takes to finally feel again. Sy opens up about grief, loss, suicidal thoughts, and how his work as a chaplain is not about preaching—it’s about presence.

You’ll hear about his book Out of the Storm, his work with the PHIT Squad, and why leadership today must begin with vulnerability.

This episode is for men who are tired of pretending. For fathers, soldiers, helpers, and healers. For those ready to stop performing and start processing.

Whether you’re a veteran, a man in crisis, or someone who’s never told the full truth out loud—this episode will meet you where you are and help you move forward.

BOOKS / COURSES / PRODUCTS
Out of the Storm – https://phitsquad.com/product/out-of-the-storm-ebook/

CHAPLAIN SY ALLI – LINKS
Website – http://www.phitsquad.com/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/syalli
X (Twitter) – https://x.com/syalli1
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ChaplainSyAlli

BONUS SHOUTOUT – J4T JUNK REMOVAL
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Canada: 1 833 456 4566
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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
https://a.co/d/0vQhaA0

THE STERLING ROSE SANCTUARY
Website: https://www.thesterlingrosesanctuary.us
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesterlingrosesanctuary/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TSRS21
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcia-earhart-the-sterling-rose-sanctuary-943a8410b/
Email: thepearlyone@gmail.com

HER SON’S MUSIC
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BUWeK2UbkArY4zE0iw7e9
Track: Rise Above Everything

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
If you're struggling, you are not alone.
Canada: 1 833 456 4566
USA: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

PLUMBING SUPPORT
Need reliable plumbing in BC?
Sukh from Paradox Mechanical Ltd is Erick’s trusted plumber.
Call: 604 719 3251
Company: Paradox Mechanical Ltd